Comparison

FluffyChat vs Echoed

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Echoed

A private space for close-knit groups to connect through servers, direct messages, and voice/video calls. Organize events, manage tasks, and customize your experience without ads or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Servers and DMs
  • Voice and video calls
  • Event and task management
  • Customizable profiles and themes
  • Real-time messaging
  • No ads or algorithms
Features
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Not an office, not a feed, not another thing trying to sell you something. A private space for the people who matter — your friend group, your gaming crew, your small community — built warm and weird on purpose. — WHAT YOU GET — Servers and DMs Drop into a server for your crew or slide into DMs. Channels, categories, roles, pins, replies, reactions, threads, stickers, custom emoji — everything you'd expect, none of the enterprise bloat. Voice and video calls One-tap voice for quick chats, group video for movie nights, and full server voice channels so you can keep the conversation going while you play. Events and tasks, right in the chat Plan the next session without leaving the server. Calendar channels for events and RSVPs, task boards for coordinating who's doing what. No more third-party schedulers. Make it yours Custom status, per-server profiles, themes, activity indicators, stickers, emoji packs. The app feels like your space, not ours. Real-time and reliable Built on a modern realtime stack so messages, calls, and presence just work — fast, live, no refresh-button energy. Quiet by default No ads. No algorithm. No "people you may know." We don't data-mine your conversations. You choose who sees what. — THE VIBE — Echoed is dark-first, warm, and a little bit rebellious. Golden accents because we're not sterile-corporate-blue. Late-night-basement vibes because that's where the good conversations happen. Design that respects the fact that you're talking to people you actually know. — FOR — • Friend groups that want a private place that feels like home • Gaming squads coordinating raids, drops, watch-parties • Small communities, book clubs, study groups, creative collabs • Anyone tired of platforms that treat a chat app like a billboard — COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION — • Belarusian translation revised and enhanced by @lenify Echoed is free, private, and built with care. Your people. Your space. Your echo.

Screenshots

FluffyChat4 screens
Echoed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echoed at 100% against FluffyChat's 48%. Echoed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9). FluffyChat's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echoed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FluffyChat has 104 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Echoed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FluffyChat versus Echoed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluffyChatEchoed
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (104 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings104 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperChristian KussowskiMashrafi Rahman

Customer experience

FluffyChat

All ratings102 ratings
Positive71.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral20.9%
Negative30.9%

Echoed

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FluffyChat

No in-app purchases

None

Echoed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FluffyChat free?
FluffyChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echoed free?
Echoed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FluffyChat or Echoed?
Echoed is rated higher. FluffyChat averages 3.9 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Echoed averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FluffyChat or Echoed have ads?
Neither FluffyChat nor Echoed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FluffyChat or Echoed?
FluffyChat ships an update monthly, and Echoed monthly. Most recently, FluffyChat was updated on October 29, 2026 and Echoed on October 24, 2026.

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