Typhos vs uchat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
uchat
This messaging app offers a simple, reliable, and private way to connect with friends and family. All conversations are end-to-end encrypted, ensuring only participants can read messages or listen to calls. It uses your phone number for quick setup and contact discovery.
- End-to-end encryption
- Private calls and messages
- No usernames or logins
- Uses phone number for contacts
- Simple and reliable connections
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UChat is simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even UChat Team, can read or listen to them. Simple and secure connections, right away All you need is your phone number, no user names or logins. You can quickly view your contacts who are on UChat and start messaging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Typhos at 5.0 against uchat's 4.2. Typhos also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). uchat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Typhos sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. uchat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Typhos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uchat has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Typhos ships an update every 3 weeks, uchat every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Typhos | uchat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Castle Shield Holdings | Hasan Hamed Mahmood Alhusseini |
Customer experience
Typhos
uchat
In-app purchases
Typhos
- Typhos Monthly$11.991 Month
- Typhos Consumer Plan$7.99
uchat
No in-app purchases







