CloudVeil Messenger vs 5sChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudVeil Messenger
A secure and simplified messaging application designed for users who prioritize privacy and a distraction-free experience. It offers core messaging functionalities while disabling features like inline bots, in-app browsers, and global search to enhance safety.
- Fully compatible with Telegram
- Blocked inline bots
- Disabled in-app browser
- Disabled autoplay GIFs
- Disabled global search
- Allowed groups
- Organizational channels available
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CloudVeil Messenger is a customized Telegram messaging app that is fully compatible with other Telegram apps. It’s very similar to Telegram with these key differences. - Inline-Bots (gif and video search etc): Blocked - In-App Browser: Disabled - Autoplay GIFs: Disabled - Global User, Group, and Channel Search: Disabled - Bots: Disabled - Organizational Channels: Available upon request - Other Channels: Blocked - Groups: Allowed, bad groups can be blocked upon request. As you can see, CloudVeil Messenger is perfect for users desiring a safe, simple, messaging app. Use Screen Time to block access to unwanted websites, browsers, and social networking apps.
5sChat
A secure, multi-media messaging app for global users. It offers fast communication with unlimited packet sizes for sharing any file type. Educational institutions can also leverage its platform for custom management systems.
- Secure multi-media messaging
- Fast communication
- Unlimited packet size for file sharing
- AES and RSA encryption
- Diffie-Hellman key exchange
- Custom management for educational institutions
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It's a multi-media messaging and connectapp for mobile users around the world. Security: The application is highly secure, no one can access the data nor knows who you are, even us, who created the application, a combination of 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie-Hellman secure key exchange. So your privacy is protected, no one can access your data. Fast and powerful: Fast messaging and unlimited packet size, you can share any data you want. For example,files format like mp4, avi, doc, audio, .... Especially: For educational institutions, we can support you to build your own management mechanism based on the platforms we have provided. Just contact our support team and we will contact and support you. We want this to happen, when you talk about us, you will alway think that 5sChat is very easy to use and very fast app. Copyright is owned by the project team: Project Manager: DR. Phan Minh Duc (Vice Principal of Danang Polytechnical University) Team Leader: Võ Đức Hoàng, Trương Văn Voôn Quality Assurance : Đặng Quốc Dũng
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 5sChat at 4.1 against CloudVeil Messenger's 3.4. 5sChat also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). CloudVeil Messenger's advantage is ratings volume (165 vs 35). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
5sChat holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 165 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of CloudVeil Messenger's written reviews are positive against 60% of 5sChat's.
CloudVeil Messenger ships an update every 2 months, 5sChat monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudVeil Messenger | 5sChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (165 ratings) | 4.1 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 165 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cloud Veil | Truong Van Voon |
Customer experience
CloudVeil Messenger
5sChat
Bugs and requests
CloudVeil Messenger
Reported bugs
52 issues- Crashes very frequently
- Makes phone super hot
- Drains battery
- App has frozen
- Extremely buggy
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- Music constantly kicks out
- Chats never wanna load
- App is blocked
- App freezes up
- Fails to send and deliver messages
- Takes a long time to load
- Randomly crashes
- Stupid app to setup
- Calls don't work properly
- Crashes regularly
- Can't see more than two profile pics
- Normal calls are glitchy
- Groups don't open
- Can't use it
- Poorly maintained
- Full of tech bugs
- Заблокировали меня (blocked me)
- Latest update is nothing but trash
- App crashes frequently
- Freezes up
- Very slow
- Not a cool app
- Difficult to use
- Notifications don't work
- Keeps freezing up
- So slow at times
- Junk, always freezes up
- Not loading page 'Add two Accounts'
- Wow, do we need another messaging app?
- Stickers removal question
- Badge on app icon won't update
- iOS users, latest update is nothing but trash
- App fails
- Notifications come late or never
- Can't view own profiles
- Group chats don't work
- New update switched back to seeing only 2 profiles
- Doesn't show when you get a story
- App disappeared from phone
- Needs someone else's number to setup
- Keeps saying 'Updating' 'Connecting'
- New update switched back to seeing only 2 profiles
- Doesn't show when you get a story
- My teens simply disable features I blocked
- Sent code to other device, never received
- Waiting for access confirmation code
- I'm blocked from my own channel
Requested features
9 requests- Add password to settings
- Add passcode to Cloudveil settings
- Add the latest Telegram updates ASAP
- Schedule a message
- Send silent messages
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- Remove stickers from settings
- Make blue ribbon optional color or white
- Remove all profile pics
- Make it as basic as possible: voice, txt, file sharing
5sChat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CloudVeil Messenger
No in-app purchases
5sChat
No in-app purchases
Questions
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