Comparison

Chums Chat vs Pops

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

Head to head
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.

About

Pops

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When there's something you long to say, a thought that seeks another mind, or a question still forming, blow a bubble. In a bubble floating with keywords designated just for you for the day, become someone both nowhere and everywhere, and share your echo with a perfect stranger.

Screenshots

Chums Chat2 screens
Pops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chums Chat at none against Pops's shown. Chums Chat also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Pops's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chums Chat ships an update monthly, Pops weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Chums Chat versus Pops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChums ChatPops
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size139 MB35 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEvercash d.o.o.Tipberg LLC

In-app purchases

None

Chums Chat

No in-app purchases

None

Pops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chums Chat free?
Chums Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pops free?
Pops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chums Chat or Pops have ads?
Pops shows ads; Chums Chat does not.
Which is updated more often, Chums Chat or Pops?
Chums Chat ships an update monthly, and Pops weekly. Most recently, Chums Chat was updated on October 1, 2026 and Pops on October 12, 2026.

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