every text is a panel
your messages render as manga panels in real time. speech bubbles, screen tones, character art — auto-styled to the vibe of whatever you wrote.
iPhone messaging app
your texts
are a manga.
komachat is an iPhone messaging app where every chat reads like a manga page. no analytics, no ads, no AI. just you and your friends, rendered.
coming soon to the app store
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launching summer 2026 · join the waitlist
reads like a chapter
scroll any chat and it looks like a manga page. shocked? spiky bubble. laughing? cloud bubble. dramatic? halftone backdrop and a 2.5° tilt.
real messenger underneath
dms, group chats up to 32, reactions, replies, edits, read receipts, push notifications. all the basics you expect — just rendered as manga.
no ads, no algorithm
no feed. no ranking. no AI scraping your messages. komachat does one thing: text your friends, beautifully.
why?
most messaging apps look the same — green bubble, blue bubble, list of names. texting your friends should feel like the thing it actually is: a story you're writing together in real time. komachat just shows you that story the way it already exists in your head.
built by one person between nursing shifts. no funding, no team, no roadmap calls.