Plurk vs Doody Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plurk
Connect with friends, family, and others to share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks. Express yourself freely while ensuring your privacy is protected. Enjoy custom emoticons and private messaging options.
- Share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks
- Custom emoticons with any image type
- Private messaging for limited visibility
- Connect with friends and family
- Privacy protection for messages
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Discover, connect, and share interesting stuffs with your friends, family, and like-minded folks at Plurk! Grant yourself unlimited ways to express yourself like sharing your thoughts, moments, videos, artworks or simply everyday life tidbits, be they bizarre or serious. And we take it seriously at protecting your privacy -- Never will you worry about your emotional secrets being read by the annoying colleague around the corner, or the nagging aunt in the neighboring state. Highlights of Plurk: - Custom Emoticons: Use emoticons created with any types of images to paint thousand words in your messages -- animated or still, cheerful or sorrow! - Private messages: Limit who can see and reply each of your messages, and turn them into private discussions!
Doody Chat
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Doody Chat is a chatting application for users free of cost. This application allows users to communicate with each other through with the help of local contacts who have already been registered with the application. Users are able to chat with each other along with attachments like photos, videos, documents and contacts. The chat messages can be deleted as per the user need and reply for the message can be sent with a short reply. Users are able to communicate via audio and video call with their friends with good call quality. Groups can be created among the friends from the contacts and text communications can be done along with attachments like photos, videos, documents and contacts. Status among the friends can be shared. Limitless status can be added and viewed from the friends. Users can maintain their own profile with an image and about us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doody Chat at none against Plurk's 4. Doody Chat also leads on ads (none vs shown). Plurk's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Plurk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Doody Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plurk ships an update every 9 days, Doody Chat every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plurk | Doody Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (542 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 542 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plurk Inc. | InfoDude Technologies |
Bugs and requests
Plurk
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to edit personal profile
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between accounts
- Scrolling issues and UI layout problems on tablets
- Notifications not working as expected
- Difficulty posting new content after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add video upload capability
- Improve photo/image layout and display
- Provide option to delete account permanently
- Implement app lock feature for privacy
- Add ability to filter/mute content by keywords
Doody Chat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plurk
- 1 Plurk Coin (30 Days)$2.99
- 6 Plurk Coins (180 Days)$12.99
- 12 Plurk Coins (360 Days)$24.99
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- 24 Plurk Coins (720 Days)$49.99
Doody Chat
No in-app purchases









