Comparison

mssgs vs quoteyou

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

Head to head
About

mssgs

Features
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mssgs is chat for the people you actually talk to. Message your friends, run a community, see who is nearby and play a game right in the conversation. No ads, no tracking, no feed deciding what you see. CHAT YOUR WAY • Direct messages with streaks, voice memos, photos, albums, GIFs and stickers • Ghost mode: switch a DM over and its messages disappear after they are read • One-time photos and videos that are gone once opened • Reactions, replies, polls, mentions and hundreds of stickers • Hide finished chats in an archive behind Face ID or a passcode COMMUNITIES • Servers with channels, categories, roles and permissions • Plan events with a list of who is coming, and set reminders • Voice rooms with push-to-talk, raise hand and a soundboard • Moderation that puts the community in charge: reports, mutes and bans • Make a channel readable on the web CALLS • Voice and video calls, one-on-one or with a group • End-to-end encrypted whenever everyone's app supports it, with a lock on screen that tells you • Share your screen LIVE MAP • See your friends on a live map, and only the friends you pick see you • Public posts pinned to the places they were taken • Pick exactly who can see you, and stop sharing any time STORIES, FEED AND CAMERA • Post photos, videos and slideshows with a song to your feed or your story • Private stories for up to 50 people • A real camera with live filters, location stickers, text and face lenses • Memories: your own gallery of the moments you kept GAMES • Battleship, Four in a Row, Checkers, Snake, Word Guesser and more, built into the chat • Host a tournament, or invite a friend without an account with a guest link MAKE IT YOURS • Nameplates, avatar frames and profile backgrounds from the decoration shop • Badges you earn, chat themes, and light or dark mode • Premium adds 60 fps screen sharing, 50 MB uploads, 5,000-character messages, extra communities, call reactions and more, paid with credits you buy in the app APPLE WATCH • Read and answer chats, browse the feed and check the map from your wrist • A timer, stopwatch, alarms and a calculator, no account needed SAFE BY DESIGN • No ads and no tracking • Report or block anyone from anywhere, and moderators act on it • Protect your account with a passkey or backup codes as a second factor

About

quoteyou

Capture and share memorable quotes from everyday life. Organize them into private or shared groups, react to entries, and even have them spoken aloud. Personalize physical items with your favorite sayings.

Highlights
  • Save and share quotes
  • Create quote groups
  • Invite friends to groups
  • React to quotes
  • Speak quotes aloud
  • Order physical quote items
Features
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Save and share the most unforgettable quotes from friends, family, loud strangers on the bus, your next door neighbor, your 5 year old kid, etc. etc. Create groups to share quotes (or just keep it to yourself as an area to store your own quotes). Invite your friends to the group and start quoting them! You can react to quotes, speak the quotes out loud, and order physical items with the quote printed on them (like mugs, stickers, etc.).

Screenshots

mssgs4 screens
quoteyou4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: quoteyou at every 4 days against mssgs's every 3 weeks. quoteyou also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mssgs ships an update every 3 weeks, quoteyou every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
mssgs versus quoteyou: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermssgsquoteyou
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB101 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDeverence Group B.V.McMack Media LLC

In-app purchases

None

mssgs

No in-app purchases

None

quoteyou

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mssgs free?
mssgs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is quoteyou free?
quoteyou is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do mssgs or quoteyou have ads?
Neither mssgs nor quoteyou shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mssgs or quoteyou?
mssgs ships an update every 3 weeks, and quoteyou every 4 days. Most recently, mssgs was updated on October 13, 2026 and quoteyou on October 7, 2026.

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