Snikket vs Retichat
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/
Retichat
This app provides end-to-end encrypted communication over decentralized networks. It supports store-and-forward propagation and federated nodes for lightweight push notifications. Future updates will include LoRa, group, and channel support.
- End-to-end forward encryption
- Decentralized and organization-less
- LXMF Store-and-Forward support
- RFed federated propagation
- Lightweight push notifications
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Reticulum LXMF chat client for iPhone Offers end-to-end forward encrypted communication over Reticulum networks Completely decentralized and organization-less Support for LXMF Store-and-Forward propagation Additional functionality using RFed federated propagation nodes Features lightweight push notification through a notify-only (no message data) relay RFed capability Soon to come: LoRa support Group support Channel support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snikket at 3.5 against Retichat's 2.9. Snikket also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 38%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Retichat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snikket holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Snikket's written reviews are positive against 38% of Retichat's.
Snikket ships an update every 7 months, Retichat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snikket | Retichat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) — better | 2.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Snikket Community Interest Company | New Endian LLC |
Customer experience
Snikket
Retichat
In-app purchases
Snikket
No in-app purchases
Retichat
No in-app purchases
