Text Crypter vs Meshtastic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Crypter
Securely encrypt and decrypt messages using a custom password. Share sensitive information privately by ensuring only intended recipients can read your communications. The application offers a straightforward method for message protection.
- Text encryption
- Text decryption
- Password protection
- Private message exchange
- User-defined passwords
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This is text encryption, decryption app. You can exchange messages that you want to not be known, determining password in advance. What's this app for , up to you.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Meshtastic at every 10 days against Text Crypter's every 10 months. Meshtastic also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (824 vs 3). Text Crypter's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 44%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Meshtastic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 824 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Text Crypter's written reviews are positive against 44% of Meshtastic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Text Crypter ships an update every 10 months, Meshtastic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Crypter | Meshtastic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (824 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 44.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 824 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yuki Takeda | Meshtastic LLC |
Customer experience
Text Crypter
Meshtastic
Bugs and requests
Text Crypter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
In-app purchases
Text Crypter
No in-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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