Snapchat-style chat maker
Create a short Snapchat-style exchange with a quick, casual tone for story videos and sketches. Edit the sample and export it.
Try it: start from this sample
What this look is made for
A Snapchat-style layout is plain and light on decoration, which makes it a good fit for quick-fire banter: after-school plans, a gossip-free funny moment, a small crisis with a happy ending. It needs the Standard plan.
ChatsRat draws its own interface in a similar general style and uses the app name only so you know what to expect. It has no affiliation.
Find the voice
Writing here is lowercase, clipped and full of reactions in words: omg, lol, wait. Keep it that way, but make sure every bubble still moves the story. A viewer of a short video has only a few seconds per message.
Write for the age you are portraying. If your characters are students, keep the content wholesome and school-appropriate, and do not use real school names or real classmates.
Supported switches
In the editor, this style supports read receipts and a typing indicator. It has no reactions and no online status, so those controls will not apply to it. Focus your effort on the words and the timing instead.
A short typing indicator before the second answer helps in a video, and it pairs well with the animation controls on the Creator plan, where you can choose slow, normal or fast pacing for the whole clip.
Slips to avoid
Do not write messages that look like real bullying, a real leak or a real private photo exchange. Keep the scenario light, invented and clearly fictional, and avoid captions that imply the chat happened to someone you know.
Tips
- Write in lowercase with the odd missing apostrophe for a natural voice.
- Cap the thread at four bubbles; shorter stories hold attention better.
- Turn read receipts on when the last message should look seen.
- Skip real schools, real teachers and real classmates entirely.
- Use a typing indicator before the punchline in a video version.
Questions
What plan does the Snapchat-style look need?
The Standard plan or above. Free accounts can open the Free looks, and the pricing page lists what each plan includes, including how exports change.
Does the look have reactions?
No. In the editor, this style supports read receipts and a typing indicator but not reactions or online status.
Is this the real app's design?
No. ChatsRat draws its own screen in a similar general style, with no logos, and has no affiliation with the app.
Can I use it for a teen-drama sketch?
Yes, as fiction with invented names. Keep it clearly fictional and avoid content that depicts real minors or real incidents.
How do I label the result?
Add a short line such as Fictional scenario or Simulated conversation under the image or in the caption.
Use it for simulated, labelled content. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.