Alter Messenger vs Graf Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alter Messenger
This secure messaging app offers multiple privacy layers to protect your conversations. Features include screenshot detection and the ability to use different usernames for each chat, ensuring your messages remain private.
- Screenshot detection
- Per-chat usernames
- Multiple privacy layers
- Secure chat
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Securely chat with friends, without the concern of prying eyes. There are multiple layers of privacy, including screenshot detection, selecting a different username for each chat, and more. More features coming soon.
Graf Chat
A secure messaging app prioritizing privacy with end-to-end encryption and no phone number requirement. It offers biometric app lock and screenshot protection, with tools to block and report abuse.
- End-to-end encrypted chats
- No phone number required for sign-up
- Biometric app lock
- Screenshot protection
- Block and report tools
- Interoperable with Matrix homeservers
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Graf is a security-first private messenger built on the open Matrix protocol. - Username sign-up, no phone number required - End-to-end encrypted 1:1 chats (you hold the keys) - Biometric app lock and screenshot protection - Block and report tools; zero tolerance for abuse - Talk to anyone on Graf or any Matrix homeserver Private by default. We can't read your messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Graf Chat at every 2 days against Alter Messenger's weekly. Alter Messenger's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Alter Messenger against 5.0 for Graf Chat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Alter Messenger ships an update weekly, Graf Chat every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alter Messenger | Graf Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Caleb Mesfien | Venture Deals, Co. |
Customer experience
Alter Messenger
Graf Chat
In-app purchases
Alter Messenger
No in-app purchases
Graf Chat
No in-app purchases
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