Comparison

Thaqafa vs Secret Ink

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

Head to head
About

Thaqafa

Features
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The Culture platform seeks to establish a virtual community that provides an opportunity for intellectuals and those interested in cultural affairs in Jordan to communicate beyond the constraints of location and time, by building databases that include cultural actors seeking to make positive contributions to cultural work. The platform aims to provide an expressive overview of the Jordanian cultural scene, presenting its interactions dynamically by following its various activities on all levels. This allows followers, researchers, and interested parties the opportunity to familiarize themselves with Jordanian culture and its contributions on both Arab and global scales.

About

Secret Ink

Features
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Your conversations. Yours alone. End-to-end encrypted. Not even Secret Ink can read your messages. DELIVERED. NOT ARCHIVED. Our servers hold your messages only for delivery—not as your conversation history. Your history stays on participants’ devices, not on our servers. PRIVATE BETWEEN YOU Bring someone you know. Share your profile link or QR code and start a conversation. Send messages, photos and voice notes, or move to a voice or video call. YOUR TEAM’S CONVERSATION Bring your colleagues, project team or community together in a group chat. Share updates, reply to questions and schedule a meeting when it is time to talk. YOUR PHOTOS. YOUR SAY. Secret Ink asks the sender for approval before another person uses the app to save or forward their photos and videos. These controls apply inside Secret Ink; recipients may still capture content outside the app. YOUR INBOX. YOUR CHOICE. Review message requests before accepting a new conversation. Block unwanted contacts and adjust your privacy settings. YOUR ORGANIZATION. YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE. Work with our team to deploy Secret Ink inside your own network. Contact Secret Ink for Business to discuss an early-customer deployment, with scope agreed for your organization. This is a separate business engagement, not a setting in the public app. Bring your people. Keep the conversation yours. Business deployments: https://secretink.io/si-business Learn more: https://secretink.io

Screenshots

Thaqafa4 screens
Secret Ink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Secret Ink at every 2 weeks against Thaqafa's every 2 months. Thaqafa's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

Thaqafa ships an update every 2 months, Secret Ink every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Thaqafa versus Secret Ink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThaqafaSecret Ink
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB67 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperTECHNZONESECRET INK LLC

In-app purchases

None

Thaqafa

No in-app purchases

None

Secret Ink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thaqafa free?
Thaqafa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Secret Ink free?
Secret Ink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thaqafa or Secret Ink have ads?
Neither Thaqafa nor Secret Ink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thaqafa or Secret Ink?
Thaqafa ships an update every 2 months, and Secret Ink every 2 weeks. Most recently, Thaqafa was updated on November 4, 2026 and Secret Ink on November 5, 2026.

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