Comparison

Realtime vs OffNet Chat

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

Head to head
About

Realtime

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How it works: 1) Click if you are a viewer or streamer 2) Explore the entire world 3) Watch IRL streamers in real time (see what we did there) and track their location 4) PIN your favorite spots or view your favorite streamers pins Start enjoying life in RealTime today.

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OffNet Chat

Features
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OffNet Chat is a private messenger that works in places other messengers can't โ€” and collects nothing, anywhere. NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM. At a festival, on a flight, hiking off-grid, or when the network is down: OffNet Chat sends messages directly between iPhones over Bluetooth and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi. Phones running OffNet Chat can quietly pass messages along for each other, so your words can hop through the crowd to reach a friend across it โ€” and every hop only ever carries scrambled data. FAR APART? STILL PRIVATE. Turn on the internet bridge and message friends anywhere in the world. Messages travel as anonymous, end-to-end encrypted parcels through rotating mailboxes that can't be linked to you โ€” no servers of ours, no accounts, no metadata trail. NO ACCOUNTS. NOTHING COLLECTED. There is no sign-up. Your identity is a cryptographic key created on your phone, and it never leaves your phone. We have no servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking โ€” we couldn't read your messages or sell your data even if we wanted to, because we never have either. EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM A MESSENGER โ€ข Text, photos, and voice notes โ€” all end-to-end encrypted โ€ข Photos send instantly as previews, then upgrade to high quality over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or the bridge โ€ข Delivery ticks and icons showing which path each message took โ€ข Background notifications that decrypt privately on your device โ€ข Profile photos that sync to your friends automatically ADDING FRIENDS IS EFFORTLESS โ€ข Nearby: one of you scans the other's QR code โ€” the other phone gets a simple accept prompt โ€ข Far away: share a one-time invite link over any app you already trust โ€ข Verify any friendship in person later with safety codes, like the pros do YOU'RE IN CONTROL โ€ข Three transport switches โ€” Bluetooth mesh, Wi-Fi, internet โ€” each one yours to flip โ€ข Block anyone, with a choice: notify them, or block quietly so they learn nothing โ€ข See exactly how much you've sent today โ€ข Delete your identity and every trace of your data, irreversibly, any time HONEST ENCRYPTION Modern, audited primitives from Apple's CryptoKit: Curve25519 key agreement and ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption, end to end. Relay phones and the optional cloud mailboxes only ever see ciphertext. OffNet Chat does not yet implement forward secrecy (it's on the roadmap) โ€” we'd rather tell you that than overpromise. OffNet Chat asks only for the permissions it visibly uses: Bluetooth and local network to reach nearby phones, camera to scan QR codes, microphone for voice notes you record, and notifications. Your words, your phone, your business.

Screenshots

Realtime3 screens
OffNet Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Realtime at 11.0 against OffNet Chat's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Realtime versus OffNet Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealtimeOffNet Chat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size69 MB3 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMuxable, Inc.padma lochan singh

In-app purchases

None

Realtime

No in-app purchases

None

OffNet Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Realtime free?
Realtime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OffNet Chat free?
OffNet Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Realtime or OffNet Chat have ads?
Neither Realtime nor OffNet Chat shows ads.

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