Chans vs Swiftgram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chans
Discover thousands of Telegram channels across 12 categories. Find new and interesting content, search by name, and explore daily curated collections. Promote your own channel to a wide audience.
- Extensive channel catalog
- 12 diverse categories
- Search by channel name
- Daily curated feeds
- Channel promotion tools
- User-created collections
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Chans is a catalog of the best Telegram channels. Find new and interesting channels of any kind in just a few clicks. CHANNELS CATALOG Our app presents more than 5 000 channels on different topics in 12 categories. SEARCH Search by channel names is available to you, and with division into categories you can easily find channels on topics you are interested in. FEED Daily editorial collections will help you to learn about different channels from all over the world and find something new or create your own collection. With the feed you will always be aware of the latest Telegram novelties. PROMOTION Promote and develop your channel with us, fill in a simple form and thousands of interested users will know about your project.
Swiftgram
A modified Telegram client offering enhanced privacy, unlimited accounts, and advanced messaging features. Enjoy ad-free communication with tools like message filtering, real-time translation, and voice-to-text transcription.
- Unlimited accounts
- Message filtering
- Voice-to-text transcription
- Real-time chat translation
- Customizable interface
- Apple Watch companion
- Privacy-focused features
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Swiftgram is a modded client for Telegram with Lots of features, focus on Privacy, No Limits, No Ads. Completelly Open Source and includes all latest updates from Telegram plus UNLIMITED ACCOUNTS: Add as many numbers as you want for FREE. ACCOUNTS BACKUP: Log-in to your accounts without SMS-code. Restore all Sessions that are still Active on Telegram servers. MESSAGE FILTER: Reduce visibility of SPAM, promotions and annoying messages. FORMATTING PANEL: Bold, Italic, Links? Formatting with just a single tap. VOICE-TO-TEXT: Transcribe audio messages to text for FREE. TRANSLATOR: Real-time translations for an entire chat. Translate messages you send with a single tap. STORIES: Hide stories or disable swipe for recording. APPLE WATCH COMPANION: Send and Receive Text and Voice messages on your Watch, only in Swiftgram! CHAT MANAGEMENT: Control Tabs, Hide "All Chats", move Folders to bottom and remember the last opened Folder to quickly jump into the discussion. HIDE NOTIFICATIONS: No more Pinned Messages or @mentions when you need some piece of mind. 50+ CUSTOMIZATIONS: Tabs, Chat List and Folders, Profiles, Stories, Translator, Better Photos, Stickers, Context Menu and much, MUCH MORE! SIMPLICITY: Swiftgram remains easy to use with no interface clutter. PRIVACY-FOCUSED: Instant Passcode Lock, Completelly Open Source, No Ads, No Trackers. Your messages and chats remain secure. ACCESSIBILITY: Improved VoiceOver support for Messages Sharing, cause A11y matters! Follow the news: @swiftgram Discuss: @swiftgramchat Swiftgram is an unofficial fork based on Telegram API. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swiftgram at 69% against Chans's 39%. Swiftgram also leads on ratings volume (567 vs 116). Chans's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). 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. Chans sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Swiftgram sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chans holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 116 and 567 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Chans's written reviews are positive against 69% of Swiftgram's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chans | Swiftgram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (116 ratings) — better | 4.2 (567 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 116 | 567 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Cherkashin | Akentech Ltd |
Customer experience
Chans
Swiftgram
Bugs and requests
Chans
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Swiftgram
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search bar crashes the app
- Forwarded messages disappear
- Notification issues and unknown caller spam
- Slow message loading and account switching
- Crashes when accessing storage usage section
Requested features
5 requests- Add Thai language support
- Integrate with iOS call features
- Implement 'show restricted content' for entire chats
- Add 'add to cloud' option for direct message saving
- Allow custom app icon selection
In-app purchases
Chans
- Short placement$1.99
- Medium placement$4.99
- Long placement$7.99
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- Extra-long placement$15.99
Swiftgram
- Swiftgram Pro$3.991 Month
