Windowpane vs BlindPost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Windowpane
This app allows users to share their lives in real-time through spontaneous photos and live streams. Connect with others by sharing unfiltered moments, thoughts, and experiences as they happen.
- Live-streaming
- Spontaneous photos and videos
- Unfiltered sharing
- Connect with others
- Share thoughts and experiences
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WINDOWPANE is the live-streaming app for sharing your life as it happens, without filters, editing, or anything fake. Because you're already amazing. Connect with others, with spontaneous photos and videos, and random live-streaming. Post thoughts, events, experiences, and milestones, as you travel along the path that is uniquely yours. Share your world.
BlindPost
A secure messaging app offering end-to-end encrypted chats and calls. Share media, use disappearing messages, and enjoy a private, ad-free experience with no tracking. Your privacy is protected with robust encryption and device-only key storage.
- End-to-end encrypted chats and calls
- Private and group messaging
- Voice and video calls
- Disappearing messages option
- PIN lock and biometric authentication
- No ads or third-party analytics
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BlindPost is a modern messaging app with end-to-end encryption built in. CHAT AND CALL • Private and group chats • Voice and video calls (WebRTC) • Share photos, videos, files, and voice messages • Message reactions, replies, and quotes • Link previews with rich metadata • Polls in group chats • Contact card sharing • Forward messages (text, image, video, file, contact) END-TO-END ENCRYPTED • Every message, call, and file is encrypted on your device before sending • Uses industry-standard cryptography (XChaCha20-Poly1305 and Ed25519) • Your private keys are stored only on your device • Your Ed25519 public key is your user ID — no phone number or email required to sign up • Zero-knowledge server architecture — servers route encrypted data they cannot read SECURITY • PIN lock and biometric authentication (Face ID / fingerprint) • Encrypted device backup via 12-word recovery phrase • Disappearing messages option for conversations you want to keep ephemeral • Open architecture with distributed server nodes for reliability NO TRACKING • No ads • No third-party analytics SDKs AVAILABLE IN 6 LANGUAGES English, 中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español BlindPost is built for everyday private conversations with the people who matter to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlindPost at none against Windowpane's 3. BlindPost also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Windowpane's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Windowpane sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BlindPost asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Windowpane against 5.0 for BlindPost. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Windowpane ships an update fortnightly, BlindPost every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Windowpane | BlindPost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Purple Inc | MyProxy Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Windowpane
BlindPost
In-app purchases
Windowpane
- 10 Hearts$0.99
- 100 Hearts$8.99
- 300 Hearts$24.99
BlindPost
No in-app purchases









