Chatie
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Chatie is a story platform designed for mobile readers that presents narratives through chat bubble formatting, allowing readers to follow character dialogue and emotional development scene-by-scene. The platform enables both readers to discover stories across genres like romance, fantasy, and thriller, and creators to publish works using mobile-friendly creation tools.
Also known as Chatie - chat stories · 채티
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Chatie (Korean: 채티) is a mobile story platform on which fiction is presented as chat message bubbles. Readers advance through works scene by scene by tapping, which reveals successive dialogue bubbles along with background effects; creators assemble stories from dialogue, images and scene transitions. The company positions the format as distinct from conventional novels, comics and webtoons.
The public site at chatie.me serves as an information page covering the service description, content operation standards, privacy policy and terms of use, while the actual reading and authoring experience is delivered at mn.chatie.me. An iPhone app, "Chatie - chat stories," is distributed on the Apple App Store in the Books category with a 13+ age rating and is published by developer Eine Blume Co., Ltd. Contact for the service is help@chatie.me.
Business model
Chatie operates a two-sided reading and authoring platform: users read chat-format stories in the app and can also create and publish their own works, including private stories shared with friends. The iOS app is listed as free with in-app purchases.
The iOS listing indicates a free app with in-app purchases; app store reviews also mention advertisements promoting individual titles.
Traction
The iOS app holds an average rating of 3.5 out of 5 from 185 ratings, with user reviews posted between 2022 and January 2025.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies
Market position
The service frames chat-bubble storytelling, advanced by tapping, as a reading experience distinct from novels, comic books and webtoons, paired with low-effort mobile creation tools requiring only a few touches.
Technology
The product renders stories as tappable chat bubbles with background effects, and the authoring tools let creators build episodes from dialogue, images, sound effects and music clips, with characters copyable between consecutive episodes of a story.
Go-to-market
Distribution is through the Apple App Store and the mobile web service at mn.chatie.me, with free access to stories used to attract readers who can in turn become creators.
Mobile readers of serialized fiction across genres including romance, thriller, fantasy, historical fiction and fan fiction (including K-pop idol fan fiction), plus amateur writers who want to create and grow an audience for their own stories.
Geography
The company's public site is in Korean, and the iOS app is offered on the U.S. App Store in English plus one additional language.
Risks & controversies
App Store reviewers report recurring technical faults, including errors when opening chapters and failures when uploading images, as well as advertisements that misrepresent story titles or subject matter, and mature content appearing on the platform behind age warnings.
Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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primary sources listed
- Chatiechatie.me · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Chatie do?
- Chatie is a mobile service for reading and writing chat-bubble format stories, published by Eine Blume Co., Ltd.
- Who are Chatie's investors?
- Chatie's investors include Kakao Ventures.