SBchat vs LNK Chats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBchat
Experience a unique texting method with animated sound bubbles. Send custom or pre-made sounds that recipients tap to 'pop' and reveal. Personalize your conversations with custom wallpapers and bubble colors.
- Animated sound bubbles
- Customizable sound selection
- Interactive 'pop' animation
- Conversation wallpaper customization
- Bubble color personalization
- Profile picture customization
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Messaging, reimagined. SBchat introduces SoundBubbles—a new way to communicate through hidden audio messages that friends physically tap to reveal. Every message becomes an interactive surprise, adding curiosity, personality, and fun to everyday conversations. Discover over 200 built-in sounds, create your own custom recordings, personalize chats with wallpapers and bubble colors, and make every conversation uniquely yours. Built for people who want something beyond text, emojis, and GIFs. Tap. Pop. Listen. Repeat!
LNK Chats
A secure messaging application focused on user privacy. It offers end-to-end encryption to ensure conversations are only readable by participants, with no third-party access or data tracking.
- End-to-end encryption
- Private conversations
- No third-party access
- No data tracking
- Ad-free experience
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Lock & Key Chats is a simple, secure messaging app designed to protect your privacy. With end-to-end encryption, only you and your recipient can read your messages—no third parties, no ads, no data tracking. Stay connected with confidence, knowing your conversations are truly private.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SBchat at 66 against LNK Chats's 3. LNK Chats's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SBchat against 5.0 for LNK Chats. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SBchat has 66 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SBchat ships an update every 3 weeks, LNK Chats every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SBchat | LNK Chats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (66 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SBchat LLC | Javier Gomez |
Customer experience
SBchat
LNK Chats
In-app purchases
SBchat
No in-app purchases
LNK Chats
No in-app purchases
