VentSpace vs mssgs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VentSpace
Share your feelings anonymously or with your identity through text, audio, or video posts. Connect with a supportive community and explore mental health resources. Find therapists and educational content in a judgment-free space.
- Anonymous text, audio, and video posts
- Community interaction and support
- Themed groups (e.g., Military, LGBTQ+)
- Mental health condition categorization
- In-app therapist marketplace
- Mental health education content
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No Filters. No Judgment. No Names. We all get overwhelmed sometimes. Sharing about your problems, challenges, and frustrations can help you feel calmer and think more clearly about solutions. VentSpace is available 24/7 so you can express whenever you want, as often as you like. Anonymously share what you’re feeling through text or audio posts. Or reveal your identity with a video vent. With a community of others that have experiences just like you, you can connect with others’ posts to give encouragement, advice, or let them know that you can relate to them. - Vent how you feel through text, audio, or video posts - Browse and follow posts that you can relate to by listening, watching, reading and interacting with others - Choose from different Groups such as: Military, Black/African American, Student, Nurse, Athlete, LGBTQ+ and more - Select Mental Health Types that relate to your post such as: Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, Relationships, and more - Have a safe place to express yourself - Ad-free platform Connect with Online Therapists - Browse our in-app marketplace of therapists that specialize in the challenges you’re facing Mental Health Education - Browse various topics of Mental Health Education video content - Gain an understanding of different mental health issues - Know how to support someone that may be facing mental health issues or a tough time in life - Become familiar with what mental health really is, and how you can better yourself as well as others Start sharing. It feels great to Vent!
mssgs
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mssgs is chat for the people you actually talk to. Message your friends, run a community, see who is nearby and play a game right in the conversation. No ads, no tracking, no feed deciding what you see. CHAT YOUR WAY • Direct messages with streaks, voice memos, photos, albums, GIFs and stickers • Ghost mode: switch a DM over and its messages disappear after they are read • One-time photos and videos that are gone once opened • Reactions, replies, polls, mentions and hundreds of stickers • Hide finished chats in an archive behind Face ID or a passcode COMMUNITIES • Servers with channels, categories, roles and permissions • Plan events with a list of who is coming, and set reminders • Voice rooms with push-to-talk, raise hand and a soundboard • Moderation that puts the community in charge: reports, mutes and bans • Make a channel readable on the web CALLS • Voice and video calls, one-on-one or with a group • End-to-end encrypted whenever everyone's app supports it, with a lock on screen that tells you • Share your screen LIVE MAP • See your friends on a live map, and only the friends you pick see you • Public posts pinned to the places they were taken • Pick exactly who can see you, and stop sharing any time STORIES, FEED AND CAMERA • Post photos, videos and slideshows with a song to your feed or your story • Private stories for up to 50 people • A real camera with live filters, location stickers, text and face lenses • Memories: your own gallery of the moments you kept GAMES • Battleship, Four in a Row, Checkers, Snake, Word Guesser and more, built into the chat • Host a tournament, or invite a friend without an account with a guest link MAKE IT YOURS • Nameplates, avatar frames and profile backgrounds from the decoration shop • Badges you earn, chat themes, and light or dark mode • Premium adds 60 fps screen sharing, 50 MB uploads, 5,000-character messages, extra communities, call reactions and more, paid with credits you buy in the app APPLE WATCH • Read and answer chats, browse the feed and check the map from your wrist • A timer, stopwatch, alarms and a calculator, no account needed SAFE BY DESIGN • No ads and no tracking • Report or block anyone from anywhere, and moderators act on it • Protect your account with a passkey or backup codes as a second factor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: mssgs at 4 against VentSpace's 2. VentSpace's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VentSpace | mssgs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ATX Web Designs, LLC | Deverence Group B.V. |
In-app purchases
VentSpace
No in-app purchases
mssgs
No in-app purchases









