MO Messager vs Seagull IM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MO Messager
This private chat application offers secure communication with friends and acquaintances. It features end-to-end encryption, message recall, and screen capture notifications to ensure your conversations remain confidential and controlled.
- End-to-end message encryption
- Message recall within 24 hours
- Screen capture notifications
- Timed message cleaning
- Secret friend option
- Application lock
- Voice messages up to 180 seconds
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MO Messager app is a private and safe chat software for acquaintances and friends. It provides an efficient, convenient, private and safe way of communication, so that you can communicate with the people you care about more efficiently and safely. When you talk to important people about important things, use MO Messager. ======MO Messager characteristic function====== 1.Message encryption: chat message end-to-end encryption, message channel encryption, database file encryption, to prevent malicious cracking or tampering. 2.Messages can be recalled within 24 hours: messages sent can be freely recalled within 24 hours. 3.Screen capture notice: chat with friends or group chat. If someone takes a screen shot, the system will inform someone that the screen has been taken. 4.Timing cleaning: after the timing cleaning message is turned on, the read message can automatically disappear according to the selected time to prevent redundant messages. 5.Secret friend: you can set a friend as a secret friend. After setting, the friend will disappear from the message list and address book list, making it more private. 6.Application lock: after setting the application lock password, each time you start the app, you must input the password to unlock it, so as to avoid being easily viewed by the chat content. 7.Important things: you can long press messages to mark them as important things, which is convenient to view and handle at any time. 8.Do not obtain address book permission: do not match user address book information, protect user address book privacy. 9.Voice support 180 seconds: send voice support up to 180 seconds, don't worry about endless words. 10.Voice + text: sending voice can be replayed and repeated listening, and voice + translated text can be selected to send together, so that the receiver can directly view the voice. 11.Message reference reply: for text messages, you can press the reference reply for a long time to avoid message redundancy. You don't know which message the reply is. 12.Group leader can withdraw group message: group leader can withdraw any message sent by any group member to avoid being disturbed by advertisement. 13.Group member protection mode: set the protection mode of group members. Group members are not friends and can not view each other's information, so as to avoid group members being added as friends maliciously. 14.Forbidden words of all group members: after the group members are forbidden, only the group leader can speak, which is helpful to inform relevant matters or training propaganda, and avoid being swiped on the screen. 15.Group message can be set to the top: the group owner can set the top group message, which is convenient for group members to view important messages, and can directly quote and reply.
Seagull IM
This app offers secure, private, and efficient instant messaging with end-to-end encryption. Communicate via text, voice, or video calls, and enjoy features like screenshot notifications and bidirectional deletion for enhanced privacy and control.
- End-to-end encryption
- Voice and video calls
- Screenshot notifications
- Bidirectional message deletion
- Large group chat management
- Application lock
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Seagull app is an efficient, convenient, secure and reliable encrypted instant messaging social software. By relying on end-to-end encryption algorithms to protect users' chat privacy, they can send and receive messages at any time and chat with friends via voice or video. Provide users with a secure, private, efficient, and convenient communication platform. Introduction to Seagull Featured Features [Information Encryption] Adopting end-to-end encryption technology to ensure that chat information is not leaked; [Privacy and Security] Mismatch user address book information to protect user address book privacy; Real time voice communication among multiple people makes team collaboration more convenient; [Application encryption] Application lock, chat application information to prevent peeping; [Screenshot Reminder] Friends or group chats. If someone takes a screenshot, the system will notify everyone that it has been taken; [Bi directional deletion] Information transmission error, can actively delete the erroneous information; Powerful Group Control: A large group of ten thousand people, with rich features such as member protection and mute for group members; 【 Convenient Communication 】 Long voice and video calls allow you to have endless conversations; Efficient socialization: Users can chat efficiently anytime and anywhere, with barrier free communication; Batch forwarding: Select multiple chat messages for efficient resolution of batch forwarding issues; 【 Dynamic Sharing 】 Share every exciting moment and record the details of your life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Seagull IM at 3.6 against MO Messager's 2.5. Seagull IM also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 46%). MO Messager's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. MO Messager sells 41 one-off in-app purchases and Seagull IM sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Seagull IM holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of MO Messager's written reviews are positive against 87% of Seagull IM's.
MO Messager ships an update every 10 days, Seagull IM every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | MO Messager | Seagull IM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (19 ratings) | 3.6 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.9% of reviews | 86.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 246 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 厦门默往科技有限公司 | Chengdu zhengdu Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
MO Messager
Seagull IM
In-app purchases
MO Messager
- 默往币充值$1.99
- 知识群聊-30元$3.99
- 默往币充值$3.99
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- 知识群聊-40元$5.99
- 知识群聊-50元$6.99
- VIP - 1 months$7.99
- 知识群聊-68元$9.99
- 默往币充值$9.99
- 知识群聊-88元$12.99
- 知识群聊-108元$14.99
- 默往币充值$14.99
- 知识群聊-128元$19.99
- VIP - 1 months$22.99
- VIP - 1 months$29.99
- VIP-1个月$39.99
- super group-1 months$39.99
- VIP - 3 months$69.99
- 默往币充值$79.99
- 默往靓号$79.99
- super group-3 months$99.99
- 默往币充值$99.99
- 默往靓号$99.99
- 默往靓号$129.99
- VIP - 12months$149.99
- 默往币充值$149.99
- 默往靓号$149.99
- super group-6 months$179.99
- VIP - 12 months$199.99
- 默往币充值$199.99
- 默往币充值$249.99
- 默往靓号$249.99
- super group-12 months$299.99
- VIP-12个月$349.99
- 默往币充值$399.99
- 默往靓号$399.99
- 默往币充值$499.99
- 默往靓号$499.99
- 默往币充值$799.99
- 默往靓号$799.99
- 默往币充值$999.99
- 默往靓号$999.99
Seagull IM
- 海鸥1个月靓号服务券$2.99
- 海鸥3个月靓号服务券$7.99
- 海鸥会员-1个月$9.99
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- 欧币$14.99
- 海鸥6个月靓号服务券$14.99
- 欧币$29.99
- 海鸥12个月靓号服务券$29.99
- 海鸥会员-3个月$29.99
- 欧币$47.99
- 欧币$59.99
- 海鸥$69.99
- 海鸥会员-12个月$99.99
- 1298元欧币$199.99









