LNK Chats vs Trim Chat
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.
Trim Chat
This messaging app facilitates temporary conversations without requiring personal contact information. Messages and inactive chats are automatically deleted after a set period, ensuring a clean and focused chat list. Connect securely using QR codes or expiring links.
- Private messaging without contact details
- Automatic message and chat deletion
- Secure end-to-end encryption
- Connect via QR code or expiring link
- Customizable color themes
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Trim Chat, the minimalist messaging app, is designed for short-lived exchanges, without the use of personal contact details like phone number, social media account, or contact list. As messages reach an age threshold, they are automatically deleted. If an inactive chat drops to zero messages, it too is deleted. Always trim, your list of chats contains only those most active and relevant. FEATURES Private - no phone number, social media account, contact list, advertising, or tracking Simple - connect with QR code or expiring link Secure - end-to-end encryption Trim - automatic removal of inactive conversations GET STARTED IN 3 STEPS 1. Enter your name. 2. Create a trim-chat with just a title. 3. Invite others to your trim-chat via QR code or expiring link. USE CASES New (untrusted or temporary) contacts - connect without exposing your contact details by scanning a QR code 3rd party coordination - connect your contacts with each other without exposing their contact details by sharing an expiring link Short-lived topics with your existing contacts - create lightweight, topical trim-chats by sharing an expiring link THEMES Choose from a variety of color themes!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: LNK Chats at 3 against Trim Chat's 1. Trim Chat's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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 Trim Chat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LNK Chats | Trim Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Javier Gomez | Minimal Complexity Inc. |
Customer experience
LNK Chats
Trim Chat
In-app purchases
LNK Chats
No in-app purchases
Trim Chat
No in-app purchases
