JKChat vs Osmium Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JKChat
Connect to Jedi Knight and Quake III Arena game servers to chat with players directly from your mobile device. Receive notifications, monitor server activity with widgets, and save your favorite servers for quick access.
- Connect to game servers
- In-app chat
- Push notifications
- Server monitoring widgets
- Save favorite servers
- Watch games with minimaps
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JKChat lets you connect to Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and Quake III Arena servers and chat with other players without a computer. The app also features a possibility to connect to multiple servers, receive push notifications, watch games with Minimaps, save favourite servers, and monitor server activities with Widgets.
Osmium Chat
Experience fast, reliable, and private messaging with a global server network. This app offers a free, public API for developers and is independently owned with a privacy-first approach, ensuring no ads or data harvesting.
- Fast global messaging
- Reliable on unstable connections
- Private data infrastructure
- Free public API for developers
- No ads or data harvesting
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FAST - Built on a network of servers distributed around the world to keep messaging and voice fast anywhere. OPEN - Free, public API lets developers build custom bots, integrations, and clients without restrictions. RELIABLE - Built to deliver your messages even on slow or unstable connections. PRIVATE - Your data is stored in your region in our custom-build private infrastructure. INDEPENDENT - Privately owned and privacy first - no ads, no data harvesting, just messaging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JKChat at 5.0 against Osmium Chat's 4.0. JKChat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and device support (3 vs 1). Osmium Chat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 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.
JKChat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of JKChat's written reviews are positive against 60% of Osmium Chat's.
JKChat ships an update every 3 months, Osmium Chat every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | JKChat | Osmium Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | +12 |
| Developer | Vladimir Borozdin | Uncollapse |
Customer experience
JKChat
Osmium Chat
In-app purchases
JKChat
No in-app purchases
Osmium Chat
No in-app purchases
