Mumble vs Rattlegram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mumble
This application offers high-quality, low-latency group voice chat for mobile devices. Connect to public or self-hosted servers to communicate with friends and other users globally. Enjoy features like push-to-talk, voice activation, and secure, encrypted connections.
- High quality, low latency voice chat
- Access to thousands of public servers
- SSL/TLS encryption
- Push-to-Talk and Voice Activated modes
- Text messaging
- Echo cancellation
- Bluetooth headset support
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Mumble - High quality, low latency voice chat Mumble is a free group voice chat application. It allows you to talk to your friends on the go, and has finally arrived on the iOS platform. Simply find a public server and join it to chat with your friends! Mumble requires a connection to a server to function. Servers can be rented from commercial hosting companies. The Mumble server software is also available free-of-charge under and open source license, so individuals are free to create their own servers, without limitations. See https://www.mumble.info for more information regarding Mumble servers. Mumble provides the following features: • High quality, low latency voice chats via WiFi or 3G using state of the art codecs • Access to thousands of public servers -- free for you to use when chatting with friends • Ability to chat with hundreds of thousands of regular users of Mumble around the world • An easily accessible list of all of your favorite servers • Connect to and list available Mumble servers on the local network • SSL/TLS encryption of connections to remote servers; voice data encrypted using OCB2-AES128 • Strong and flexible authentication with remote servers using either passwords or X.509 certificates • Advanced audio configuration, allowing users to configure the quality and bandwidth requirements of their transmitted audio (perfect for 3G connections with slow upload) • Push-to-Talk and Voice Activated audio transmission modes (for hands-free operation) • Flexible user-to-user and user-to-channel text messaging system for sharing links or images while talking • Basic user functionality on Mumble servers (server administration not possible) • Push-to-talk transmission mode. • Echo cancellation for the built-in microphone. • Bluetooth headset support. Mumble is open source software, developed collaboratively on the Internet. Mumble and its server software are available for free, for anyone to use. For more information about Mumble, please visit our website at http://www.mumbleapp.com.
Rattlegram
This app utilizes advanced COFDM technology for audio-based SMS transmission. It supports various modes with specific encoding and modulation techniques, requiring minimal bandwidth for efficient data transfer.
- COFDM technology
- Audio-based SMS
- 160 ms OFDM symbols
- Differential PSK modulation
- Forward error correction
- Low bandwidth requirement
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COFDMTV is based on COFDM (coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) technology: - 160 ms long OFDM symbols - 6.25 Hz per sub-carrier - 1/8 guard interval - differentially encoded PSK (phase-shift keying) modulation - systematic polar codes for forward error correction Currently Modes 14, 15 and 16 are supported: Using either SPC(2048, 1392), SPC(2048, 1056) or SPC(2048, 712) with CRC32C aided SCL decoding and differential QPSK modulation for the payload. Only a bandwidth of 1600 Hz is needed and the transmission of either 85, 128 or 170 bytes take about one second with the leading noise and fancy header disabled.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rattlegram at 4.5 against Mumble's 3.2. Rattlegram also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 67%). Mumble's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Rattlegram holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Mumble's written reviews are positive against 90% of Rattlegram's.
Mumble ships an update every 4 months, Rattlegram every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mumble | Rattlegram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (61 ratings) | 4.5 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mikkel Krautz | aicodix GmbH |
Customer experience
Mumble
Rattlegram
Bugs and requests
Mumble
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
- Inability to connect to servers
- Freezing on login screen
- Disconnects when switching networks
Requested features
7 requests- Push-to-talk option
- Bluetooth headset support
- Noise cancellation
- Admin/moderation features
- iPad-optimized UI
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- Ability to change username
- Whisper/shout functionality
Rattlegram
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mumble
No in-app purchases
Rattlegram
No in-app purchases









