BLE Messenger vs Viper Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLE Messenger
Connect with nearby users without Wi-Fi or radio networks. Share photos, sound data, and messages securely with end-to-end encryption. Resume conversations easily and delete sent messages if needed.
- Nearby user detection and connection
- Secure encrypted messaging
- Photo and sound data sharing
- Message deletion
- Conversation history
- Background notifications
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This app does not necessary for wi-fi or radio network. Can be easily detecting users and connect by nearby users. Can use to setting to that. Alert, notification, or notification previews. Conversation can be easily resumed, You can reconnect to users. When app is background, notification to your device. And You can share the photos and recorded sound data to other user. You can share the timeline for friends and yourself. record is can be sent like and erase. Implemented to Encrypt function. You can sent secure message. Even if a wrong message is sent to the partner, it's OK! It can be eliminated from an option. Let's you start to the conversation, and share!!
Viper Messenger
A privacy-focused messenger offering secure communication via internet, direct P2P, and Bluetooth. It features an offline AI assistant, unlimited file sharing, and encrypted notes, with an optional subscription for enhanced anonymity and features.
- End-to-end encrypted messaging
- Internet, P2P, and Bluetooth routing options
- Offline on-device AI assistant
- Unlimited P2P file sharing
- Encrypted notes
- People Nearby discovery
- Optional Pro subscription for enhanced privacy
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Viper is a privacy-first messenger that works over the internet, directly between phones, and over Bluetooth when there's no internet at all. No phone number. No email. Your identity is a cryptographic key, and that key is also your TON address. Every message is end-to-end encrypted, whichever way it travels. # FEATURES • Route: choose how your messages travel • Bluetooth messaging and People Nearby • On-device AI assistant that works offline • Voice and video messages • Unlimited P2P file sharing • Encrypted Notes, kept only on your device • Private reactions, hidden from anyone in between • Hide typing and read receipts, free for everyone • Find people by .ton domain instead of long addresses • Built on TON # ROUTE You choose the path, and the balance of reach, speed and privacy: • Relay: works anywhere and holds encrypted messages until the recipient comes online. • Direct P2P: phone to phone over TON, faster and with nothing stored in between. • Bluetooth: for people nearby when there's no internet or cell signal. # ON-DEVICE AI A private AI assistant that runs on your iPhone. Download the model once, and it works offline: what you ask never leaves your device. Select messages in a chat and ask it to summarize them, or forward an answer to a friend. Russian voice messages can be transcribed on the device too. # BLUETOOTH & PEOPLE NEARBY Meet in person, keep talking after. People Nearby shows Viper users around you with approximate distance, and every contact proves they own their key. Messages, voice and video messages, and files work in a basement, on a festival field, in the metro. Interrupted transfers resume where they stopped. When you part ways, the chat moves to a direct TON connection, and you can send that person TON later. Your Bluetooth signal reveals only that a Viper user is nearby. Visibility and Show My Distance can be turned off at any time. # UNLIMITED P2P FILE SHARING Files go directly between devices, never through Viper servers. No subscriptions, no storage quotas, no size limits. Both peers need to be online during the transfer. # ENCRYPTED NOTES Personal notes that stay on your device, encrypted with your account key. Send any note to a chat when you want to share it. Your encrypted chat backup carries your notes too. # VIPER PRO An optional monthly subscription for an even quieter presence: • Anonymity: strangers can't find you, probe you or fill your chat list. Existing chats keep working. • Hide Online Status. • Files up to 2 GB via relay, even when the other person is offline. • Full encrypted chat backup: photos, videos, files, voice and video messages. Messages, contacts and notes are backed up for free. One subscription works on one account. Your other accounts can get Viper Pro for a month at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://viperfoundation.base44.app/PrivacyPolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Viper Messenger at Free against BLE Messenger's $0.99. Viper Messenger also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). BLE Messenger's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Viper Messenger is free to download; BLE Messenger costs $0.99 up front. BLE Messenger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Viper Messenger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Viper Messenger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
BLE Messenger ships an update every 3 weeks, Viper Messenger every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | BLE Messenger | Viper Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ohkubo Yuhei | Maksim Chernyshov |
Customer experience
BLE Messenger
Viper Messenger
In-app purchases
BLE Messenger
- Background color$0.99
Viper Messenger
- Viper Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Viper Pro: 1 account, 1 month$4.99








