Comparison

Flare vs Wispr

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

Head to head
About

Flare

This app provides a safety net for individuals venturing into potentially risky situations. In emergencies, it sends alerts with location data to nearby users and can also send SMS messages with a map link to selected contacts.

Highlights
  • Emergency SOS alerts
  • Location sharing
  • SMS alerts with map link
  • Community-based safety
  • User feedback integration
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Have you ever wondered what might happen if you had an accident and nobody was around to help? If you enjoy getting lost in the countryside, like to venture off the beaten track when you're on your winter holidays or even if you want a safety net when you head out on that first Tinder date, wouldn't it be nice to have a community of people that you could alert if anything were to go wrong? Flare is an emergency SOS app. If you get in to trouble, turn on a flare and it'll behave in much the same way as a real flare. Anyone in the vicinity, who has the app installed, will receive a notification along with your location. If you're struggling to get data on your device, you can send an old fashioned text message to a selection of your contacts, with a google maps link to your location. I've made this app in my spare time and would love for it to be as beneficial to people as possible. If you can think of anything that you think would make it better, let me know in the feedback section of the app and I'll add it to my todo list. Otherwise, if you like the app, please tell everyone about it- flare is only as good as it's user base. The more the merrier!

About

Wispr

This app offers fully private and secured communication, including messages, audio/video calls, and file transfers. It utilizes advanced encryption technology to ensure no one, not even the app developers, can access your conversations. Enjoy high-fidelity communication with a user-friendly design, optimized for all network conditions.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messages
  • Private audio/video calls
  • Secure file transfers
  • Voice Over Blockchain Protocol (VOBP) encryption
  • User-friendly interface
  • Optimized for all network conditions
Features
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Given today’s challenge of keeping one’s privacy private, Wispr is the present and future of secured communication. Each high-fidelity message, audio/video call or file transfer is fully private with no one, not even us, being able to interfere. FULLY PROTECTED : State-of-the-art technology ensures secured messages and file transfers to and from anyone at any time. You don’t have to worry about needing special features as having all things private and secured is normality for Wispr. BY NEW ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY: Having each and every element on the app (messages, audio and video calls, file transfers) encrypted is brought to you by VOBP (Voice Over Blockchain Protocol), which makes your communication bullet proof. FOR FREE : Privacy should not be perceived as a preference, but as a given and so Wispr should not be a choice, but a normality. WITH NO FURTHER EFFORT : Wispr is available for everyone through the simple use of their phone number and address book or through using Matrix ID that is one can directly access owners of Impulse K1, a phone taking encryption to a whole new level. However, Wispr’s future has much to hold in terms of taking privacy to a whole new level. YET BEST QUALITY : Slow networks are not a show stopper for Wispr, which is optimized to perform equally successful in all kinds of environments all over the world. Top that with a user friendly, very intuitive design and low latency and you get your choice of privacy providing app.

Screenshots

Flare3 screens
Wispr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wispr at 67% against Flare's 50%. Flare's advantage is iOS requirement (10.1 vs 12.2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flare ships an update every 2 months, Wispr every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flare versus Wispr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlareWispr
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (63 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews67.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—63 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.1 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB322 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid WeldonCRYPTODATA TECH S.R.L.

Customer experience

Flare

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Wispr

All ratings53 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive67.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Flare

No in-app purchases

None

Wispr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flare free?
Flare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wispr free?
Wispr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flare or Wispr have ads?
Neither Flare nor Wispr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flare or Wispr?
Flare ships an update every 2 months, and Wispr every 6 weeks. Most recently, Flare was updated on November 11, 2026 and Wispr on November 3, 2026.

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