# Kova - Private Messenger — Private messages, stay private

> Private messages, stay private (iPhone/iPad app by OLIVER BROWN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kova-private-messenger/id6798603409 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [OLIVER BROWN](https://appshunter.io/developer/6798603411)
- Category: Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 26.5 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English, Russian
- Released: 2026-08-17
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Kova?

Every message, photo, and file is protected with end-to-end encryption — encrypted on your device and decrypted only on the recipient's. Not even Kova's own servers can read your messages.
Key features:
• End-to-end encrypted text, photo, and file messaging
• Safety number verification, so you can confirm you're really talking to who you think you are
• Message forwarding
• Delivery and read receipts
• Push notifications for new messages
• Face ID app lock
Kova is invitation-only: new accounts require approval before they can start chatting, keeping the app limited to people you actually know.
Kova is completely free — no ads, no subscriptions, no hidden costs.

## Is Kova safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Kova.

## Is Kova legit?

Kova - Private Messenger has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kova is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.3 — 2026-09-05

Photos and documents no longer go missing when the connection drops, undelivered messages resend automatically, attachments resume where they stopped, deleting a chat is now reliable, the app icon shows an unread count, and Settings has connection diagnostics.

### 2.0.2 — 2026-09-05

• The app icon now shows an unread count. It clears itself once there is
  nothing left to read, and counts what you have not read — not everything.

• On a poor connection the app finds a working route to the server faster.

• Settings now has "Connection diagnostics": if Kova cannot reach the server,
  it shows you why — filtering, a closed port, or DNS.

• Fewer pointless requests: the app no longer keeps asking about avatars
  that do not exist.

### 2.0.1 — 2026-08-28

The big one: messages no longer go missing.

• Delivery has been rewritten from scratch. Kova no longer needs a constant connection to the server — it picks up messages when you open the app and when a notification arrives. On a shaky connection that is far more reliable.

• Your conversations and keys are now stored so they survive app updates and the app closing at the wrong moment.

• "Delivered" and "Read" no longer get stuck.

• Photos and files resume from where they stopped instead of starting over.

• The "online" dot is gone: without a constant connection it was telling you something untrue.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-22

Delivery reliability improvements.

• The secure channel now recovers even more robustly — including on weak connections and while the screen is locked.
• Delivery and read statuses no longer get stuck.
• The secure-connection indicator updates instantly.
• The contact key change notice no longer repeats.
• Minor fixes.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-20

Urgent update — critical bug fixes.
• Fixed the root cause that could make a conversation stop decrypting. Encryption keys are no longer reset under any circumstances.
• Messages sent to an offline contact are now guaranteed to arrive when they come online — the server keeps them until delivery is confirmed.
• Fixed repeated notifications about the same message.
• A secure connection is now established automatically when you add a contact — nothing required on your side.
• Fixed the keyboard covering the input field in a new chat.
Please update as soon as possible.

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