Off The Grid vs dumb MESSAGE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Off The Grid
Enhance your battle royale experience with detailed personal game statistics, advanced teammate matchmaking, and community features. Stay connected with friends through live chat and a personalized news feed.
- Personalized game stats tracking
- Advanced teammate matchmaking
- Community creator features
- Live voice and text chat
- Personalized news feed
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Introducing the official Off The Grid Companion App, the best way to rise to the top in the next-generation battle royale Off The Grid (OTG). SEE YOUR PERSONALIZED GAME STATS Track in detail all your in-game stats via the Off The Grid Companion, including your performance for each session, weapon usage, map success rates, and more. FIND THE BEST TEAMMATES Use the advanced matchmaking features of the Off The Grid Companion to find and pair with the perfect teammates according to your gameplay preferences and playstyles. BECOME A COMMUNITY CHAMPION Jump into the Off The Grid Companion to follow popular players, create your own squad, gain followers and become a recognized creator within the community. STAY ON THE COMMS Live chat with other players directly in the Off The Grid Companion app thanks to high-quality voice calls, group chat, and private messaging. READ THE LATEST NEWS Stay up to date on your friends' in-game activities and achievements with a personalized news feed directly in the Off The Grid Companion app. Privacy Policy: https://gameoffthegrid.com/otg-companion-app-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://gameoffthegrid.com/otg-companion-app-terms/
dumb MESSAGE
Collaborate on a shared pixel canvas with friends in real-time. Draw, stamp images, or use dictation to add text to the evolving artwork. Experience a minimalist social interaction without feeds or typing indicators.
- Shared pixel canvas
- Real-time drawing
- Stamp images as pixels
- Dictation to pixel text
- Day and Night modes
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The future was supposed to be simpler. dumb MESSAGE is one shared pixel canvas. You draw. Your friends draw. Everyone sees the same thing at the same time. No feed to refresh. No followers to impress. No typing bubble making you anxious. No color because frankly, you’ll cope. There is no feed. There is no typing indicator. There isn't even color. HOW IT WORKS • Start a canvas and get an ID you can say out loud, like MINTFOX42 • Send the link. Friends open it and their ink shows up next to yours • One finger draws, two fingers pan • Point the camera at anything and stamp it as dithered 1-bit pixels • Or talk — dictation turns your words into pixel type on the canvas • DAY mode is reflective gray. NIGHT mode glows green
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Off The Grid at 3.6K against dumb MESSAGE's 1. dumb MESSAGE's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
dumb MESSAGE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Off The Grid has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Off The Grid ships an update weekly, dumb MESSAGE every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Off The Grid | dumb MESSAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POSEIDON 133 PTE. LTD. | Matt Jakob |
Bugs and requests
Off The Grid
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent stats and tracking
- Freezing and crashing on launch
- Inability to add friends across platforms
- QR code scanning not working
Requested features
4 requests- Add skill-based matchmaking
- Improve crossplay functionality
- Integrate more social features
- Optimize performance on older devices
dumb MESSAGE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Off The Grid
No in-app purchases
dumb MESSAGE
No in-app purchases
