SMI Chat vs BlueHammer Security
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMI Chat
This communication platform facilitates group and individual messaging, file sharing, and voice/video calls within a secure, encrypted environment. It allows seamless interaction with other apps in its ecosystem and offers features like read receipts and searchable history across devices.
- Group chat rooms
- Message, image, video, file sharing
- 1-on-1 and conference voice/video calls
- End-to-end encryption
- Read receipts
- Matrix.org ecosystem integration
- Searchable chat history
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Built around group chat rooms, SMI Chat can interact with other SMI apps and lets you share messages, images, videos and files among team members. SMI Chat is the center of all communications of the team’s collaborative environment. Features include: • Instantly share messages, images, videos and files of any kind within groups of any size • Voice and video 1-1 and conference calling via WebRTC • End-to-end encryption using Olm (https://matrix.org/git/olm) • See who's reading your messages with read receipts • Communicate with users anywhere in the Matrix.org ecosystem. • Participate in guest-accessible public rooms • Highly scalable - supports hundreds of rooms and thousands of users • Fully synchronized message history across multiple devices and browsers • Finely configurable notification settings, synchronized over all devices • Infinite searchable chat history • Permalinks to messages
BlueHammer Security
This app provides on-device AI and network-based threat intelligence to protect your privacy. It shields against malicious URLs, spam texts, and robocalls, while also securing private notes and clearing copied passwords. It helps monitor email leaks and cleans media metadata before sharing.
- Web Shield for malicious URL blocking
- SMS & Call Shield for spam filtering
- Security Memo with Clipboard Guard
- Email-Leak Monitor
- Media Metadata Cleaner
- On-device AI analysis
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Hammer Security brings BlueHammer’s industry-trusted security engine to your iPhone, combining network-based threat intelligence with on-device AI that never leaves the sandbox. Key Features • Web Shield — Blocks malicious URLs, phishing pages, and unsafe QR codes before they open. • SMS & Call Shield — Filters spam texts and robocalls locally; no messages or contacts ever leave your device. • Security Memo + Clipboard Guard — Encrypt private notes and automatically clear copied passwords. • Email-Leak Monitor — Checks public breach databases on-device and alerts you if your address appears. • Media Metadata Cleaner — Strips hidden GPS and device data from photos and videos before you share them. Private by Design All analysis runs solely on your iPhone. We do not collect personal files, browsing history, or contact lists. No logs. Built for iOS • 100 % compliant with Apple sandboxing • Cloud threat feeds keep protections up to date throughout the day. • Lightweight architecture engineered for low power use. From the creators of Hammer Drive—Trusted by users in more than 100 countries worldwide. Download Hammer Security and take control of your mobile privacy today. Privacy Policy: https://www.bluehammer.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.bluehammer.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlueHammer Security at 5.0 against SMI Chat's 4.0. SMI Chat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. BlueHammer Security sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 7 days. SMI Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.
BlueHammer Security holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMI Chat | BlueHammer Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siliconmotion | BlueHammer |
Customer experience
SMI Chat
BlueHammer Security
In-app purchases
SMI Chat
No in-app purchases
BlueHammer Security
- weekly plan3 Days trial$12.997 Days
- yearly plan$94.991 Year
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