Delta Chat vs Sereliz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Delta Chat
A decentralized instant messenger prioritizing privacy and ease of use. It allows secure communication with friends, family, and groups without requiring personal data like phone numbers. The app is flexible, reliable in challenging network conditions, and built on open-source principles.
- Private instant onboarding
- No phone number required
- Mutual consent for messaging
- Multiple chat profiles
- Works in bad network conditions
- End-to-end encryption
- Run with own email/server
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Delta Chat is a reliable decentralized instant messenger that is easy and fun to use for friends, family, groups and organizations. Delta Chat is developed by a dedicated FOSS contributor community that jointly releases refinements and new features several times a year, across many stores and platforms world-wide. Features at a glance: • Private. Instant on-boarding without a phone number or other private data. • Friends & Family: Only chat with people you know. Unknown users cannot message or follow you without mutual consent. • Flexible. Supports multiple chat profiles and is easy to setup on multiple devices. • Reliable. Works under bad and adversarial network conditions. • Secure. Audited End-to-End encryption safe against network and server attacks. • Sovereign. Can be run with your own e-mail address or server. • FOSS. Fully Open Source/Free Software, built on Internet Standards.
Sereliz
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Sereliz is a place for the people you already know. There is no public feed, no followers, and no algorithms putting strangers in front of you. You invite someone in person or by email or QR — and that is your circle. We call it Inner Sanctum. Keep the small things you would rather not lose: a photo from the weekend, a short note, a moment that only makes sense to the people who were there. They appear in the order they happened. When you want to talk, there are one-to-one dialogs. The conversation is encrypted, so only the two of you can read it. Your profile stays inside the circle too — name, photo, a few words about you. For close ones, not for the internet. Open Sereliz when you want to know how your people are. Not because something asked you to stay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Delta Chat at 15.6 against Sereliz's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Delta Chat | Sereliz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (129 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | merlinux | Sergei Aleshin |
In-app purchases
Delta Chat
No in-app purchases
Sereliz
No in-app purchases









