CoolApp Cambodia vs Wave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CoolApp Cambodia
Communicate securely with end-to-end encrypted messaging and calls. This app ensures your conversations are private, accessible only to you and your intended recipient. It offers a robust and private communication experience.
- End-to-end encryption
- Secure messaging
- Private calls
- No data collection
- Independent Signal fork
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CoolApp is designed to never collect or store any sensitive information. Messages and calls can not be accessed by us or other third parties because they are always end-to-end encryption, your messages, data and calls remain secure. Only you and person you’re communicating with can read or listen to them — nobody in between, not even CoolApp. The CoolApp chat client is an independent Signal fork for iOS, MacOS
Wave
A privacy-focused messaging app offering end-to-end encrypted chats without requiring sign-ups or personal information. It utilizes a decentralized network for enhanced user control and supports both one-to-one and group conversations.
- End-to-end encryption
- No sign-up required
- Decentralized network
- One-to-one and group chats
- Optional Bluesky integration
- Ad-free and tracker-free
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Wave is a privacy-first messaging app built for people who value security, simplicity, and control. Chat, call, and send photos and videos without signing up, sharing personal details, or trusting centralized servers. You can start messaging instantly. Wave uses end-to-end encryption, ensuring only you and the people you're chatting with can see your messages, calls, photos, and videos. Everything is encrypted on your device and decrypted only by recipients. Powered by XMTP, Wave is built on a decentralized messaging network, reducing reliance on central servers and giving users more control over their conversations. Wave supports fast one-to-one messaging and secure group conversations in a clean, minimal interface with no clutter or distractions. Send voice notes, photos, videos, and albums of up to 10 photos and videos. Reply to messages, react with emoji, and share GIFs and stickers, including ones made from your own photos. Make one-to-one voice and video calls with anyone you chat with. Answer from the Lock Screen, keep chatting while a call floats in a small window, add live filters to your video, and find past and missed calls in call history. Stay in control of every conversation. Set messages to disappear after 30 seconds up to 7 days, unsend any message you've sent, and pin, archive, or mute your chats. Choose how much your notifications show, block anyone, and get alerts about suspicious accounts. Give your groups admins, a description, and a custom photo. Pick your own profile photo and share your profile with a QR code or a link you can reset anytime. Chat Backup saves your chats to iCloud automatically, daily, weekly, or monthly, so you can restore them when you reinstall Wave or get a new iPhone. Your backup is encrypted before it leaves your device. You can optionally connect your Bluesky account to message people you already know, or simply use Wave on its own without linking any account. Wave is designed with privacy at its core, with end-to-end encrypted messages and calls, a privacy-first architecture, and no ads or trackers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wave at 5.0 against CoolApp Cambodia's 4.6. CoolApp Cambodia's advantage is ratings volume (388 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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.
Wave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoolApp Cambodia has 388 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CoolApp Cambodia ships an update weekly, Wave monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CoolApp Cambodia | Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (388 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 388 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 239 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | COOLAPP CO.,LTD. | Simhadri Bogula |
Customer experience
CoolApp Cambodia
Wave
In-app purchases
CoolApp Cambodia
No in-app purchases
Wave
No in-app purchases









