55 Messenger vs YanChat
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.
YanChat
This app provides a secure, private messaging platform for communities, organizations, and teams. Users join dedicated workspaces with invitation codes for authorized communication. It supports text, image, and voice messages in a multilingual interface.
- Private workspace access
- One-on-one messaging
- Group conversations
- Send text, images, and voice
- Multilingual interface
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YanChat is a multi-tenant private messaging platform. Each community, organization, or team has its own private communication space. Users join their designated private workspace using invitation codes issued by administrators, enabling secure communication with authorized members. Key Features Join a private workspace One-on-one messaging Group conversations Send text, images, and voice messages Multilingual interface YanChat — One invite. Private conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 55 Messenger at 65% against YanChat's 20%. 55 Messenger also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16). YanChat's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
55 Messenger ships an update monthly, YanChat every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 55 Messenger | YanChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (77 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OCTOPUS US LLC | Hsin Wei Lin |
Customer experience
55 Messenger
YanChat
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
YanChat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
55 Messenger
No in-app purchases
YanChat
No in-app purchases
