Librem Chat vs Snikket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Librem Chat
This app provides secure text, voice, and video communication with end-to-end encryption. Share images, videos, and files in chat rooms while keeping conversations private. It is free and open-source software.
- End-to-end encryption
- Text chat rooms
- Voice and video calls
- Image, video, and file sharing
- Free and open-source
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* Chat rooms * Share images, videos, and files * Make voice and video calls * Keep your conversations secret with end-to-end encryption * Free and open-source software (FOSS)
Snikket
Connect with friends, family, and colleagues on a global network without compromising your personal data. This privacy-focused chat application requires an invite to a Snikket service to function, ensuring secure and trusted communication.
- Privacy-friendly communication
- Worldwide communication network
- Data protection
- Trusted service providers
- Open-source software
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The Snikket app allows you to join a worldwide communication network. Use the app for communicating with friends, family and colleagues without surrendering your data to large corporations. Important Note: To get started with the app you need an invite to a Snikket service, or run your own. The app will not work unless you have an invite to join a Snikket service. Snikket allows you to use a service provided by someone you trust. This could be an organisation, simply a techie friend or family member. Snikket is 100% free and open-source software. Questions? Browse our FAQ: https://snikket.org/app/faq/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snikket at 64% against Librem Chat's 33%. Librem Chat's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and rating (3.8 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Librem Chat holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Librem Chat's written reviews are positive against 64% of Snikket's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Librem Chat ships an update monthly, Snikket every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Librem Chat | Snikket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) — better | 3.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PURISM, SPC | Snikket Community Interest Company |
Customer experience
Librem Chat
Snikket
In-app purchases
Librem Chat
No in-app purchases
Snikket
No in-app purchases
