Lysten vs Chatap | Meet & Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lysten
Explore a vast array of audio conversations on diverse topics, from meditation and business to relationships and news. Host your own rooms to share your voice and connect with others, or engage in Q&A forums to learn from like-minded peers.
- Discover audio conversations
- Host your own audio rooms
- Connect with like-minded people
- Engage in Q&A forums
- Topic-based conversation search
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• Discover hundreds of conversations via our audio rooms. These rooms are filled with exciting conversations and gems that will blow your mind. Search any topic from meditation, business, finances, breaking news, relationships, social justice and so much more. You can listen to audio rooms while you exercise, commute to work or even clean the house. • If you’re feeling good you can even host a room, create and express yourself and connect with like-minded people. You can use your voice to up lift and up rise situations and circumstances that need to be paid attention to or use your voice to just to chat, your choice. • Make a call! If you find someone that you would love to learn more from, set up a call and ask to connect with them. • Do you have questions- we have answers. Chat with like minded peers with our questions and answer forum.
Chatap | Meet & Chat
Connect with genuine individuals through direct conversation, bypassing superficial interactions. Discover people nearby or globally, engage in multilingual chats, and enjoy a private experience where conversations are not saved.
- Real profiles
- Direct chat initiation
- Nearby and worldwide connections
- 8 languages supported
- Private, unsaved chats
- Block and report functionality
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Tired of fake profiles and endless swiping? Chatap is your space to meet real people and just… talk. Sign in with Apple or Google. Browse real profiles. Choose who you want to chat with. — Nearby or worldwide — 8 languages supported — Chats don't save — your privacy is protected — Block & report anytime No algorithms. No feeds. No judgment — just honest one-on-one conversations. Be curious. Be real. Be you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lysten at 100% against Chatap | Meet & Chat's 50%. Lysten also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). Chatap | Meet & Chat's advantage is ratings volume (323 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lysten holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chatap | Meet & Chat has 323 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lysten's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chatap | Meet & Chat's.
Lysten ships an update every 2 weeks, Chatap | Meet & Chat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lysten | Chatap | Meet & Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.2 (323 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 323 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lysten Interactive Inc | Mikhail Stepanov |
Customer experience
Lysten
Chatap | Meet & Chat
In-app purchases
Lysten
No in-app purchases
Chatap | Meet & Chat
No in-app purchases
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