Comparison

Typhos vs LNK Chats

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

Head to head
About

Typhos

This secure messaging app offers end-to-end encrypted text, image, audio, and video messages, along with encrypted voice and video calls. It prioritizes user privacy with features like self-destructing messages and anonymous logins using a unique code, not a phone number.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • Encrypted voice and video calls
  • Self-destructing messages
  • Anonymous login with unique code
  • Cross-platform compatibility
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Typhos is a cross-platform messaging app that focuses on privacy and security from the ground up. Typhos sends encrypted text, image, audio, and video messages to individuals and groups. It can also be used for encrypted user-to-user and group phone calls between Typhos mobile users. Our patented encryption technology ensures that messages are securely going where they are intended, and our privacy pledge ensures that no one is harvesting your information along the way. - Secure Chat ensures a secure text-messaging user experience. Typhos uses advanced encryption methods to ensure your messages are never received by anyone other than those for whom they are intended. End-to-End Encryption with our seamless encryption process ensures that messages stay protected from start to finish. - Self-Destructing Messages allow users to send messages that automatically delete themselves. This ensures messages are fully erased from all chats when the self-destruct countdown sequence completes. - Complete Encryption by default allows all chats, video, and voice calls to be safe, secure, and private all the time. Only the senders and recipients can view messages/calls. - Avatar and PIN ensure you are completely anonymous. We do not ask you for your name, or mobile number, and we have simplified the login process by not asking for a complicated password. Typhos uses a random User Unique Code (UUC), so you never have to worry about your information being compromised or attached to your phone number. Privacy policy: https://castle-shield.com/document/typhos/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://castle-shield.com/document/typhos/terms-of-service

About

LNK Chats

A secure messaging application focused on user privacy. It offers end-to-end encryption to ensure conversations are only readable by participants, with no third-party access or data tracking.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Private conversations
  • No third-party access
  • No data tracking
  • Ad-free experience
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Lock & Key Chats is a simple, secure messaging app designed to protect your privacy.  With end-to-end encryption, only you and your recipient can read your messages—no third parties, no ads, no data tracking. Stay connected with confidence, knowing your conversations are truly private.

Screenshots

Typhos4 screens
LNK Chats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LNK Chats at none against Typhos's 2. LNK Chats also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Typhos sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. LNK Chats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Typhos against 5.0 for LNK Chats. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typhos ships an update every 3 weeks, LNK Chats every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Typhos versus LNK Chats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyphosLNK Chats
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCastle Shield HoldingsJavier Gomez

Customer experience

Typhos

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LNK Chats

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Typhos

Subscriptions1
  • Typhos Monthly$11.991 Month
One-time1
  • Typhos Consumer Plan$7.99
None

LNK Chats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Typhos free?
Typhos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LNK Chats free?
LNK Chats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Typhos or LNK Chats?
Typhos and LNK Chats are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Typhos or LNK Chats have ads?
Neither Typhos nor LNK Chats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typhos or LNK Chats?
Typhos ships an update every 3 weeks, and LNK Chats every 9 days. Most recently, Typhos was updated on October 7, 2026 and LNK Chats on October 24, 2026.

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