Fedi vs Pubky Ring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fedi
This community superapp combines encrypted chat with secure money transfers and personalized financial management. It offers features like multiple wallets, social backup for wallet recovery, and customizable 'mods' for various services, all within a single platform.
- Encrypted chat for private and public groups
- In-chat money transfers
- Multiple wallet management
- Social backup for wallet recovery
- Customizable 'mods' for services
- Bitcoin-accepting location finder
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Powered by communities. Built for Bitcoin. Committed to privacy. Fedi combines a Bitcoin wallet, chat, and community spaces — all in one highly flexible app. Send & receive Bitcoin. Protect it from volatility. Send Bitcoin to anyone, instantly. Move funds to your Stable Balance with a tap — your bitcoin stays bitcoin, but its value stays steady. Send messages and money in the same chat. You can chat privately and send Bitcoin in the same flow, with one tap. Make the app experience your very own. Add Mini Apps within Fedi based on what you need — AI tools, currency exchanges, payment services, or whatever fits your life. Terms and Conditions: https://www.fedi.xyz/tos Please review and ensure compliance with all applicable regulations and laws in your country before using Fedi.
Pubky Ring
Securely manage your public keys for decentralized applications. Authorize or revoke access, organize keys across devices, and control active sessions. Maintain self-custody of your identity without accounts or tracking.
- Securely manage public keys
- Authorize/revoke service access
- Organize and sync keys
- View and control active sessions
- Self-custodial identity
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Pubky Ring is the key manager for your identity in the Pubky ecosystem. It lets you securely manage your pubkys—the public keys that power your presence across decentralized apps. Use Pubky Ring to: - Authorize or revoke access to services - Organize and sync your pubkys across devices - View and control active sessions - Stay fully self-custodial, with no accounts or tracking Whether you’re using the Pubky App or any other tool built on Pubky Core, Pubky Ring keeps your identity portable, private, and under your control. Crafted by Synonym Software Ltd.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fedi at every 10 days against Pubky Ring's every 3 weeks. Fedi also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fedi against 5.0 for Pubky Ring. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fedi has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Fedi ships an update every 10 days, Pubky Ring every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fedi | Pubky Ring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FEDI, INC. | Synonym Software Ltd |
Customer experience
Fedi
Pubky Ring
In-app purchases
Fedi
No in-app purchases
Pubky Ring
No in-app purchases
