Comparison

Silent Phone vs Wire

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

Head to head
About

Silent Phone

This app offers secure, end-to-end encrypted voice, video, and messaging for businesses. Protect sensitive communications and intellectual property with advanced privacy features. Facilitate confident global collaboration for your team.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted voice, video, and messaging
  • Secure conference calling and group messaging
  • Burn commands and timers to destroy messages
  • Secure file sharing
  • Zero-touch deployment
  • Integrated enterprise user management
Features
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Silent Phone provides enterprise-grade encrypted voice, video, and messaging. Our end-to-end security protects your business, its reputation, and its valuable intellectual property from spying eyes. With Silent Phone, your team can discuss important matters across continents with the same confidence as if you were all in the same room. Silent Phone is developed by Silent Circle, the world leader in enterprise privacy solutions. Features: - Privacy and security trusted by businesses and governments around the world - Simple "zero-touch" deployment across your organization - Integrated enterprise user management with Silent Manager - Secure voice and video calls with our unique Security Words - Secure high-definition conference calling and group messaging - Burn commands destroy all copies of sent messages - Burn timers automatically redact old messages - Voice memos speed communication and replace insecure voicemail - Read receipts and delivery receipts give your teams situational awareness - Securely send documents, videos, images, and other files - Silent World offers calling to/from traditional phone numbers with enhanced security - Standards-compliant Single Sign-On (SSO) - Scheduled training available for your teams

About

Wire

Securely communicate and collaborate with end-to-end encryption. This app offers a unified platform for calls, chats, file sharing, and video conferences, designed for both small teams and large organizations. It prioritizes privacy with features like self-deleting messages and guest links.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Secure calls and video conferences
  • File and document sharing
  • Self-deleting messages
  • Guest rooms for external collaboration
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Customizable interface
Features
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Communicate and collaborate securely and easily. From anywhere. Always. Wire is secured with end-to-end encryption and makes life easier. Get everything done in one app. • Simple to use and beautifully designed • A single tool to make small teams and complex organizations more productive • Security and privacy at the core Wire offers a free version for friends and family. Work securely, wherever you are • Communicate and share information easily – call, chat, send pictures and files, audio and video messages – and be protected by the industry's most secure end-to-end encryption • Stay in control of your data • Increase privacy through self-deleting messages for sensitive information, device fingerprints, and guest links with passwords • Eliminate risks with constant bitrate in calls Stay connected and work productively • Communicate with your teams through private or group conversations to bring the right people together • Share and collaborate with files, documents, and links • Enjoy high-quality calls and video conferences • Invite partners, customers, and suppliers to collaborate through the unique guest rooms – perfect for one-time conversations • Set up meetings quickly • Use formatting options to write clear and structured messages • Collaborate smoothly with the help of mentions, replies, and reactions • Send a ping to get someone's attention • Use QR codes to connect with people • Share your location in a conversation • Add conversations to a custom folder helps you organize your conversations by topics • Archive conversations to keep your list clean • Rely on full administrative controls Get things done and enjoy it • Customize the app to your needs: choose your favorite color, theme, and suitable text size • Draw a sketch in any conversation • Send audio messages if you are on the go or too busy to type • Use animated GIFs – text, select, share • Use emojis to make your messages more fun • History backup lets you take all the conversations, pictures, videos, and files when upgrading to a new phone • Use Wire on up to 8 devices. Messages are separately end-to-end encrypted for each device. Your conversations are in sync across devices. • Use up to 3 different Wire accounts on your device simultaneously — all without logging in and out wire.com

Screenshots

Silent Phone4 screens
Wire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Silent Phone at 3.7 against Wire's 3.1. Silent Phone also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Wire's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (917 vs 88). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Silent Phone holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wire has 917 ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Silent Phone's written reviews are positive against 39% of Wire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silent Phone ships an update every 3 months, Wire fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Silent Phone versus Wire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilent PhoneWire
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (88 ratings) — better3.1 (917 ratings)
Positive reviews42.4% of reviews — better38.8% of reviews
Number of ratings88917 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSilent Circle, LLCWire Swiss GmbH

Customer experience

Silent Phone

All ratings88 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative23.9%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral7.6%
Negative50.0%

Wire

All ratings917 ratings
Positive48.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative43.1%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral16.2%
Negative45.0%

User reviews

Silent Phone

From 88 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Industry-leading encryption and privacy
  • 📞 Secure calling to non-users via OutCircle
  • 🌍 Works reliably across different countries
  • 🎯 Professional-grade security features
  • 📱 Intuitive interface when properly set up

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model ($9.95-$10/month)
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and instability
  • 📨 Messages delayed or not delivered
  • ☎️ Calls drop frequently
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Wire

From 917 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and smooth
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Elegant and intuitive design
  • 👍 Great voice and call quality
  • 👍 Useful features like drawing, GIFs, and file sharing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy, crashes, and freezes
  • 🐛 Unreliable notifications and message delivery
  • 🐛 Laggy performance on older devices
  • 🐛 Confusing user interface
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Bugs and requests

Silent Phone

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on launch with iOS updates
  • Login credentials not accepted after reinstall
  • Text input display issues (text cut off or invisible)
  • Messages not delivered despite showing as delivered
  • Call audio problems (no sound, distorted audio)
Show 11 more
  • App crashes when sending text messages
  • Background process doesn't work reliably
  • Incoming calls show busy signal after 30-90 minutes of inactivity
  • App disappears/closes immediately after opening
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Notifications not arriving properly
  • Video conferencing section missing or non-functional
  • Media attachment sharing failures
  • App freezes during connection establishment
  • Billing notification popups appearing unexpectedly
  • Balance information removed from app interface

Requested features

18 requests
  • Account creation option directly in app
  • Group messaging/texting capability
  • Multiple simultaneous accounts support
  • In-app credit balance display
  • Voicemail functionality
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  • Desktop/computer version
  • Apple Watch notifications
  • In-app subscription payment via App Store
  • Wired ethernet connection support
  • Screenshot notification alerts
  • Passcode/PIN app lock
  • Touch ID/biometric authentication
  • Better contact management integration
  • Ability to turn off read receipts
  • Manual key reset option
  • CallKit integration for native iOS experience
  • Background push notification improvements
  • Landscape orientation support on tablets

Wire

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Messages getting stuck on 'Sending'
  • Inability to delete call history
  • Crashes on app launch after updates
  • Incompatibility with older iOS versions
  • Issues with photo/video sharing and playback

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add read receipts
  • Allow customizable notification sounds
  • Improve contact management and group chat features
  • Add support for Apple Watch
  • Provide backup and restore options for chat history

In-app purchases

None

Silent Phone

No in-app purchases

None

Wire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silent Phone free?
Silent Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wire free?
Wire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Silent Phone or Wire?
Silent Phone is rated higher. Silent Phone averages 3.7 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Wire averages 3.1 from 917 ratings.
Do Silent Phone or Wire have ads?
Neither Silent Phone nor Wire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silent Phone or Wire?
Silent Phone ships an update every 3 months, and Wire fortnightly. Most recently, Silent Phone was updated on August 23, 2026 and Wire on September 23, 2026.

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