Comparison

Tact Chat vs teckel

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

Head to head
About

Tact Chat

A private messaging app for close connections, allowing easy setup without accounts. Share everyday moments with couples, families, and small friend groups, with full control over who you connect with.

Highlights
  • No sign-up or account required
  • Connect via link or nearby
  • Ideal for couples, families, and small groups
  • Private conversations, no public directory
  • Link previews, emoji, Markdown support
  • Full quality photo and video sharing
  • Content export available
Features
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Tact is a simple chat app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, using iCloud account for all your chats. It's great for couples, families, and small groups of friends in real life. Easy to start No sign up, no account. Get the app, share a link, or connect to people nearby — that’s it — you’re done. You can be whoever you want: all we ask for is a name. Your info is stored with Apple (iCloud Drive required). People who matter Tact is great for couples, families and groups of friends. Chat and share simple everyday matters, important or funny — the conversations in Tact are effortless, expressive, and embracing for everyone. Undiscoverable On purpose. We have no public directory — you decide who you want to create conversations and chat with. We keep you away from random, unwanted connections. Only talk to the people who matter to you. Powerful and snappy DMs or groups. Links with previews. Emoji, Markdown. Edits and reactions. Full quality photos and movies. It’s all there. Tact feels at home on your iPhone, iPad or Mac — because it was built for it. None of our business Tact is based on your iCloud account. You don’t need to share a thing with us, the team building it. We will never ask for your phone number or contacts. We will never see your chats, or who you talk to. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Try it first. If you like it, you pay. That’s how we work. No ads, data harvesting or growth hacks. If something feels off, you can always export your content and leave. No questions asked — this is on us. Three chats for free To get started, you can create or join three chats for free. All of Tact’s features will work. If you need more chats, we ask that you purchase our monthly or annual subscription. justtact.com twitter.com/justtact Your use of Tact is governed by Apple Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Tact requires iOS 14 or newer.

About

teckel

Features
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Teckel provides (i) "teckel AI": an AI chat interface with the most popular LLM families: Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Claude, enabling simultaneous conversation with the multiple models ("CrossListen") and (optionally) inter-model conversation between them ("CrossTalk"); and (ii) "teckel talk": a completely anonymous, secure chat service enabling end-to-end encrypted text communication. Teckel AI supports the most common model variants within each LLM family. Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude have access to the teckel MCP toolkits, extending the capabilities of the LLMs in a variety of domains. Currently available toolkits include the teckel ethereum toolkit (mainnet and Sepolia JSON-RPC), the teckel navigation toolkit (VFR flight planning, METARs and TAFs, airport intelligence, sun and timezone calculations), and the teckel IPFS toolkit (decentralized file storage, encrypted by default). The app includes a Prompt Library: a curated teckel Prompt Gallery, plus a User Prompt Library for saving your own prompts. For long-running LLM requests, an async response mode delivers in-app notifications on completion. IPFS backend storage manages media files (audio, video, text) used with the LLMs. Access uses teckel credits (In App purchase). For pilots: ask the teckel AI assistant something like "Plan a VFR flight from EGBO to EGTK departing in an hour" and the navigation toolkit returns a complete navlog — true and magnetic track, wind-corrected heading via the triangle of velocities, groundspeed, ETE, fuel burn, density altitude, and crosswind/headwind components by runway. METARs and TAFs are pulled live for every airport; sun-position calculations cover glare and twilight; OpenAIP supplies runway dimensions, frequencies and approach aids. SkyVector visualisation is one tap away. Voice mode lets you do this hands-free during pre-flight. The teckel talk text-based messaging service uses Ethereum addressing for authentication. No cryptocurrency is involved — Ethereum cryptography is harnessed for authentication, offering security with complete anonymity. There is no limit to the number of Ethereum addresses that can be created or imported. Teckel talk does not require a phone number or email address, does not record IP addresses, and does not utilize cloud infrastructure. Chat sessions are completely ephemeral — no data is stored on the device or any servers, though chat (and teckel AI) sessions can be archived for offline sharing. All content can be personally moderated and any Ethereum address blocked. Messages are SSL-encrypted in transit. Two-way chats are E2EE via Diffie-Hellman; group chats of 3+ can be E2EE using pre-agreed ephemeral passwords (shared offline). Public messaging is free; private group messaging uses teckel credits (In App purchase). teckel credits also unlock developer APIs mirroring the MCP toolkit functions. API keys are managed via Ethereum addresses in the app. The teckel IPFS toolkit is also available as a verified n8n community node, distributed with n8n Cloud — drop the node onto any workflow to store, retrieve, pin, encrypt and share files on IPFS without depending on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. The same encryption layer works identically across the app, the n8n node, the API, and MCP-driven AI agents, so encrypted IPFS content is fully portable between every surface — encrypt in one place, decrypt in another. Two further n8n packages are in verified review: teckel Ethereum (read-only JSON-RPC for mainnet and Sepolia) and teckel Navigation (METARs, TAFs, VFR route calculation, airport search). Source on GitHub (MIT): github.com/teckel-io/n8n-nodes. Co-founder podcasts: • CrossListen and CrossTalk introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTyms4a2A0g • Why we built teckel + basic usage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-_2RM4F5Q

Screenshots

Tact Chat3 screens
teckel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: teckel at 15.0 against Tact Chat's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Tact Chat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and teckel sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tact Chat ships an update every 6 weeks, teckel every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tact Chat versus teckel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTact Chatteckel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB55 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDiscerning Technologies OÜRisk Logical Limited

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tact Chat

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
7 purchases

teckel

One-time7
  • 1M teckel credits$2.00
  • 2.5M teckel credits$5.00
  • 5M teckel credits (2.5% off)$9.99
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  • 20M teckel credits (5% off)$39.00
  • 50M teckel credits (7.5% off)$99.00
  • 100M teckel credits (10% off)$199.99
  • 200M teckel credits (12.5% off)$349.99

Questions

Is Tact Chat free?
Tact Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is teckel free?
teckel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tact Chat or teckel have ads?
Neither Tact Chat nor teckel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tact Chat or teckel?
Tact Chat ships an update every 6 weeks, and teckel every 5 weeks. Most recently, Tact Chat was updated on September 17, 2026 and teckel on September 30, 2026.

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