uchat vs 09GSM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
uchat
This messaging app offers a simple, reliable, and private way to connect with friends and family. All conversations are end-to-end encrypted, ensuring only participants can read messages or listen to calls. It uses your phone number for quick setup and contact discovery.
- End-to-end encryption
- Private calls and messages
- No usernames or logins
- Uses phone number for contacts
- Simple and reliable connections
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UChat is simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even UChat Team, can read or listen to them. Simple and secure connections, right away All you need is your phone number, no user names or logins. You can quickly view your contacts who are on UChat and start messaging.
09GSM
Make international calls using your data connection. This app connects you to landlines and mobile devices worldwide, leveraging the latest technology for easy and reliable communication.
- VoIP calls worldwide
- Uses data connection (2G/3G/4G/WiFi)
- Connects to landlines and mobiles
- Latest communication technologies
- Easy to use interface
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09GSM is a mobile application for iPhone which offers VoIP Calls from data enabled mobile phones (2G/3G/4G or WiFi) to any landline or mobile devices around the world. It is a simple app using the latest technologies to connect people easily and keep them connected to each other.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: uchat at 4.2 against 09GSM's 1.0. uchat also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 09GSM'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
Both are free to download. 09GSM sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. uchat asks for nothing beyond the download.
uchat holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uchat has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uchat | 09GSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hasan Hamed Mahmood Alhusseini | Aymen Abuajayla |
Customer experience
uchat
09GSM
In-app purchases
uchat
No in-app purchases
09GSM
- 09GSM Credit-1$0.99
- 09GSM Credit-2$1.99
- 09GSM Credit-3$2.99
