Skred Messenger vs Cyph
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skred Messenger
This secure messaging app offers private, peer-to-peer communication without requiring personal information. It enables encrypted exchanges of messages, images, videos, and calls, with messages disappearing from both devices upon deletion. Multiple identities can be generated for enhanced confidentiality.
- Peer-to-peer communication
- End-to-end encryption
- No email or phone number required
- Self-destructing messages
- Multiple identities
- Voice and video calls
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Skred is the first secure peer-to-peer instant messaging app - No need for an email address or phone number to use it. Skred is free, without subscription, without a provider, without a SIM card, and without leaving a trace. Skred is developed based on privacy-by-design and leverages the highest levels of authorization encryption. Skred enables a private, unique and secure connection with each of your contacts. Only the two participants in a call can communicate with each other excluding anyone else. With an interface that is easy to use without impacting the learning experience, Skred enables easy exchange of messages, images, videos, voice calls and video calls. The SkredBoard, which is accessible by simply swiping down, allows for generating many identities that are separated from each other for absolute confidentiality. You can also use groups to exchange with several friends at once. When you delete a message on Skred, it also disappears from the mobile phone of your caller. All exchanges are encrypted from start to finish, from mobile to mobile. They are not stored on any server. The encryption technologies are open source and based on the work of hackers and hacktivists of the Guardian Project. Skred originated from the Skyrock Group, which in turn came from the free radio movement in France. It defends freedom of expression on the air and on the internet. With Skred, you are free! Terms of Use: https://www.skred.app/terms-of-service/
Cyph
A secure messaging and social networking service focused on extreme privacy and ease of use. It offers advanced protection against man-in-the-middle attacks and future quantum computing threats.
- Cryptographically secure messaging
- Extreme privacy
- Man-in-the-middle attack mitigation
- Quantum computing protection
- Native apps and web access
- Ease of use
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Cyph is a cryptographically secure messaging and social networking service, providing an extreme level of privacy combined with best-in-class ease of use. Cyph's patented technology — built by former SpaceX engineers, audited by Cure53, and the basis of research presentations at Black Hat and DEF CON — uniquely allows Cyph to solve the major security and usability limitations of conventional solutions. Only Cyph automatically mitigates man-in-the-middle attacks (with no manual in-person fingerprint verification), offers both native apps and cryptographically secure web access (thanks to WebSign), and as a bonus protects present-day end-to-end encrypted data from future quantum computing attacks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skred Messenger at 3.9 against Cyph's 3.1. Skred Messenger also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 36%) and ratings volume (78 vs 20). Cyph's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Skred Messenger sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Cyph sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $68.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Skred Messenger holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Skred Messenger's written reviews are positive against 36% of Cyph's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skred Messenger | Cyph |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (78 ratings) — better | 3.1 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SKRED | Cyph |
Customer experience
Skred Messenger
Cyph
In-app purchases
Skred Messenger
- 1 month14 Days trial$2.491 Month
- 6 months14 Days trial$11.996 Months
- 12 months14 Days trial$20.491 Year
Cyph
- Platinum (Monthly)$68.991 Month
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