Comparison

Chingari vs Tepnot

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

Head to head
About

Chingari

Engage in real-time conversations, discover live streams, and connect with creators. Participate in audio rooms, play games with friends, and explore content across various categories. Offers a multilingual experience for a global audience.

Highlights
  • Live streaming
  • Audio rooms
  • Creator consultations
  • Casual games with friends
  • Direct messaging
  • Multilingual support
Features
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Chingari is a live social platform for real-time conversations, creator interactions, and community entertainment. Discover live streams, join audio rooms, connect with creators, and explore content across social, astrology and wellness. Features include: Live Streaming
Go live, share your skills, and engage with viewers in real time. Eligible hosts can receive virtual gifts and earn Beans, subject to the applicable rules and availability. Consultations
Connect with participating creators, artists, influencers, astrologers, and wellness experts through available consultation experiences. Audio Rooms
Join group audio conversations, interact with other participants, and send virtual gifts where available. Games
Play casual games with friends. Inbox
Send and receive text messages with participating creators and influencers. Multilingual Experience
Use Chingari in English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, and additional supported languages. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
 Chingari Terms and Conditions: https://chingari.io/terms-and-condition
 Privacy Policy: https://chingari.io/privacy-policy Refund Policy: https://chingari.io/refund-policy Apple is not a sponsor of, or affiliated with, any contest, competition, or promotion offered within the Chingari app.

About

Tepnot

Connect with friends and family through messaging, calls, and posts. Share moments, explore feelings, and create private circles for secure collaboration. Enjoy end-to-end encrypted communication on any internet connection.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging and calls
  • Private posts with customizable visibility
  • Shareable Stories and Notes (disappear after 24 hours)
  • Secure Circles for business collaboration
  • Group chat, posts, and calls
  • High-quality video and voice calls
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Tepnot – Go LIVE. Connect. Create. Tepnot is a live social media app built for real-time connection, live streaming, conversations, and communities. Go LIVE, meet new people, connect with your audience, share moments, chat with friends, and enjoy interactive experiences, all in one place. Tepnot LIVE – Your Stage, Your Community Tepnot LIVE is at the heart of the experience. Start a LIVE stream, connect with viewers, and turn everyday conversations into engaging moments. Choose the LIVE experience that suits you: Single LIVE – Go live on your own, talk with your audience, share your interests, and build your community. Guest LIVE – Invite guests into your LIVE and create interactive conversations with multiple people. Battle LIVE – Join an exciting live battle format where creators can compete in a fun, interactive environment while their communities participate and support them. Interactive LIVE Tools – Make your LIVE sessions more engaging with interactive features designed for hosts and viewers. Gifting Goals: Hosts can set a gifting goal during their LIVE. Supporters can contribute gifts toward the goal and help the host reach it together, creating a shared community moment. Spinner: Give your viewers another way to interact. Viewers can spin the interactive spinner, and when it stops, the host can react to the option that appears. It adds spontaneity, fun, and audience participation to LIVE sessions. Chat & Messaging: Stay connected beyond LIVE. Send private messages, start conversations, and chat with friends and communities. Share your thoughts, moments, and updates directly with the people who matter to you. Posts & Stories: Share what’s happening in your world through posts and stories. Upload photos, videos, updates, and everyday moments to keep your community connected with you. Discover content, interact with people, and express yourself through a social experience designed around genuine connections. Your Profile: Create your own profile and let people discover who you are. Share your interests, content, stories, and LIVE activity while building your personal community on Tepnot. Audio & Video Calls: Want a more personal conversation? Connect through clear voice calls and video calls. Talk one-to-one and stay close to your friends, family, and community wherever you are. One App. Many Ways to Connect. Tepnot brings LIVE streaming, social posts, stories, chat, profiles, voice calls, video calls, interactive gifting, and community features together in one social platform. Whether you want to go LIVE, meet people, share your day, chat with friends, make video calls, support your favorite hosts, or simply enjoy interactive LIVE experiences, Tepnot gives you more ways to connect. Go LIVE. Start a conversation. Build your community. Tepnot, experience social connection in real time.

● Why Tepnot? All-in-one social platform: posts, short videos, chat, calls, and live Global community with real-time interaction Smooth, fast, and user-friendly experience Creative tools for content and live streaming Discover, create, and connect without limits Built for both users and creators worldwide ● Privacy & Safety First Your privacy matters. Tepnot is designed with secure communication systems and follows platform policies to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all users. ● Join a Global Community Millions of interactions happen every day on social platforms. Tepnot brings them together—content, conversation, and live experiences—in one place. Whether you want to watch, create, connect, or go live, Tepnot gives you the tools to do it all.

Terms and Policies - https://tepnot.com/tepnot-terms-of-service/ https://tepnot.com/tepnot-privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Chingari4 screens
Tepnot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chingari at 4.4 against Tepnot's 3.2. Chingari also leads on ratings volume (216 vs 6) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). Tepnot's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chingari sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Tepnot sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chingari holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chingari has 216 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Chingari's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tepnot's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chingari ships an update every 10 days, Tepnot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Chingari versus Tepnot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChingariTepnot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (216 ratings) — better3.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings216 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB233 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTech4Billion Media Private LimitedTepnot Technologies

Customer experience

Chingari

All ratings216 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Tepnot

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative29.2%

Bugs and requests

Chingari

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App keeps crashing
  • Call button doesn't work
  • Payment issues (deducted money, no tokens received)
  • App closes when messaging
  • Inbox crash
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  • Recharge issues (money deducted, no diamonds received)
  • Lagging during video calls
  • Call end button not working
  • Cannot withdraw coins without buying badge
  • Video color fades while uploading
  • Upload Selfie Video For KYC not working
  • OTP not received
  • Cannot do KYC with Brazilian phone number
  • Not receiving coin bonus
  • Followers booster not working
  • Cannot sign in with OTP (international)
  • Not getting coins after updating original voice video
  • App not updating on time
  • Cannot edit profile
  • App crash during video upload
  • Upload button not working
  • 90% of clips don't play
  • Not getting notifications

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add beauty function/beautycam
  • Optimize Circle UI (white background for comments, enlarge images on click)
  • Make app same like pictures
  • Add save audios and videos feature
  • Add more language kits
Show 9 more
  • Improve video resolution quality
  • Allow following from video
  • Remove plus sign from profiles already following
  • Add delete function
  • Allow changing language
  • Add invitation code option
  • Add email address option
  • Increase filters and quality
  • Allow using sounds of other videos

Tepnot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chingari

One-time10
  • 65 Diamonds$0.29
  • 250 Diamonds$0.99
  • 20 Diamonds$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 750 Diamonds$2.99
  • 2000 Diamonds for Rs. 699$6.99
  • 2000 Diamonds for Rs. 799$7.99
  • 2000 Diamonds$9.99
  • 10000 Diamonds for Rs. 3999$39.99
  • 10000 Diamonds$49.99
  • 20000 Diamonds$79.99
5 purchases

Tepnot

One-time5
  • 300 Coins$0.99
  • Coin 755$1.99
  • Coin 3937$12.99
Show 2 more
  • Coin 20910$69.99
  • Coin 30300$99.99

Questions

Is Chingari free?
Chingari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tepnot free?
Tepnot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chingari or Tepnot?
Chingari is rated higher. Chingari averages 4.4 out of 5 from 216 ratings, while Tepnot averages 3.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Chingari or Tepnot have ads?
Chingari shows ads; Tepnot does not.
Which is updated more often, Chingari or Tepnot?
Chingari ships an update every 10 days, and Tepnot every 2 days. Most recently, Chingari was updated on November 7, 2026 and Tepnot on November 4, 2026.

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