Keybase vs dev.to
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keybase
Securely message anyone on social media or other platforms without needing their personal contact information. All communications are end-to-end encrypted and accessible across multiple devices. This open-source platform is free and ad-free for all users.
- Secure messaging to social media users
- End-to-end encryption
- Multi-device support
- Open source
- Ad-free
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Keybase is a messaging platform where: • you can write securely to any twitter, reddit, facebook, github, and hacker news user • you don't need to know someone's phone number or email address • all messages are secure, end-to-end encrypted • multi-device: your messages survive and transfer with encryption to new phones & computers Keybase is so much more. It is: • free for everyone, and free of ads • open source (https://github.com/keybase/client) • multi-platform, w/apps for macOS, Linux, and Windows (https://keybase.io/download) By using the Keybase app you agree to the following terms: • you'll be a nice Internet person Keybase for mobile is brand new and we yearn for feedback. Inside the app, click the gear icon and then choose "feedback" to send us a summary of your experience.
dev.to
Explore and engage with a blogging-forward social network focused on code creators. Discover content, follow tags and members, and stay updated on the evolving Forem ecosystem.
- Navigate Forem ecosystem
- Follow dev.to tags and members
- Discover Forem ecosystem content
- Read blog posts
- Write blog posts
- Stay up-to-date
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The best way to navigate DEV and the rest of the Forem ecosystem on your iPhone! The Forem app allows you to follow all your dev.to tags and members while also discovering what the evolving Forem ecosystem has to offer. Read, write and stay up-to-date in our blogging-forward social network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: dev.to at 3.8 against Keybase's 3.5. dev.to also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Keybase's advantage is ratings volume (323 vs 32). On price, review sentiment, 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.
dev.to holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keybase has 323 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Keybase's written reviews are positive against 39% of dev.to's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Keybase ships an update every 3 months, dev.to monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keybase | dev.to |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (323 ratings) | 3.8 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews — better | 39.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 323 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Keybase, Inc. | Dev Community Inc. |
Customer experience
Keybase
dev.to
Bugs and requests
Keybase
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Messaging issues and lost chats
- Unreliable file sharing
Requested features
4 requests- Add iPad app support
- Improve message threading and navigation
- Integrate with more social platforms
- Add password manager functionality
dev.to
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Keybase
No in-app purchases
dev.to
No in-app purchases
