Comparison

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger vs MAX

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger

This app offers highly secure and private messaging, voice, and video calls with end-to-end encryption. It includes advanced features like post-quantum encryption, disappearing messages, and device protection against malware and forensics.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • HD voice and video calls
  • Post-quantum encryption
  • Disappearing messages
  • File transfers
  • Enhanced device protection
  • Emergency wipe
Features
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Keep your messages and calls absolutely private with PRIVUS SecurLine. Take your privacy back under control and ensure that no one can listen in on your audio and video conference calls or read your messages and attachments. Now also featuring enhanced device protection and emergency wipe! SecurLine by PRIVUS has been developed with privacy at its core. It is the most advanced, secure, private and encrypted HD quality voice, video and messaging application for the iPhone, with end-to-end encrypted conference calling, post quantum encryption, end-to-end encrypted group chats with file transfers, voice memos and disappearing messages. And on top anti-malware and anti-forensics app protection so only you have access to your data even if crossing into a "hostile" location.. Highly intuitive and easy to use, SecurLine does not compromise on security. Implementation of state-of-the-art, open source encryption over a peer-to-peer, zero knowledge architecture ensures calls are sent directly between devices to enable the highest levels of privacy with HD quality, verifiably secure communications. IMPORTANT NOTE PRIVUS SecurLine is free to download. Its use is subject to a licensing agreement. To acquire a licence, please ask your customer service representative or contact info@privus.io

About

MAX

This app provides real-time intelligence, tactical monitoring, and actionable recommendations for comprehensive security and risk management. It acts as an intelligence umbrella, delivering insights directly to field teams to protect interests.

Highlights
  • Real-time intelligence gathering
  • Tactical monitoring
  • Actionable recommendations
  • Risk management solutions
  • Field team support
Features
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What’s better, facing disaster or avoiding it altogether? MAX Security Solutions is a leading player in comprehensive security and risk management solutions. MAX gives you an intelligence umbrella. Insights with real time information, tactical monitoring and actionable recommendations fed directly to the field team protecting your interests.

Screenshots

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger4 screens
MAX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger at weekly against MAX's every 15 months. MAX's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger against 5.0 for MAX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger ships an update weekly, MAX every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger versus MAX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPRIVUS SecurLine MessengerMAX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBit Armor AGErik Ofek

Customer experience

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MAX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger

No in-app purchases

None

MAX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger free?
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MAX free?
MAX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger or MAX?
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger and MAX are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger or MAX have ads?
Neither PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger nor MAX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger or MAX?
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger ships an update weekly, and MAX every 15 months. Most recently, PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger was updated on October 26, 2026 and MAX on October 14, 2026.

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