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24 alternatives to Nico

A smart camera for Twitter with emojis 😸🌴🌞

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nico launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Bigbird for Twitter (iOS)▲70

   The unofficial Twitter Camera

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Cheeze▲144

   Instantly trigger a camera by sending Emojis on Messenger 😺

   2017 · cheeze.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Charm▲180

   A little companion app for collecting Tweets

   2016 · collectcharm.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Instant▲76

   A new social camera for iPhone

   2015 · helloinstant.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Twitshot (iOS)▲110

   Create a tweet with an embedded image from your iPhone/iPad

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   MuseCam▲87

   Manual camera and advanced photo editor

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   @rsebbePrizmo Go▲115

   Quickly grab printed text with the camera

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Emojify▲114

   Filters are boring. Add emoji to your photos. 😀 😉 😎

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Emoji.Life▲198

   Emojilytics for Twitter

   2016 · emoji.life · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Vinci▲131

    Transform your photos using neural networks and AI

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Emojili▲152

    The emoji-only network (pre-launch)

    2014 · emoj.li · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tweetshot▲229

    Spice up your tweets with an image

    2014 · tweetshot.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    emoji.ink▲76

    Draw with emojis

    2015 · emoji.ink · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Capture▲197

    Camera-first social network for every moment

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Emojinary▲96

    Play pictionary with emoji, right in Slack

    2015 · emojinary.releasable.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    InstaEmoji▲86

    Replace your friend's face with emoji 😹

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Whale 2.0▲185

    Video Q&A with your Twitter friends

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    twem❤ji▲80

    Open source emojis from Twitter

    2014 · twitter.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Emojinary▲66

    Emoji pictionary with friends

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Emojify▲75

    Make your own emojis.

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Picmoji▲88

    A super simple selfie to emoji art converter

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Emoji Mosaic▲123

    Upload any photo and convert it to an emoji portrait.

    2015 · ericandrewlewis.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Camera+▲100

    Pro camera with extra features for iOS

    2017 · camera.plus · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ping▲81

    Emoji Messaging for iOS

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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