Piko Chat vs KinChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piko Chat
Experience a nostalgic chat platform reminiscent of the early internet. Send pixel art notes, private letters, and engage in cozy themed rooms. Customize your profile and express yourself through drawings and reactions without the pressure of endless feeds.
- Send pixel art notes and private letters
- Engage in themed 'pod' chat rooms
- React to messages and keep conversations alive
- Customize profile, status bar, and theme
- Add optional public pins to a world map
- No endless feed or influencer focus
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the internet, but fun again! Piko Chat is a nostalgic social app inspired by the 2000s internet. Customize your profile, send letters, draw pixel art, and meet new people. Join Pods to talk about art, life, internet nostalgia, or whatever you’re into. In Piko Chat you can: - Customize your profile - Send and receive letters - Draw pixel art messages - Join Pods and communities - Reply and react to posts - Meet people from around the world Make your profile yours with themes, pixel avatars, status bars, photos, and more. No algorithmic feed. No AI content. No influencers. Just people making things, talking, and hanging out. If you miss Frutiger Aero, old forums, custom profiles, pixel art, and the old internet, you’ll probably feel at home here. Piko Chat. chat like it’s 2006. Subscription Some features in Piko Chat may require a paid subscription. Pricing, renewal terms, free trial information, and cancellation options are shown in the app before purchase. Privacy Policy https://pikochat.net/privacy Terms of Service https://pikochat.net/terms
KinChat
Connect with others who share your passions by joining or creating online groups. Share content, engage in public chats, and personalize your profile within each community. Designed for users aged 13 and above.
- Discover interest-based communities
- Create your own communities
- Share posts and photos
- Join public chats
- Customize user profiles
- Connect with like-minded people
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KinChat brings YumeShip and Kin Types communities together. Share posts, photos and videos, join community chats, and customize your public profiles. Use a main profile or an alt, with profile themes, links, custom sections, guestbooks and blinkies. Keep your identity lists private and choose what each profile shares. For ages 13+. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Piko Chat at 4.8 against KinChat's 3.9. Piko Chat also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). KinChat's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Piko Chat sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and KinChat sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Piko Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piko Chat has 3.1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Piko Chat's written reviews are positive against 50% of KinChat's.
Piko Chat ships an update every 5 days, KinChat every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piko Chat | KinChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better | 3.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ebonnee Almeida | WorldBuilders, Incorporated |
Customer experience
Piko Chat
KinChat
In-app purchases
Piko Chat
- Piko Plus Weekly$6.997 Days
- Piko Plus Weekly$7.997 Days
- Piko Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Piko Plus Yearly Offer$19.991 Year
- Piko Plus Yearly$29.991 Year
- Piko Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 100 Piko Coins$1.99
- 300 Piko Coins$4.99
- 600 Piko Coins$8.99
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- Piko Coins$19.99
KinChat
- KinChat Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- KinChat Pro Annual$24.991 Year
- Small Gem Pack$0.99
- 3 Shinies$0.99
- Medium Gem Pack$3.99
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- Large Gem Pack$9.99
