MonkeyChat vs NoChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MonkeyChat
Connect with friends and family through private chat rooms without needing contacts. Enjoy anonymous messaging and no "last seen" or "read" receipts for enhanced privacy.
- Private chat rooms
- No contact list required
- Anonymous messaging
- No 'last seen' or 'read' notifications
- Shareable room IDs
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This is a chat app that you will use everyday to stay connected with your friends and family. It's based on chat rooms and we do not require your contacts. Just create a room and share the room id with the ones you want to connect. We don't have "last seen" or "seen" notifications. If you don't want to enter your username, that's totally fine too! You can send messages anonymously.
NoChat
Experience secure, private messaging with peer-to-peer technology and end-to-end encryption. This app prioritizes user privacy by not collecting or selling data, offering a clean interface without ads or algorithms.
- Peer-to-peer connections
- End-to-end encryption
- No data collection
- Ad-free interface
- Lightweight and efficient
- No phone number required
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Private. Secure. Decentralized. NoChat is messaging built for people who value real privacy — powered by peer-to-peer technology and DoW-grade encryption. SECURE: Every message is protected with military-grade end-to-end encryption by default. No server ever sees your plaintext. Your conversations belong to you — not us, not advertisers, not anyone. PEER-TO-PEER: NoChat connects you directly, device to device. No centralized servers storing your messages. No single point of failure. No honeypot for hackers. PRIVATE: We don't collect your data. We don't sell your data. We can't read your messages — and we designed it that way. No phone number required. FAST: Lightweight and efficient. NoChat delivers messages instantly over direct connections without routing through bloated cloud infrastructure. OPEN: Built by an independent team committed to transparency. Your trust isn't a feature — it's the foundation. SIMPLE: Beautiful, clean interface. No clutter, no ads, no algorithms deciding what you see. Just messaging, done right. Stop trusting corporations with your conversations. Own your messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NoChat at 4.6 against MonkeyChat's 2.5. NoChat also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 4). MonkeyChat's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NoChat holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NoChat has 28 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MonkeyChat ships an update every 9 days, NoChat every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MonkeyChat | NoChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Murat Can KOC | Kindly Robotics, Inc. |
In-app purchases
MonkeyChat
No in-app purchases
NoChat
No in-app purchases
