Comparison

K9 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

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.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Zero-trust communication
  • Anonymous messaging
  • Audio and video calls
  • Screensharing
  • Voice notes
Features
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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.

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

K9 Chat4 screens
teckel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: K9 Chat at none against teckel's 7. teckel's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). 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. teckel sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. K9 Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

K9 Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, teckel every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
K9 Chat versus teckel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterK9 Chatteckel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB55 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperColohost LLCRisk Logical Limited

In-app purchases

None

K9 Chat

No in-app purchases

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 K9 Chat free?
K9 Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is teckel free?
teckel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do K9 Chat or teckel have ads?
Neither K9 Chat nor teckel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, K9 Chat or teckel?
K9 Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, and teckel every 5 weeks. Most recently, K9 Chat was updated on October 16, 2026 and teckel on October 16, 2026.

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