Comparison

SagMal vs ScanTheChat

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

Head to head
About

SagMal

This app prioritizes user privacy with anonymous registration, double-encrypted messaging, and server-side message deletion. It offers features to disguise contact names and photos, making it ideal for discreet communication.

Highlights
  • Anonymous registration (no email/phone)
  • Double-encrypted messaging
  • Server-side message deletion
  • Contact and photo disguise
  • Secure Swiss servers
  • Optional chat encryption key
Features
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SagMal ("Tell Me" in German) is a new chatting app like no other, where the foremost is your privacy. • You provide absolutely nothing of your personal details when registering. No phone, no e-mail. Therefore, there is no way your personal data can be stolen or given away. • We use doble encoding using state-of-the art encoding algorithms. You can easily encode any chat and it won’t be even obvious that it’s encoded (see 3 first screenshots) to your significant other or any official. • Messages are deleted from the server as soon as they're delivered. And the servers are based in neutral Switzerland, unreachable to most of the the Big Brothers. • It’s very easy to change pictures and names of your contacts so that your significant other or the authorities won’t suspect who you’re talking to. • This app is ideal for: o Wife/husband cheaters, you will be very difficult to catch o Anyone who is not willing to receive targeted advertisement, or who simply doesn’t want to give away your personal details o Anyone willing to go or to organize a meeting that has not been authorized by the State. The Big Brother will have a hard time catching you We use double encoding with state-of-the-art encoding algorithms where nobody (even us) can decode your messages. To enable double-encoding set the chatroom password at the beginning and let it know to whoever you're chatting to right away. For extra safety do not use chat to inform about your chatroom password. Note that your chat messages are encoded anyways (even if you don't provide an extra password), but with this additional password you get a second encoding on top of the first one. And not only text but all the images are encoded as well. Here is an incomplete list of SagMal chat features: - No need to give your phone or E-mail when registering. Just the good old way of providing a username and a password. - We delete all messages from our servers as soon as they are delivered. - There are no "bots" like in some other messaging apps that can provide anyone with your registration information, nicknames, etc. - Our servers and hosting are located in neutral Switzerland. - Your personal data can't be stolen from our servers - just because there is no personal data available - we don't know your e-mail and phone number. - But this is not all - for each chat window you have the possibility to encode the chat contents with a unique key that we won't know. You just let this key know to your chat counterpart. - Using a key you can easily encode your chat. This is the way to have private conversations that won't be seen by your husband or your wife, your parents or authorities. Also photos will be encoded as well! - SagMal chat app protects you from your "Big brother" - there is no way they will know that you plan to go to a meeting where you're not supposed to go. - Very easy to delete messages, from both, yours and your counterpart devices. You can also set how long a message will live before it will be automatically deleted. - Possibility to have multiple accounts on the same device. Very easy to switch between accounts. - Delete a contact or add it to a blocked list is easy by swiping a contact to the left. - Refresh contact list or data from the server by pulling the view down. - Messages just sent are in italic font, received by the server are in normal font and received by the user are in bold. Please let us know if you find any bugs or wish to see some improvements or new features. The app is free to send text, audio messages, images and small videos (up to 10 MB per day). If you want to send larger media files you can purchase a subscription which renews monthly . Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sagmalchat.com/privacysmch

About

ScanTheChat

Seamlessly sync messages across multiple devices. Create ephemeral discussions with others without sharing personal information, ensuring privacy. Designed for simplicity and ease of use.

Highlights
  • Cross-device message synchronization
  • Ephemeral discussions
  • Privacy-focused communication
  • Simple and easy to use interface
Features
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This app allows you to sync messages across multiple devices seamlessly. It is designed to be simple and easy to use. You can also create an ephemeral discussion with other users without sharing your personal informations.

Screenshots

SagMal3 screens
ScanTheChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SagMal at fortnightly against ScanTheChat's every 2 months. SagMal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). ScanTheChat's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SagMal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and ScanTheChat sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SagMal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SagMal ships an update fortnightly, ScanTheChat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SagMal versus ScanTheChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSagMalScanTheChat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB73 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVassili KaplanCopy&Paste LLC

Customer experience

SagMal

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

ScanTheChat

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SagMal

Subscriptions1
  • Images and Videos$0.991 Month
6 purchases

ScanTheChat

One-time6
  • Extension 7 days$0.99
  • Extension 30 days$2.99
  • Group extension 30 days$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Monthly premium extension$4.99
  • Group extension 3 months$4.99
  • Group extension 6 months$7.99

Questions

Is SagMal free?
SagMal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScanTheChat free?
ScanTheChat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SagMal or ScanTheChat?
SagMal is rated higher. SagMal averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ScanTheChat averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do SagMal or ScanTheChat have ads?
Neither SagMal nor ScanTheChat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SagMal or ScanTheChat?
SagMal ships an update fortnightly, and ScanTheChat every 2 months. Most recently, SagMal was updated on October 8, 2026 and ScanTheChat on October 16, 2026.

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