Pokémon Chat Pals 4+

I thought this would work like bitmoji and be a keyboard to install. I had no idea where the images would be accessed and when I read the reviews, I worried I wasted my money on a stupid app. So, I figured it out. 😀 You access the images by clicking the icon next to the typing space on iMessage. It looks like a letter A, or triangle. When you click that, it opens a screen with all your installed "sticker packs."

The art style is adorable and the stickers we do have are fantastic. However, there aren’t very many options. Almost all of them have text which limits how you can use their expressions. It also last the classic “It’s super effective!”/“It’s not very effective...” Those are very minor gripes though. The real problem is that almost all of the characters display exclusively happy emotions. We only have one “Love you” emote, NO angry emotes, debatably one sad emote, only one shy/scared emote, NO sickly emotes, and debatably no tired/sleepy emote. This is a kind of a problem as these are all very common emotions that we simply can’t express. I know it’s good to keep Pokémon light and happy, but those aren’t the only ways people feel. What we have is very cute and I think the average Pokémon fan should give it a try, but it definitely is lacking some variety. Overall, a decent purchase, but not a great one.

So if you're having trouble finding how to use them, go to your iMessage, then from messages there's an App Store icon near where you can choose the pictures or to draw, after you click on that there will be a button with four little oval shapes on bottom of left hand screen, once you press that you'll find the Pokémon :3