K9 Chat vs VoceChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
K9 Chat
This secure chat application offers end-to-end encryption and zero-trust communication for private teams and organizations. It supports audio, video, screensharing, and voice notes without tracking user activity. Access requires an account provided by an administrator.
- End-to-end encryption
- Zero-trust communication
- Anonymous messaging
- Audio and video calls
- Screensharing
- Voice notes
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K9 Secure chat is an End-To-End Encrypted, "Zero Trust" based chat application providing anonymous communications without tracking possibilities - Audio, Video, Screenshare, Voice notes, and much more without efforts Note: Only usable with K9 servers - on-premise, cloud-based, or hybrid over secure networks maintaining the most possible level of security in communications within entities, governments, and closed teams. This app is not open for the public, Only download if you have access to a K9 Chat secure account provided by your administrator
VoceChat
This private chatting service allows users to host their own servers for secure communication. It supports individual and group chats with text, images, and files, along with features like message reactions, replies, edits, and pinning.
- Self-hosted server for data ownership
- Individual and group chats
- Text, image, and file message support
- Message reactions, replies, and edits
- Pinning messages in channels
- Saving important messages
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Users with their own server can fully enjoy private chatting service using VoceChat App. It comes with individual and group chats, with text, image and file messages supported. Features like adding reactions, replies and edits to messages, pinning messages in Channels and saving important messages for later reference are also included. Your chatting data will be completely saved on your own servers, thus owned by you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: K9 Chat at 5.0 against VoceChat's 4.2. VoceChat's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
K9 Chat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VoceChat has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
K9 Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, VoceChat weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | K9 Chat | VoceChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 250 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Colohost LLC | Privoce |
Customer experience
K9 Chat
VoceChat
In-app purchases
K9 Chat
No in-app purchases
VoceChat
No in-app purchases
