SagMal vs Beacon Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Anonymous registration (no email/phone)
- Double-encrypted messaging
- Server-side message deletion
- Contact and photo disguise
- Secure Swiss servers
- Optional chat encryption key
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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
Beacon Messenger
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THE BEACONS ARE LIT A call sent. A fellowship gathered. In a world of vast distances and gathering shadows, your light is the only word that matters. One spark to pierce the silence. One flame to summon your kin. Beacon transforms your presence into a signal fire, bridging the miles between you and those you trust most. Ignite the Signal – Kindle your flame with a single touch, casting your summons across the horizon. The Answered Call – Watch the distance for the return fires of your allies as they rise to meet your light. The Ever-Watchful Eye – A living map of the wild. Gaze upon the active beacons of your fellowship in real-time. Burning Trails – Follow the glowing path through the dark. No one wanders alone when the beacons are burning. Swift As Fire – Send instant, fire-swift responses to let your companions know you are on the move.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beacon Messenger at none against SagMal's 1. Beacon Messenger also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). 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. SagMal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Beacon Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
SagMal ships an update fortnightly, Beacon Messenger every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SagMal | Beacon Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vassili Kaplan | Ashby Bowles |
In-app purchases
SagMal
- Images and Videos$0.991 Month
Beacon Messenger
No in-app purchases









