Comparison

FlyTexting vs AsYouType

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

Head to head
About

FlyTexting

Experience truly private and anonymous messaging with real-time typing indicators. This app offers direct peer-to-peer connections, ensuring your conversations are never read by servers. Ideal for personal connections seeking an alternative to mainstream platforms.

Highlights
  • Real-time P2P secure messaging
  • Cross-platform video chat
  • Anonymous with username only
  • No file or phone book access
  • Real-time typing indicators
  • No server-side message storage
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Now with Cross Platform Video Chat. Get over the clouds with FlyTexting for real privacy. Totally anonymous, all you need is a username. No file access or phone book permissions required. Have a peer to peer direct text connection on a platform that can't read your messages. FlyTexting uses experimental open source tech that provides point to point encryption by creating a peer to peer connection. Your messages do not go though our servers and aren't unencrypted texts routed through the phone network. With Real Time Texting, you can see what each other are typing in real time. This is intended to make for a more personal and conversation like experience. FlyTexting offers no plugins for bots and has a small user base. We feel this real time experience is the answer many are looking for to counter AI and phony spam messages. This is for only your closest and most personal connections. If you are looking for an alternative to big tech or phone companies, look no further. We are an independent company without funding, so no one is pulling our strings or trying to sell your data to get a return on investment. You no longer have to be annoyed watching and waiting for that bubble to turn into actual text. You can get a feel for how fast the other person is typing etc like you are in the same room. Terms of Use: https://flytexting.com/legal.html

About

AsYouType

Features
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AsYouType is a messenger built around one idea: you see the words as they are typed. The other person's sentence appears character by character — the pauses, the corrections, the thought they started and deleted. Nothing waits to be "sent", and no "typing..." dots stand in for the text. NO ACCOUNTS No phone number, no email, no password. On first launch your phone generates a key, and that key is your identity. Nobody can restore it, including us. HOW PEOPLE FIND YOU Two ways, both optional. Claim a handle and tell it to someone, or publish one line about yourself in the People feed. One line — no photos, no age, no location. Either way the other person sends a request and you decide whether to accept. Do neither and you cannot be found at all. THE TIMER RUNS WHILE YOU LOOK Every message carries a timer — 30 seconds, a minute or five. It counts down only while the message is actually on someone's screen, so a message written to someone who is away does not burn out before they read it. It disappears from both phones once each of you has seen it. WRITE ANY TIME If the other person is in the app, your text appears live as you type. If they are not, the message waits in an encrypted mailbox and is deleted from the server the moment they open the conversation. END-TO-END ENCRYPTED X25519 key agreement, HKDF-SHA256, AES-GCM. Conversation keys are new on every entry and live in memory. Compare the safety code out loud to be sure nobody is in between. NO ARCHIVE Conversations are kept encrypted on your own device only until they burn out. There is nothing to scroll back through, and nothing to hand over. Reporting and blocking are one tap away on every post and every contact. Try the built-in demo conversation first — it shows what live typing looks like without a second phone.

Screenshots

FlyTexting4 screens
AsYouType3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AsYouType at none against FlyTexting's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. FlyTexting sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. AsYouType asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
FlyTexting versus AsYouType: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyTextingAsYouType
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlyTexting LLCDima Olivko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FlyTexting

Subscriptions1
  • Ad Free$0.991 Month
None

AsYouType

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlyTexting free?
FlyTexting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AsYouType free?
AsYouType is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlyTexting or AsYouType have ads?
Neither FlyTexting nor AsYouType shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlyTexting or AsYouType?
FlyTexting ships an update every 2 months, and AsYouType every 2 months. Most recently, FlyTexting was updated on November 3, 2026 and AsYouType on November 10, 2026.

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