MSI Community vs Retichat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MSI Community
Connect with other users and MSI directly to discuss products, troubleshoot issues, and get the latest IT news. Earn points for positive engagement to claim exclusive prizes and offers.
- Product discussions and troubleshooting
- Direct interaction with MSI
- IT industry news and updates
- Earn points for rewards
- Exclusive community offers and giveaways
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MSI Community The MSI Community is your one-stop shop for discussions about MSI products and gaming. Here, you will find answers and info about all MSI products, with related discussions on forums, blogs and so on. The idea is to offer MSI customers, present and future, a platform on which to interact with each other, as well as with MSI directly. Furthermore, you can access all this information on your phone with the MSI Community app • Discussions Discuss and troubleshoot MSI-products and software, no question is too big or too small. There are several categories covering all MSI product lines as well as IT industry news and updates on the latest and greatest. • Get rewarded Every positive action you take in the MSI Community will earn you points, allowing you to claim prizes • Community exclusives Special offers and giveaways exclusively for MSI Community members
Retichat
This app provides end-to-end encrypted communication over decentralized networks. It supports store-and-forward propagation and federated nodes for lightweight push notifications. Future updates will include LoRa, group, and channel support.
- End-to-end forward encryption
- Decentralized and organization-less
- LXMF Store-and-Forward support
- RFed federated propagation
- Lightweight push notifications
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Reticulum LXMF chat client for iPhone Offers end-to-end forward encrypted communication over Reticulum networks Completely decentralized and organization-less Support for LXMF Store-and-Forward propagation Additional functionality using RFed federated propagation nodes Features lightweight push notification through a notify-only (no message data) relay RFed capability Soon to come: LoRa support Group support Channel support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Retichat at 2.9 against MSI Community's 1.2. Retichat also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 14%). MSI Community's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Retichat holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of MSI Community's written reviews are positive against 33% of Retichat's.
MSI Community ships an update every 5 months, Retichat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSI Community | Retichat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (5 ratings) | 2.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. | New Endian LLC |
Customer experience
MSI Community
Retichat
In-app purchases
MSI Community
No in-app purchases
Retichat
No in-app purchases
