Comparison

Pixsent vs heat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pixsent

Securely share photos, videos, and texts with friends and new acquaintances. This app offers sender control, self-destructing messages with timers, and screenshot prevention for ultimate privacy. Enjoy fun and protected conversations.

Highlights
  • Sender-controlled conversations
  • Self-destructing messages with timers
  • Screenshot prevention
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Delete messages on both ends
  • Watermark options
Features
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Pixsent is THE destination for protected and secured messaging. Whether it’s a video, photo or text, Pixsent will protect your conversations with friends, family and newly befriended people in your life. YOU, the sender, controls the conversation. SENDER CONTROL Is finally here! Sign up like any other app, invite your friends through our search / invite button or invite someone you’d like to get to know better by using tokens. If you no longer want to chat with your newly invited friend then changing the token acts like a block and they can no longer message you on Pixsent. · Sharing photos, videos or texts doesn’t have to be scary or a hindsight conversation anymore. You can send your personal conversations with a timer, and the recipient can only view your message for the time allowed. After the message has been seen by the recipient, the message will delete on its own, the recipient can no longer come back to it, giving the sender full control. · Worry about screenshots? Worry no more, Pixsent’s security won’t allow your message to be screenshot. It’s also end to end encrypted which allows for complete security of your private conversations. · Pixsent is driven by security measures. We try our best to help your conversations be seen and heard by those you choose. Whether it be screenshot prevention, use of watermarks, or timers, use one security measure or all options, Pixsent strives for privacy. · Sending a message doesn’t have to be permanent. If you decide to want to delete a message after sending it, the sender can delete it on both ends. Ever drunk text? Well, worry no more, Pixsent is here. · Messages can be sent with filters, emoji, gif’s and much more. Messaging should be fun and secure, which is what Pixsent does.

About

heat

Discover what your Instagram followers truly think when they view your Stories. Share a link to your uploaded picture, and AI generates bold reactions for followers to tap anonymously. Unlock follower profiles with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Anonymous Story reactions
  • AI-generated replies
  • Follower profile reveals (PRO)
  • Shareable link for reactions
  • View who likes your Stories
Features
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heat lets you see what your Instagram followers really think when they watch your Stories. Here’s how it works: 1. Upload a pic you’d post to Stories and share your link 2. Our AI creates bold, spicy replies 3. Your followers tap one anonymously No one’s roasting you here. Just bold, spicy reactions—picked, not typed. With heat PRO: -Reveal IG profiles behind the replies! Heat PRO is a paid auto-renewing subscription. ----------------------------------------------------- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ----------------------------------------------------- Terms and Privacy: https://www.notion.so/Terms-and-Privacy-2014fed3436980d19a2ec365693c823b Safety: https://www.notion.so/Safety-2014fed3436980aebe9bcb95e6898384

Screenshots

Pixsent3 screens
heat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixsent at none against heat's 1. heat's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. heat sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Pixsent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixsent against 5.0 for heat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixsent ships an update every 6 weeks, heat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pixsent versus heat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixsentheat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPixsent, Inc.Glow AI, LLC

Customer experience

Pixsent

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

heat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixsent

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

heat

Subscriptions1
  • All Access$4.997 Days

Questions

Is Pixsent free?
Pixsent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is heat free?
heat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixsent or heat?
Pixsent and heat are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pixsent or heat have ads?
Neither Pixsent nor heat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixsent or heat?
Pixsent ships an update every 6 weeks, and heat weekly. Most recently, Pixsent was updated on October 8, 2026 and heat on October 18, 2026.

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