Beacon vs Cipchat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon
Experience secure and private video and voice calls with advanced technology. Connect with family, friends, and colleagues on a global scale with a seamless communication platform.
- Private video calls
- Secure voice calls
- State-of-the-art security
- Global communication
- User-friendly interface
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Beacon is a new landscape in video and voice communication for everyone, from family and friends to corporations and colleagues. It provides state-of-the-art security and technologies that push the global communication experience to a new level.
Cipchat
This app provides secure messaging with end-to-end encryption and messages that disappear after being read. It also offers encrypted voice and video calls for private online communication.
- End-to-end encryption
- Burn after reading messages
- Encrypted voice calls
- Encrypted video calls
- Securely send text, pictures, GIF, audio, and video
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【Features】 End-to-end encryption and burn after reading. Safely escort every message you have. 【Encrypted video call】 Encrypted voice and video calls, free online communication anytime, anywhere. 【Safe Communication】 Your personal information and address book have been encrypted end-to-end, only you and your friends can view it, and no third party can obtain it, and neither can Cipchat. 【Burn after reading】 The sent information is automatically eliminated after reading, so there is no need to worry about the content of the chat being leaked. 【Diversified Communication】 Send text, pictures, GIF, audio, and video in an end-to-end encrypted way for interactive communication, making chat safe everywhere.
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Verdict
Beacon and Cipchat both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Beacon's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cipchat's. Beacon also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Cipchat's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 17). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beacon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Beacon's written reviews are positive against 20% of Cipchat's.
Beacon ships an update every 4 weeks, Cipchat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon | Cipchat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better | 4.8 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mass Luminosity | ZERO & ONE SOFTWARE PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Beacon
Cipchat
In-app purchases
Beacon
No in-app purchases
Cipchat
No in-app purchases
