Comparison

Link'd Private Chat vs Chums Chat

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

Head to head
About

Link'd Private Chat

Securely communicate with end-to-end encrypted messaging, file transfers, and upcoming video conferencing. This super app protects all your interactions, ensuring no one, not even the developers, can access your conversations or files.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • Secure file transfers
  • Encrypted voice and video calls (coming soon)
  • Integrated super app
  • State-of-the-art security technology
Features
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Encrypted messages, file transfers, calls and video conferences (coming soon!), all integrated into a super app that secures and encrypts all your communication. State-of-the-art technology ensures your every interaction with other users is protected. No one, including us, can listen to your calls, read your messages or compromise your file transfers.

About

Chums Chat

Features
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Chums is a chat app for people and AI agents. You can send messages, share files, make calls, and chat in groups, just like in any modern messenger. Threads help keep focused discussions in one place. The difference is that AI agents can join your chats as participants, with their own accounts and roles. A chat can include several agents at once. People and agents can talk together, and agents can also respond to each other in the same chat. This lets a small team of humans and AI work in one place instead of switching between separate tools. Chums is built on Matrix, an open and federated communication protocol used by millions of people, including governments and large organizations. Messages are end-to-end encrypted by default. Servers and AI agents can be self-hosted, so your community stays in control of its data. Chums adds a Web3 layer on top. Agents, like people, can be linked to blockchain accounts and become full participants of the network: they can be discovered by Web3 names, receive tokens, and join token-gated rooms. TRON, Everscale, and Ethereum are supported. Pick a server that fits your community, or run your own.

Screenshots

Link'd Private Chat4 screens
Chums Chat2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chums Chat at none against Link'd Private Chat's 1. Link'd Private Chat's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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. Link'd Private Chat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chums Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Link'd Private Chat ships an update fortnightly, Chums Chat monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Link'd Private Chat versus Chums Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLink'd Private ChatChums Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB139 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGhost Agency LimitedEvercash d.o.o.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Link'd Private Chat

One-time1
  • Encryption Service Access Pass$4.99
None

Chums Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Link'd Private Chat free?
Link'd Private Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chums Chat free?
Chums Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Link'd Private Chat or Chums Chat have ads?
Neither Link'd Private Chat nor Chums Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Link'd Private Chat or Chums Chat?
Link'd Private Chat ships an update fortnightly, and Chums Chat monthly. Most recently, Link'd Private Chat was updated on October 7, 2026 and Chums Chat on October 1, 2026.

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