Comparison

How I Met vs LockChat

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

Head to head
About

How I Met

Features
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How I Met makes meeting people feel more human, more contextual, and less mechanical. Discover living profiles built around photos, moments, and details that actually make you want to reply. Instead of judging a profile in seconds, you explore a person through what they like, what they share, and what they are looking for. Choose your intention, dating or friendship, adjust your filters, browse profiles, and start a conversation from a specific moment. Messages keep the profile context so the exchange starts naturally. How I Met also includes Moments Call, a voice experience for exploring profiles, moving to the next one, or coming back to a detail without losing the thread. Main features: - visual profiles with moments and photos; - dating or friendship intentions; - simple filters for age, distance, and preferences; - conversations connected to profile context; - voice exploration with Moments Call. How I Met is designed for calmer, clearer, and more natural connections.

About

LockChat

This app provides end-to-end encrypted messaging, ensuring your conversations are private and secure. It offers advanced features for corporate clients, including server management and user control.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted chat
  • User-controlled keys
  • Corporate server management
  • User management
  • Contact list integration
  • Secure file transfer
Features
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After successfully securing email communication and file transfer, Galaxkey is happy to secure the end-to-end messaging for users. Galaxkey uses it’s robust data protection platform to build a secure chat application. The chat application covers the missing piece of secured instant messaging from the Galaxkey’s data protection platform. It allows users to securely chat with each other with keys controlled by them. In addition to normal chat features, it will allow corporate customers to 1. Manage chat server within their infrastructure 2. Manage users using Galaxkey interface 3. Have complete control over the instant messaging app Users will be able to add any contact from their contacts list and communicate securely with them. Galaxkey will be adding many new and unique features to the application in near future.

Screenshots

How I Met4 screens
LockChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: How I Met at every 6 days against LockChat's every 3 weeks. LockChat's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How I Met ships an update every 6 days, LockChat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
How I Met versus LockChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow I MetLockChat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB250 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJonathan AmsellemGalaxkey

In-app purchases

None

How I Met

No in-app purchases

None

LockChat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is How I Met free?
How I Met is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LockChat free?
LockChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do How I Met or LockChat have ads?
Neither How I Met nor LockChat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, How I Met or LockChat?
How I Met ships an update every 6 days, and LockChat every 3 weeks. Most recently, How I Met was updated on November 7, 2026 and LockChat on November 12, 2026.

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