MilChat vs Pigeon for Telegram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MilChat
A secure messenger prioritizing user privacy with end-to-end encryption and registration via email only. It offers a high level of personal data protection and an emergency data deletion function.
- End-to-end traffic encryption
- Email-only registration
- No paid advertising
- Emergency data deletion
- Corporate server options
- Program code obfuscation
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MilChat is a truly secure messenger. You may use it on your tablet or smartphone. MilChat ‘s advantages: • Guaranteed high level of personal data protection. • Lack of paid advertising content. • It’s impossible to identify a person by a mobile phone number. Registration is via e-mail only. • Can be used for corporate purposes, based on the servers of the customer. Security: • End-to-end traffic encryption with Double Ratchet, prekeys, Tripple Diffie-Hellman (3-DH) handshake with Curve25519, AES-256, and HMAC-SHA256 as cryptographic primitives. • Local data is stored in an encrypted database. • There is an emergency function to delete personal data from the device. • Program code obfuscation. Help us make our application the best! Everyone deserves the absolute secrecy of his texting!
Pigeon for Telegram
This app is a feature-rich messaging client designed exclusively for Apple Watch. It allows you to send and receive Telegram messages directly from your wrist, supporting various media types and message formatting. It operates independently of an iPhone, offering privacy-focused communication.
- Standalone Apple Watch operation
- Supports formatted messages
- Handles various media types (GIFs, photos, documents)
- Privacy-focused with official API
- Dynamic Type scaling
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- Folder and topic support
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Before the telegraph, Pigeons ruled the messaging industry. Today, a little pigeon lives on your watch, bringing your messages across Telegram. That little pigeon, is none other than this app! Pigeon is a Telegram messaging client, built just for the Apple Watch platform. WORKS BY ITSELF Pigeon runs directly on your Watch, without a companion iPhone app, so that if you have a cellular plan, you can chat anytime, anywhere, with just the watch alone. PRIVACY FOCUSED Messages are communicated and received via Telegram’s official API, TDLib, to ensure the same level of secure communications, expected of the Telegram platform. None of your personal information is collected, so that you can chat with confidence. FORMATTED MESSAGES Pigeon receives not just plain old text messages. Formatted messages such as those with bolded, italics, underlined or strikethrough are presented as your friend had intended. SUPPORTED MESSAGE TYPES Pigeon also shows you the GIFs, stickers, photos, videos, contacts, location, voice and video notes, as well as documents* that your friend or channel had sent, while also allowing you to send* text, GIF, stickers, voice, photo^ and location^ messages to your friends too! You can even zoom in on the photos, and interact with the polls and quizzes! Currently supported document types includes png, jpeg, pdf, mp4, txt, rtf, md, gpx^ and more. DYNAMIC TYPE The interface scales according to your Dynamic Type settings, to better fit your needs! SIMPLE SIGN IN Signing in, is just 2 or 3 simple steps. 1. Using the official Telegram app, scan the QR code displayed on the watch. 2. If you have enabled Two-Step Verification, you will have to enter your password. Otherwise, you’re in! Alternatively, you may also sign in via your phone number, if it isn’t convenient for you to scan a QR code. TOPICS^ Pigeon supports topics in group chats, for better chat organisation. REACTIONS, REPLIES AND DELETE You can also send* reactions, reply to, forward messages, or even delete them, directly in the app! You can also edit your messages. Long-press on any message to view these options. CHANNEL COMMENTS^ View and interact with other commentators in a channel WEB LINK PREVIEWS Did your friend send you a link? View it in app. NOTIFICATIONS Receive notifications with image, sticker or voice attachments^*, and reply* directly, without the need of your iPhone nearby! You can also mute chats directly in the app! FOLDER SUPPORT If you prefer to arrange your chats on the official Telegram app via folders, Pigeon can sync and filter accordingly too! START NEW CHATS^ You can start new chat conversations from your synced contacts, directly from Pigeon. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS^ Send Telegram messages using your voice via Siri. SEARCH Search for contacts and public groups and channels directly in app. PARENTAL CONTROLS^ Restrict certain functionality if deemed unsuitable for the user. CALLS* Pigeon supports one-to-one Telegram voice calls, without companion phone apps. RICH TEXT SUPPORT* Implemented with a focus for AI agent support, Pigeon can display rich text content. MORE FEATURES FOR THE FUTURE Pigeon is in active development, with more features to come, in future. — *Some features requires an active subscription. With a subscription, you would be able to go to the next page of the chat list, view older messages, send messages, reactions and replies, future feature updates, as well as to support the development efforts to keep Pigeon going! ^Feature requires watchOS 10 and above. — Pigeon is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way connected to Telegram Messenger. Note: In order to use the app without an iPhone in close proximity, an active and direct cellular or Wi-Fi connection is required for the Apple Watch. Privacy Policy: https://pigeonwatch.app/privacy Terms (Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Documentation: https://support.pigeonwatch.app/notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MilChat at 100% against Pigeon for Telegram's 52%. MilChat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Pigeon for Telegram's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Pigeon for Telegram sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MilChat asks for nothing beyond the download.
MilChat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MilChat's written reviews are positive against 52% of Pigeon for Telegram's.
MilChat ships an update fortnightly, Pigeon for Telegram monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MilChat | Pigeon for Telegram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.1 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 52.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trident Defence | Vincent Neo |
Customer experience
MilChat
Pigeon for Telegram
In-app purchases
MilChat
No in-app purchases
Pigeon for Telegram
- Full Access (1 Month)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Full Access (1 Year)7 Days trial$12.991 Year
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