The short answer

Aminoka is the closest one-for-one replacement for Amino. It launched after Amino's 2025 shutdown specifically to give former Amino communities (and roleplay groups in particular) a home that matches the original product's structural model — topic-based communities, full profiles, leveling, leader hierarchy, walls, polls, public + private chats — with a few additions that Amino itself never had.

What Aminoka is

• A community platform, not a chat app. The core unit is a community you join around a topic, not a friend you add.
• Free, no ads, no premium tier. Sign in with Google or email.
• Web + mobile. Works in any modern browser at aminoka.com. Installable as a PWA. Native iOS + Android via Capacitor.
• Modern stack. Built on Cloudflare Workers + D1 + Durable Objects. Chat latency is sub-100ms globally.
• Actively maintained. The team ships updates daily. Public roadmap.

What Aminoka has (the feature list)

Communities — joinable around topics, with theme colors, icons, leaders, member rosters. Public discoverability.

Profiles — bio, avatar, banner, themed accent color, level + reputation, visible across every post and comment.

Walls + posts — community-level wall posts with polls, image attachments, mentions. Per-community feeds.

Public + private chats — sub-100ms WebSocket chat, voice channels, image + voice messages, reactions, replies, threading.

Leader / curator / host hierarchy — same role names Amino used, with moderation tools (mute, ban, kick, content filter).

Roleplay-partner matchmaker — post your OC + premise, accept an offer, the app spins up a private chat with both OCs pre-equipped.

OC library — each character has a portrait, photo gallery, bio, traits, abilities, stats, public kudos counter.

Onboarding interest picker — auto-joins you to communities matching your interests so the FYP feed isn't empty on day one.

Built-in mini-games — Battleship, Connect 4, Ochoo Plato, Morpion, Checkers, Go. Embedded into chat for icebreakers.

Modern moderation — OpenAI moderation on every post and message, NSFW opt-in gating, content-filter toggle per chat.

How Aminoka compares to Amino

Aminoka keeps everything Amino did well (community structure, profiles, leveling, leader hierarchy, walls, polls) and adds the things Amino was missing (working push notifications, modern chat, roleplay matchmaker, OC library, OpenAI moderation, daily ships). For a deeper comparison see better Amino app.

Who Aminoka is for

• Former Amino leaders rebuilding their communities after the shutdown.
• Roleplay groups looking for an app with native OC support and a partner-matchmaking system.
• Fandom communities (anime, K-pop, gaming, books) that want a structured home with leader-driven moderation.
• New users discovering the community-app genre after Amino's death.

Related reading

• Top 10 Amino alternatives in 2026 — ranked comparison
• Better Amino app — what specifically makes Aminoka the modern improvement
• Roleplay apps like Amino — RP-first ranking
• Amino shut down — full shutdown explainer