Comparison

SecEMS vs Cipchat

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

Head to head
About

SecEMS

This secure messaging app offers end-to-end encrypted voice and text conversations. It allows for disappearing messages, group chats, and media sharing with a focus on user privacy and data security.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Self-destructing messages
  • Private cloud sync
  • Group chats up to 100 members
  • Share photos, videos, and files
  • Password authentication
Features
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“I’ve been using SecEMS for a couple of months now. Finally, a secure SMS and messaging app that works as it should, and even looks better than other Messenger apps. This is the way all messenger apps should work, safely encrypting voice & text messages and not storing our personal details.” - Gannett Clarke Privacy is possible,SecEMS is private communication platform to everyone. Help you chat with friends around the world. SecEMS is the most secure instant messaging app that features end-to-end encryption, so your messages can only be read by the intended recipients, with no data logged on SecEMS’s servers. Using SecEMS, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in real time with all your friends at once, and share media all types of disappearing content with complete privacy — messages, photos, videos, and even files.It’s secure, superfast, simple, fast, free and synced across all your devices.SecEMS is not only a safe chat, but also an encrypted messenger. ###Features### SECURE: SecEMS offers Secret Chats. The messages can be programmed to self-destruct automatically from both participating devices. This way you can send all types of disappearing content — messages, photos, audios, videos and even files. Secret Chats use end-to-end encryption to ensure that a message can only be read by its intended recipient. PRIVACY: We take your privacy seriously and will never give third parties access to your data. SecEMS has security features that keep your privacy with password authentication and data encryption. It is the best place to hide your personal photos, videos and documents. Private Cloud: SecEMS seamlessly syncs across all your devices, so you can always securely access your data. Safe and efficient private cloud, allowing you to access your information anytime, anywhere. GROUP CHAT & SHARING: With SecEMS, you can form large group chats and broadcast lists of up to 100 members, quickly share large audios, videos, documents (.doc, .ppt, .zip, etc.), and send an unlimited amount of photos to your friends. FAST: SecEMS is the fastest messaging app on the market because it uses a distributed infrastructure with data centers positioned around the globe to connect users to the closest possible server. RELIABLE: Built to deliver your messages in the minimum bytes possible, SecEMS is the most reliable messaging system ever made. It works even on the weakest mobile connections. ### SUPPORT ### Please visit http://app.secems.net for more information. You can also reach us via support@secems.net or on Twitter @secems – we’re happily awaiting your feedback!

About

Cipchat

This app provides secure messaging with end-to-end encryption and messages that disappear after being read. It also offers encrypted voice and video calls for private online communication.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Burn after reading messages
  • Encrypted voice calls
  • Encrypted video calls
  • Securely send text, pictures, GIF, audio, and video
Features
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【Features】 End-to-end encryption and burn after reading. Safely escort every message you have. 【Encrypted video call】 Encrypted voice and video calls, free online communication anytime, anywhere. 【Safe Communication】 Your personal information and address book have been encrypted end-to-end, only you and your friends can view it, and no third party can obtain it, and neither can Cipchat. 【Burn after reading】 The sent information is automatically eliminated after reading, so there is no need to worry about the content of the chat being leaked. 【Diversified Communication】 Send text, pictures, GIF, audio, and video in an end-to-end encrypted way for interactive communication, making chat safe everywhere.

Screenshots

SecEMS4 screens
Cipchat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cipchat at 4.8 against SecEMS's 3.8. Cipchat also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (61 vs 17). SecEMS's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. SecEMS sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Cipchat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cipchat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 61 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of SecEMS's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cipchat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 31, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SecEMS versus Cipchat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecEMSCipchat
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (17 ratings)4.8 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1761 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB205 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTrustmobiZERO & ONE SOFTWARE PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

SecEMS

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.3%

Cipchat

All ratings48 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SecEMS

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • 密信月会员$2.49
  • 密信年会员$25.99
None

Cipchat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SecEMS free?
SecEMS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cipchat free?
Cipchat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SecEMS or Cipchat?
Cipchat is rated higher. SecEMS averages 3.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Cipchat averages 4.8 from 61 ratings.
Do SecEMS or Cipchat have ads?
Neither SecEMS nor Cipchat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SecEMS or Cipchat?
SecEMS ships an update every 2 months, and Cipchat every 2 months. Most recently, SecEMS was updated on July 31, 2026 and Cipchat on September 8, 2026.

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