Cyph vs Chot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cyph
A secure messaging and social networking service focused on extreme privacy and ease of use. It offers advanced protection against man-in-the-middle attacks and future quantum computing threats.
- Cryptographically secure messaging
- Extreme privacy
- Man-in-the-middle attack mitigation
- Quantum computing protection
- Native apps and web access
- Ease of use
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Cyph is a cryptographically secure messaging and social networking service, providing an extreme level of privacy combined with best-in-class ease of use. Cyph's patented technology — built by former SpaceX engineers, audited by Cure53, and the basis of research presentations at Black Hat and DEF CON — uniquely allows Cyph to solve the major security and usability limitations of conventional solutions. Only Cyph automatically mitigates man-in-the-middle attacks (with no manual in-person fingerprint verification), offers both native apps and cryptographically secure web access (thanks to WebSign), and as a bonus protects present-day end-to-end encrypted data from future quantum computing attacks.
Chot
This secure messaging app uses end-to-end encryption to protect your conversations. Your private keys are not accessible by the server, ensuring your messages remain private. It is free to use and contains no advertisements or data collection.
- End-to-end encryption
- Server-side key inaccessibility
- No advertisements
- No data collection
- Free to use
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Chot* uses end-to-end encryption to secure your messages. Even server does not know your private keys to decrypt. Also it does not contain any advertisement or data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chot at 5.0 against Cyph's 3.1. Chot also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Cyph's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cyph sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $68.99 per month. Chot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cyph has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cyph ships an update every 3 weeks, Chot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyph | Chot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cyph | Ates DANIS |
In-app purchases
Cyph
- Platinum (Monthly)$68.991 Month
Chot
No in-app purchases
