VoceChat vs Neo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VoceChat
This app offers a private chatting service for users with their own servers. It supports individual and group chats with text, image, and file messages, along with features like reactions, replies, and message pinning. All your chatting data is saved on your own servers, ensuring you retain ownership.
- Private server hosting
- Individual and group chats
- Text, image, and file messaging
- Message reactions and replies
- Pinning and saving messages
- Full data ownership
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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.
Neo
This app is a feature-rich client for the Matrix chat protocol, offering advanced functionalities like local AI chats, RSS feeds, and customizable notifications. It provides a futuristic and efficient way to communicate and manage your conversations.
- Local AI chats and summarization
- RSS feed reader
- Room folders for organization
- Customizable notifications and reactions
- Online GIF picker
- Message search functionality
- Encrypted room support
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Neo is a futuristic Matrix client built for speed, focus, and modern communication. Move quickly through Matrix rooms, spaces, threads with a modern and clean UI. Sign in with your Matrix account, join rooms, send rich messages, organize conversations with Threads and Matrix Spaces, and navigate everything from a fast sidebar. Neo supports encrypted rooms, image video sharing, reactions, threads, voice and video calls, rich notifications, RSS feeds, and local message translation with a single tap. Core Matrix Features • Sign in with username/password or SSO • Support for regular and encrypted Matrix rooms • Send text, images, videos, files, GIFs, stickers, and reactions • Use threads to keep long conversations on track • Organize rooms with native Matrix Spaces • Rich notifications with avatars and message previews • Voice and video calls Neo Extras • Fast sidebar navigation for rooms and spaces • Online GIF picker powered by Tenor • Message search • One-tap downloads for images, videos, and GIFs • RSS feed subscriptions and in-app reading • News view with RSS integration • Sticker picker, including Memoji stickers • Per-contact notification modes • Custom notification sounds • Custom default reaction emojis • Emoji folders • Local message translation • Foldable Markdown code blocks • Apple Intelligence message summaries on supported devices EULA / Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-matrix-tos.md Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-privacy-policy.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VoceChat at 4.2 against Neo's 3.5. VoceChat also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 43%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. VoceChat asks for nothing beyond the download.
VoceChat holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of VoceChat's written reviews are positive against 43% of Neo's.
VoceChat ships an update every 5 days, Neo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VoceChat | Neo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) — better | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Privoce | AsterKit |
Customer experience
VoceChat
Neo
In-app purchases
VoceChat
No in-app purchases
Neo
- Nil Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Nil Pro Lifetime$8.99









