55 Messenger vs Seagull IM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
55 Messenger
Communicate with friends through text, voice calls, video, and photos. Enjoy instant video messaging and secure conversations with messages that disappear after being read. Effectively manage group chats with robust features.
- Text, voice, and video calls
- Send photos
- Instant video messaging
- Trace-less messaging
- Burn after reading messages
- Group chat management
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In 55 Messenger, you can: · Talk to your friends by various ways, including text messages, voice calls, videos and photos. · Instant messaging with your friends by video call just like face-to-face. Send message without trace, your chatting record will only be stored in your own phone. · Burn after reading, the message will be destoryed automatically after being viewed. · Manage your multi-person chat effectively with powerful group management features. · Establish chat group and mange it effectively with powerful software functions.
Seagull IM
This secure messaging app offers end-to-end encrypted chats, voice, and video calls. It prioritizes user privacy with features like screenshot notifications and bidirectional deletion, making communication efficient and private.
- End-to-end encryption
- Screenshot notifications
- Bidirectional message deletion
- Large group chat support
- Voice and video calls
- Application lock
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Seagull app is an efficient, convenient, secure and reliable encrypted instant messaging social software. By relying on end-to-end encryption algorithms to protect users' chat privacy, they can send and receive messages at any time and chat with friends via voice or video. Provide users with a secure, private, efficient, and convenient communication platform. Introduction to Seagull Featured Features [Information Encryption] Adopting end-to-end encryption technology to ensure that chat information is not leaked; [Privacy and Security] Mismatch user address book information to protect user address book privacy; Real time voice communication among multiple people makes team collaboration more convenient; [Application encryption] Application lock, chat application information to prevent peeping; [Screenshot Reminder] Friends or group chats. If someone takes a screenshot, the system will notify everyone that it has been taken; [Bi directional deletion] Information transmission error, can actively delete the erroneous information; Powerful Group Control: A large group of ten thousand people, with rich features such as member protection and mute for group members; 【 Convenient Communication 】 Long voice and video calls allow you to have endless conversations; Efficient socialization: Users can chat efficiently anytime and anywhere, with barrier free communication; Batch forwarding: Select multiple chat messages for efficient resolution of batch forwarding issues; 【 Dynamic Sharing 】 Share every exciting moment and record the details of your life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 55 Messenger at none against Seagull IM's 13. 55 Messenger also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Seagull IM's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 65%) and rating (3.6 vs 3.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Seagull IM sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. 55 Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Seagull IM holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of 55 Messenger's written reviews are positive against 87% of Seagull IM's.
55 Messenger ships an update monthly, Seagull IM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 55 Messenger | Seagull IM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (77 ratings) | 3.6 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OCTOPUS US LLC | Chengdu zhengdu Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
55 Messenger
Seagull IM
Bugs and requests
55 Messenger
Reported bugs
11 issues- Old version cannot log in
- New version cannot be used
- Cannot log in
- Network abnormal error
- Network connection unstable
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- Cannot answer phone calls
- New messages not pushed
- Cannot register, verification code error
- Cannot download new version
- Cannot log in, old version not working
- Cannot log in, verification code not received
Requested features
7 requests- Update the app
- Fix login issues for old versions
- Allow login with new version
- Improve notification delivery
- Add group chat functionality
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- Provide customer service
- Fix network connection problems
Seagull IM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
55 Messenger
No in-app purchases
Seagull IM
- 海鸥1个月靓号服务券$2.99
- 海鸥3个月靓号服务券$7.99
- 海鸥会员-1个月$9.99
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- 欧币$14.99
- 海鸥6个月靓号服务券$14.99
- 欧币$29.99
- 海鸥12个月靓号服务券$29.99
- 海鸥会员-3个月$29.99
- 欧币$47.99
- 欧币$59.99
- 海鸥$69.99
- 海鸥会员-12个月$99.99
- 1298元欧币$199.99








