Comparison

Secret Message vs Keybok

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Secret Message

Send messages that can only be unlocked at a specific time and location. Share a unique link that recipients can open in a browser, even without the app installed. Ideal for creating mysteries, games, or special surprises.

Highlights
  • Send time-locked messages
  • Send location-locked messages
  • Attach videos, pictures, and audio
  • Shareable via unique link
  • Recipient views in browser
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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“I have something important to say to you. Make sure to be at the coffee house we used to always go on Friday night at 10:00 sharp and you will see my message.” Says the man to his friend and sends out the message. Secret Message is a fun yet super useful communication tool that enables you to send locked messages that can only be viewed at a certain time and a certain location. Isn’t it cool? If you are going to have fun with your friends, send mysterious messages to your colleagues, make your girlfriend super curious, or even set up a game based on this functionality, we’ve got you covered. A fun yet mysterious way to communicate with your friends: Secret Message comes with a clean and neat design and the interface is so user-friendly that you will get the whole idea as soon as sending your message without having to go through a complex procedure. The cool idea along with intuitive design and the option to not only send texts, but videos, picture, and audio files, make Secret Message your #1 choice when it comes to sending such locked messages to different people. How does Secret Message work? To send out your first locked message: 1. Create a message and include any video, picture or audio file you wish to be sent along with your message. 2. Specify the exact time and location you wish the message to be viewed by the recipient (The message won’t be opened unless the recipient is at the specified location at the exactly specified time). 3. A unique link will be generated. 4. Share the created link to the intended recipient via SMS, WhatsApp, email or any other messaging and sharing tool. 5. The receiver will get the link and the link will only be opened as soon as the recipient gets to the specified location at the exact time. (The recipient don’t need to have Secret Message installed and can view the content of the locked message on a browser). Subscription plan: Secret Message is FREE TO TRY for 3 days, so you can verify the app meets your expectations. Subscription duration is one week auto renewal. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account once you confirm your purchase. Your account will be recharged when your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user repurchases a subscription. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Why don’t you give this secret communication tool a try? Download Secret Message and have fun sending out locked messages to your friends, family, and colleagues. Use your creativity to create fun games and pranks using the idea of sending messages that can only viewed at exact time and location. Stay tuned and let us know about any bugs, questions, feature requests or any other suggestions. See our privacy statement at: http://www.intcall.info/locmsg/policy.html See our terms here: https://www.telestarint.net/secret-message-terms

About

Keybok

Features
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Make your text unique, emotional, funny or gothic. Express yourself to the world. Make you social media profiles stand out with Keybook. You can use Keybok for your: - text messages - post descriptions - stories Keybok Works on Messenger, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and many more. You can add any image to your keyboard. It's total free and funny, just try it out.

Screenshots

Secret Message4 screens
Keybok4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keybok at none against Secret Message's 1. Secret Message's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Secret Message sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Keybok asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Message ships an update every 26 months, Keybok every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Secret Message versus Keybok: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret MessageKeybok
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 26 months — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeleStar LTDOnix-Systems, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Secret Message

Subscriptions1
  • Secret Message3 Days trial$3.997 Days
None

Keybok

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Message free?
Secret Message is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keybok free?
Keybok is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret Message or Keybok have ads?
Neither Secret Message nor Keybok shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret Message or Keybok?
Secret Message ships an update every 26 months, and Keybok every 38 months. Most recently, Secret Message was updated on October 12, 2026 and Keybok on October 25, 2026.

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