FluffyChat vs VoceChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
VoceChat
This private chatting service allows users to host their own servers for secure communication. It supports individual and group chats with text, images, and files, along with features like message reactions, replies, edits, and pinning.
- Self-hosted server for data ownership
- Individual and group chats
- Text, image, and file message support
- Message reactions, replies, and edits
- Pinning messages in channels
- Saving important messages
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Users with their own server can fully enjoy private chatting service using VoceChat App. It comes with individual and group chats, with text, image and file messages supported. Features like adding reactions, replies and edits to messages, pinning messages in Channels and saving important messages for later reference are also included. Your chatting data will be completely saved on your own servers, thus owned by you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VoceChat at 83% against FluffyChat's 48%. VoceChat also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). FluffyChat's advantage is ratings volume (102 vs 18). 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.
VoceChat holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. 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 point the same way: 48% of FluffyChat's written reviews are positive against 83% of VoceChat's.
FluffyChat ships an update monthly, VoceChat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FluffyChat | VoceChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (102 ratings) | 4.2 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Christian Kussowski | Privoce |
Customer experience
FluffyChat
VoceChat
In-app purchases
FluffyChat
No in-app purchases
VoceChat
No in-app purchases
