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 Chat is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app for organisations that run their own K9 Chat server. Messages, calls and files are encrypted on your device, so only the people in the conversation can read them. FEATURES • One-to-one and group messaging • Encrypted voice and video calls • Screen sharing • Voice messages • Photo, video and file sharing • Threads, replies and reactions FOR ORGANISATIONS K9 Chat connects only to K9 servers operated by your own organisation, whether on premise, cloud-hosted or hybrid. It is not a public messaging network and does not connect to any other service. BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD An account is required, and accounts are issued by your organisation's administrator. Without one, you will not be able to sign in.
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. K9 Chat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). VoceChat's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of K9 Chat's written reviews are positive against 83% of VoceChat's.
K9 Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, VoceChat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | K9 Chat | VoceChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — 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 | 254 MB | 83 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
