Comparison

Sandes vs PYA Evolve

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

Head to head
About

Sandes

An indigenous instant messaging platform designed for government organizations, offering end-to-end encrypted communication. It supports encrypted backups and OTP services, with privacy governed by Indian government regulations. Integration with other government systems is available at no cost.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • Encrypted backup
  • Encrypted OTP service
  • Government infrastructure hosting
  • Integration with government systems
  • Free to use
Features
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Sandes is an open source based indigenous instant messaging platform developed by NIC, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India to facilitate instant messaging communication in Government organisations. It is hosted exclusively at Government infrastructure. It supports end to end encrypted messaging and encrypted backup and encrypted OTP service. Its privacy and data policy is governed by rules and regulations of the Government of India. Sandes can be integrated with other Government communications systems for sending encrypted messages without any cost. Currently Sandes is integrated with NIC email, DigiLocker and e-office. At present, full features of Sandes app are available only to the Government verified users. Employees of Government organisation need to contact the Nodal officer of their Ministry/ Department for verification. For information about Nodal officers write to us at support-sandes[at]nic[dot]in

About

PYA Evolve

Features
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PYA Evolve is a premier organization. The expanse of the association has increased significantly in the previous years such that maintaining it on pen and paper was no longer feasible. The app provides various features, namely, member profiles containing crucial information like email, contact details, and addresses, information and reminders about upcoming organization events, reminders for birthdays and anniversaries, confirming the forthcoming events, and eventually enhancing the quality of communication within the association.

Screenshots

Sandes4 screens
PYA Evolve4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sandes and PYA Evolve are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sandes ships an update every 5 weeks, PYA Evolve monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sandes versus PYA Evolve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandesPYA Evolve
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNICThe Appsolutes

In-app purchases

None

Sandes

No in-app purchases

None

PYA Evolve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sandes free?
Sandes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PYA Evolve free?
PYA Evolve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sandes or PYA Evolve have ads?
Neither Sandes nor PYA Evolve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sandes or PYA Evolve?
Sandes ships an update every 5 weeks, and PYA Evolve monthly. Most recently, Sandes was updated on October 17, 2026 and PYA Evolve on October 14, 2026.

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