Snikket vs FluffyChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snikket
Connect with friends, family, and colleagues on a global network without compromising your personal data. This privacy-focused chat application requires an invite to a Snikket service to function, ensuring secure and trusted communication.
- Privacy-friendly communication
- Worldwide communication network
- Data protection
- Trusted service providers
- Open-source software
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The Snikket app allows you to join a worldwide communication network. Use the app for communicating with friends, family and colleagues without surrendering your data to large corporations. Important Note: To get started with the app you need an invite to a Snikket service, or run your own. The app will not work unless you have an invite to join a Snikket service. Snikket allows you to use a service provided by someone you trust. This could be an organisation, simply a techie friend or family member. Snikket is 100% free and open-source software. Questions? Browse our FAQ: https://snikket.org/app/faq/
FluffyChat
This open-source messenger app offers secure, decentralized communication with a user-friendly interface. It supports various message types, group chats, and advanced moderation features, all while prioritizing user privacy and a delightful experience.
- Send messages, images, and files
- Voice messages and location sharing
- Unlimited private and public group chats
- Public channels with thousands of participants
- End-to-end encryption
- Encrypted chat backup
- Discover and join public groups
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FluffyChat is an open source, nonprofit and cute matrix messenger app. The app is easy to use but secure and decentralized. Features: - Send all kinds of messages, images and files - Voice messages - Location sharing - Push notifications - Unlimited private and public group chats - Public channels with thousands of participants - Feature rich group moderation including all matrix features - Discover and join public groups - Material You design - Hides complexity of Matrix IDs behind simple QR codes - Custom emotes and stickers - Spaces - Compatible with Element, Nheko, NeoChat and all other Matrix apps - End to end encryption - Encrypted chat backup - Emoji verification & cross signing ... and much more. FluffyChat comes with a dream! Imagine a world where everyone can choose the messenger they like and is still able to chat with all of their friends. A world where there are no companies spying on you when you send selfies to friends and lovers. And a world where apps are made for fluffyness and not for profit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FluffyChat at monthly against Snikket's every 7 months. FluffyChat also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (102 vs 18). Snikket's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 48%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FluffyChat holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FluffyChat has 102 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Snikket's written reviews are positive against 48% of FluffyChat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Snikket ships an update every 7 months, FluffyChat monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snikket | FluffyChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (18 ratings) | 3.9 (102 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 48.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 102 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Snikket Community Interest Company | Christian Kussowski |
Customer experience
Snikket
FluffyChat
In-app purchases
Snikket
No in-app purchases
FluffyChat
No in-app purchases
