Comparison

Dynetix Chat vs Network Messenger

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

Head to head
About

Dynetix Chat

Connect with friends globally through unlimited live video chats. Create secure rooms with passcodes, share messages, and control your privacy with options to mute audio/video or use virtual backgrounds. Enjoy extended conversations without time limits.

Highlights
  • Unlimited live video chat
  • Secure chat rooms with passcodes
  • Mute camera and microphone
  • Virtual backgrounds and blur effects
  • In-chat text messaging
  • Switch between front/back cameras
Features
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This powerful and secure app allows you to perform unlimited live video chat with up to six friends, who may be at anywhere in the world, for unlimited time. Specifically, you may login or sign-up into the app via your selected email address and password. After that, you may either enter an existing chat room, if you know the room's name and security code, or create your own chat room by specifying a room name and a security code in the app's main view. You then enter the room by clicking the Enter key. Furthermore, prior to entering a chat room, you may message or email your friends to join you in the chat room, via the SMS or email button, respectively. Finally, you may click the 'I' button to access an information menu, which let you access Settings, view group video chat subscription term of use, etc. Once you are in a chat room. you will be automatically connected to other peers as they enter the chat room. Moreover, their video screens will be added and shown on yours and other users' device. You may click the video and/or audio buttons to turn-on/off your device camera and microphone for privacy. Moreover, you may click the people button to view a list of participants currently in the chat room, and click the message button to send a message to all connected peers. Added to all that, you may click the switch camera button to select using the front or back camera on your device to stream your local image to your peers. When you want to exit the chat room, click the phone hangup button to leave the chat room. As each person enter or leave a chat room, all other participants in the room will be notified, and their video screens will be added or removed accordingly. Added to the above, via the app's Settings, you may specify a photo to be used as a virtual background for the local video stream, or you may ask the app to blur the local stream background image, so that in live chats, remote users will not be able to see your background image for privacy. To summarize, the special features of this app are: 1. No time limit on your video chat. 2. You may exit and re-enter a chat room at any time. 3. Each chat room is guarded by a security code for security. 4. You may mute your camera and/or microphone for privacy. 5. During live chat, you may tap on any one of the videos to display that stream in full screen, and all other streams to be shown in thumbnails. You may tap on the screen again to show all video streams in their regular windows. 6. You may click the message button to send text messages to all connected peers. 7. You may long press on any video view to hide or show all the control buttons and the room label.  8. Via the app's Settings, you may specify an auto hangup time period. If that time period is set, the app will automatically hang up your video screen when all connected peers have left the chat room and the user-specified time period expires. 9. Localized for US English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. 10. You may specify a photo to be depicted when local video is turned off during live chat. 11. You may long press on the video view to hide/show the functional buttons. 12 You may blur or specify a photo for your local stream, so that remote users will not see your background for privacy. 13. Via the Background Photo button in the video view, you may change the virtual background image or video-off photo. Group Video Chat Subscription By default, the app allows you to chat with a peer for one-on-one video chat. If you want to chat with two or more peers at the same time, you will need to purchase the Group Video Chat Subscription. To purchase the Group Video Chat Subscription, click on the red people icon in the app's main view, and follow the prompts to make the purchase. You may cancel the subscription at any time via the Settings app on your device.

About

Network Messenger

Connect with friends and family through secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging and calls. Organize events, birthdays, and group chats, with tools to sort your network. Enjoy a private, AI-free experience.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • Voice and video calls
  • Event and group chat organization
  • Contact sorting with tags and notes
  • Soft location sharing
  • Smart reconnection reminders
Features
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The encrypted messenger built for how people actually connect. No ads, AI-free, and independent. Features include: - End-to-end encrypted messaging. - Voice and video calls (group calls coming soon). - Events, birthdays, and group chats. All together, in one place (finally). - Tags, filters, and custom notes to sort and bring context to your network. - Secure connections. Network syncs with your native contacts app, to suggest contacts that are using Network. - Real-time features like soft location sharing. - Smart reminders to reconnect. For questions or feedback, go to Settings > Help and Support in the app. By downloading the app, you agree to our EULA which can be found here: https://networkmessenger.com/termsofservice/

Screenshots

Dynetix Chat4 screens
Network Messenger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Network Messenger at Free against Dynetix Chat's $0.99. Network Messenger also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (26 vs 2). Dynetix Chat's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Network Messenger is free to download; Dynetix Chat costs $0.99 up front. Dynetix Chat sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Network Messenger sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dynetix Chat against 5.0 for Network Messenger. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Network Messenger has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dynetix Chat ships an update every 6 weeks, Network Messenger every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dynetix Chat versus Network Messenger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDynetix ChatNetwork Messenger
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings226 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB119 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDynetix Design Solutions IncNetwork Messenger, Inc.

Customer experience

Dynetix Chat

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Network Messenger

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dynetix Chat

Subscriptions1
  • Group Video Chat Subscription$1.991 Month
1 purchases

Network Messenger

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Dynetix Chat free?
Dynetix Chat costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Network Messenger free?
Network Messenger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dynetix Chat or Network Messenger?
Dynetix Chat and Network Messenger are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 26 ratings respectively.
Do Dynetix Chat or Network Messenger have ads?
Neither Dynetix Chat nor Network Messenger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dynetix Chat or Network Messenger?
Dynetix Chat ships an update every 6 weeks, and Network Messenger every 4 days. Most recently, Dynetix Chat was updated on September 7, 2026 and Network Messenger on July 21, 2026.

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