LNK Chats vs Chot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LNK Chats
A secure messaging application focused on user privacy. It offers end-to-end encryption to ensure conversations are only readable by participants, with no third-party access or data tracking.
- End-to-end encryption
- Private conversations
- No third-party access
- No data tracking
- Ad-free experience
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Lock & Key Chats is a simple, secure messaging app designed to protect your privacy. With end-to-end encryption, only you and your recipient can read your messages—no third parties, no ads, no data tracking. Stay connected with confidence, knowing your conversations are truly private.
Chot
This secure messaging app uses end-to-end encryption to protect your conversations. Your private keys are not accessible by the server, ensuring your messages remain private. It is free to use and contains no advertisements or data collection.
- End-to-end encryption
- Server-side key inaccessibility
- No advertisements
- No data collection
- Free to use
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Chot* uses end-to-end encryption to secure your messages. Even server does not know your private keys to decrypt. Also it does not contain any advertisement or data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: LNK Chats at 3 against Chot's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 LNK Chats against 5.0 for Chot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
LNK Chats ships an update every 9 days, Chot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LNK Chats | Chot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Javier Gomez | Ates DANIS |
In-app purchases
LNK Chats
No in-app purchases
Chot
No in-app purchases
