Dosto vs Talaash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Dosto
This app allows users to send disappearing messages, create groups, and share various media types like images, GIFs, voice notes, and videos. It also supports voice calls, all with end-to-end encryption for enhanced privacy.
- Encrypted messaging
- Group creation
- Disappearing messages
- Media sharing (images, GIFs, voice, video)
- Voice calls
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Dosto Send messages to individuals Dosto Create your own groups Dosto Media... Images, Gifies, voice, Videos Dosto Voice calls Dosto make messages disappear Its all encrypted and so easy
Talaash
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Welcome back to your educational habitat! Talaash is a social network to connect back to your school/college days. In Talaash, you will be able to connect back with your school / college mates from various Alma Mater under one platform. Talaash is intended to provide a platform beyond Alumni connect by enhancing the knowledge community to do more prosperous activities like business between Alumni, help each other with career advancement and support your co inhabitants in Talaash including your Alumni with higher education opportunities. A user in Talaash is anyone who has attained any form of education from any accredited educational campus like a school, college, university and certified educational centers. News Feed in Talaash Since Talaash is a Mobile App intended to collaborate between friends who have shared place of education, News Feed provides your consolidated updates from Alumni, Batch mates and close connections among them. News Feed is the home page for a Talaash User. These data are free from Ads, politically biased or hate motivated messages. News Feed only provides information that your batch mates or Alumni have posted and the same way you can post a message, like in any other social media, to be visible to your Alumni and Batch mates. Friend Zone in Talaash Friend Zone in Talaash allows one to connect with Friends who may have parted their ways after education. This section is the foundation of the app which is considered as the base for communication between users in the other section of Talaash. Based on a user registering their Alma mater, year of education and level of education they will be classified as Alumni, and batch buddies to relevant users in Talaash. Based on personal connection and mutual acceptance a user can create connections from their Alumni and Batch Buddies. Talaash also allows users to have their collective Alumni in one platform. Market Zone in Talaash The Version 3.0 of Talaash would be equipped with a Market Zone section which would enable the users to seek and provide products/services to and from relevant users within Talaash. By this way each Talaash user who is a business provider, or a potential consumer can identify the benefiter from Connections, Alumni, Batch Buddies and other Talaash Users. Talaash intends to have more active engagement between users beyond Alumni connect on a day-to-day basis with Market Zone. Career Zone in Talaash The versions from 3.0 will have a section for career aspirants within Talaash who are looking for a fresh job or a better job than current one. Based on a userβs current profession they would be able to identify their Alumni and other Talaash users who are in the same profession to collaborate for career opportunities. In addition to that a user may be allowed to post or seek a job. Also, a user may seek help from a relevant Talaash users to attain mentorship for higher education and research. In addition to that a user can seek feedback from noted Alumni or communicate with institutions for admissions to their kins or themselves. Security and Privacy terms Talaash provides all necessary industry standards for user security and privacy. Talaash provide multi factor authentication for a user to register and log in to the app by which user has better control on the access to the profile. Also, the user information taken by Talaash is limited to name, education and professional information other than the multi factor security channel there by limiting user privacy at its best. For more information you may visit our privacy terms at the link below: https://talaashclub.com/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
Dosto and Talaash are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dosto ships an update every 5 weeks, Talaash every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dosto | Talaash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks β better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mPHATEK Systems Private Limited | Friendsonomy Innovations Private Limited |
In-app purchases
Dosto
No in-app purchases
Talaash
No in-app purchases









