SendingMe vs Towns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SendingMe
This decentralized instant messenger offers encrypted one-on-one and group chats with support for various media types. Users can manage their digital identities, share collectibles, discover communities, and follow influencers within a secure and private social ecosystem.
- Encrypted one-on-one and group chats
- Support for text, images, voice, video, and files
- Digital collectible sharing
- Community discovery and trending topics
- Influencer following and private groups
- User-controlled identity and social graphs
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SendingMe is the decentralized instant messenger (IM) application where users enjoy a seamless, connected social experience. It's not only a showcase on how powerful our social infrastructure SendingNetwork is, but also serves as a hub where end users manage their identities & social graphs from various applications and where communities of various projects build and grow. You are all set to: Chat - Enjoy free, encrypted one-on-one or in-group chats supporting texts, images, emojis, voice, video, and files. Our mission is to provide you with a safe and secure chat experience while maintaining full ownership of your private data. Social - Post your proud digital collectibles and show off to the world, or turn your own space into an art gallery. You can also discover interesting communities and trending topics or follow your favorite influencers and join their private group. Come join us on SendingMe, a SAFE, SECURE, POWERFUL app where you can truly enjoy all things social while maintaining ownership of your data. Our Mission & Vision - To build an open & decentralized social ecosystem and empower the users with true data freedom in a secured environment.
Towns
This app merges group chat functionality with a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. Users can discuss financial markets, share investment ideas, and securely manage their digital assets directly within the application.
- Group chat for friends
- Self-custodied wallet
- Secure USDC purchase
- Send and receive assets
- Manage assets on your terms
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Towns combines group chat with a self-custody wallet — so you can gather your community, talk markets, share ideas, and hold your assets directly. - Group chat built for communities - Self-custodied wallet — you control your keys - Send, receive, and manage assets on your terms - Your wallet. Your keys. Your conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Towns at 4.8 against SendingMe's 4.2. Towns also leads on ratings volume (94 vs 10). SendingMe's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.4). 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.
Towns holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Towns has 94 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SendingMe ships an update every 2 weeks, Towns every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SendingMe | Towns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 505 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | LINX COMMUNICATION INC | Here Not There, Inc. |
Customer experience
SendingMe
Towns
In-app purchases
SendingMe
No in-app purchases
Towns
No in-app purchases
