Comparison

Chanty vs ranes

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

Head to head
About

Chanty

This app streamlines team communication and boosts productivity by consolidating chat, task management, and file sharing into one platform. It offers instant messaging, audio/video calls, and a Kanban board for task organization. All features are available for free, forever.

Highlights
  • Instant messaging
  • Audio and video calls
  • Task management with Kanban board
  • Teambook hub for organizing content
  • Voice messages
  • Third-party app integrations
  • Pinned messages and discussion threads
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Chanty helps teams improve productivity and business communication. With Chanty you can collaborate and communicate effectively with your team from one place. No more need to change between apps to get the work done. Chanty is an easy to use team chat and collaboration app that offers: • Instant messaging between team members: one-to-one messages, public and private conversations • Unlimited searchable message history for secure unlimited messaging forever • Audio and video calls: communication with the whole team (group calls) or any team member (one-on-one calls) with Chanty audio and video conference feature • Task management with a Kanban board: a flexible and simple way to manage your tasks, setting a due date and task priority • Teambook hub: a single place to organize your tasks, conversations, pinned messages, links and content • Voice messages: allows you to instantly send voice messages to your teammates • Integrations: Chanty integrates with all of your favorite third-party apps • Pinned message: lets you pin any message on Chanty and get back to it later • Discussion threads: lets you stay on topic without endless history scrolling • Dark mode: choose between lignt/dark theme according to your preferences • File and screen sharing: you can now hold your video conference and share your screen for presentation • Other team collaboration features: user and team @mentions, gifs and emojis, online status, conversation actions and many more • 24/7 Customer support Chanty is free, forever.

About

ranes

Features
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Ranes - Built to support the crew doing the work. Ranes puts your team's daily work - time, forms, tasks, and risk management - on the phone in their pocket, and connects it to the office in real time. Built for field crews, techs, and site teams who need less paperwork and more clarity about what's due, what's done, and where they stand. Time, tracked accurately Start and end shifts with one touch, with jobsite location automatically attached to every entry. See your live shift duration, switch between jobs and cost codes, and review your time history - even offline. Planners that keep the day on track See your assigned tasks for the day and work through them one at a time, without guessing what's next. Task-linked forms, photos, and sign-offs stay attached to the job they belong to. Digital forms, no paper Fill out inspections, checklists, and risk management forms right on your phone - sliders, signatures, photos, and file attachments included. Submit once, and if something needs correcting later, update it without losing the review trail. Log-It: report issues from the field Spot a hazard or a problem on site? Snap a photo, describe it, and log it in seconds. No more sticky notes or forgotten conversations back at the shop. Prove your compliance Every completed form, training course, and resolved issue is timestamped and kept on record. When it's time to show a carrier or auditor that your team is following through, the evidence is already there - no digging through paperwork to reconstruct it after the fact. Stay in the loop Team messages, document library, and training courses (with exams) are all in the app - so policies, certifications, and crew communication travel with you, not just the office. Works the way job sites actually work Forms, planners, documents, and time tracking organized by job with a simple overview of pending tasks. Switch between organizations if you work across companies. Available in multiple languages.

Screenshots

Chanty4 screens
ranes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chanty at every 3 days against ranes's weekly. On price, 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

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

Chanty ships an update every 3 days, ranes weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chanty versus ranes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChantyranes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (138 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings138 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChanty, Inc.Ranes, Inc

Bugs and requests

Chanty

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • App is often glitchy
  • App won't open on phone
  • Message threads only readable by a 1 inch window
  • Deleted content can still be accessed
  • App constantly gives notification badges despite all being read
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  • Almost never scrolls the thread down when a new message is sent
  • Requires a reboot to see sent messages if too many are sent in a row
  • App is very slow to load
  • Links do not display correctly
  • Loading bugs are almost systematic
  • Small details are annoying
  • Messages take long to load
  • Sometimes have to switch to another chat and then back in
  • Cannot delete multiple messages at the same time
  • Long pressing a message activates the magnifier, so you can see the menu but can’t select anything
  • If listening to audio and open the app, it switches the audio to as if you’re on a phone call
  • Long press on a message to interact with it also triggers the magnifier
  • Overall App feels a bit fuzzy
  • App would glitch, not let us send messages, wouldn’t open etc.
  • Video and Voice calls fail to work on so many levels
  • You cannot delete chat messages
  • Trouble opening video files
  • Exiting a png file window is not fixed on iPhone
  • Holding on a chat message to react isn’t that fluid
  • Tasks are still a little confusing
  • Public chats need to be easier to be found, or automatically add all users
  • For private chats it would be nice if only the organizer can add new people

Requested features

13 requests
  • Webhooks for custom integrations
  • Document organization and handling
  • E-signatures
  • Annotations and comments
  • Recordable voice and video calls with comment/export
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  • File manager with folders, organization, comments, zip downloads
  • Chat organization in sidebar (folders/categories)
  • External chat participants via email
  • Upgrade payment plans for more clients
  • Watch App
  • One fee per organizer for paid version, not per user
  • Make public chats easier to find
  • Allow only organizer to add people to private chats

ranes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chanty

No in-app purchases

None

ranes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chanty free?
Chanty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ranes free?
ranes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chanty or ranes have ads?
Neither Chanty nor ranes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chanty or ranes?
Chanty ships an update every 3 days, and ranes weekly. Most recently, Chanty was updated on November 6, 2026 and ranes on November 9, 2026.

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