Comparison

Towns vs Convos · The Agentic Messenger

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

Head to head
About

Towns

This app merges group chat functionality with a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. Users can discuss financial markets, share investment ideas, and securely manage their digital assets directly within the application.

Highlights
  • Group chat for friends
  • Self-custodied wallet
  • Secure USDC purchase
  • Send and receive assets
  • Manage assets on your terms
Features
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Towns combines group chat with a self-custody wallet — so you can gather your community, talk markets, share ideas, and hold your assets directly. - Group chat built for communities - Self-custodied wallet — you control your keys - Send, receive, and manage assets on your terms - Your wallet. Your keys. Your conversations.

About

Convos · The Agentic Messenger

Instantly connect with others without sharing personal information like phone numbers. Messages and participants are automatically deleted after conversations end, ensuring privacy. Create a unique identity for each chat or use a quick name.

Highlights
  • No signup or phone number required
  • Ephemeral messages and group chats
  • Unique identity per conversation
  • Open-source and post-quantum encrypted
  • Scan, tap, or AirDrop to join
  • Dynamic and unspammable identity
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Every groupchat gets an agent. Each convo is a groupchat with an agent in it. It keeps up with the thread so nobody has to — who's in, when, where, what got decided, what everyone said they'd bring. Then it turns forty messages into something you can actually use. You’re in control of what your agent sees — and doesn’t. AGENTS LISTEN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCROLL Plans get made in the middle of the chaos. Your agent keeps track. Nine confirmed for the match. Kickoff at 7:30. Louis called out the pizza place. Ask it later and it just knows — no one has to scroll back three days to find the address. YOU CONTROL WHEN YOUR AGENT SPEAKS UP Three settings, one tap. Listen: it only speaks up when someone says "Agent." Chat: it chimes in anytime it can help. Pause: it never sees the messages. Ever. GET THINGS DONE WITHOUT BLOWING UP THE CHAT Ask your group's agent something 1:1 — what was that pizza place, when does the flight land, what did we decide — and get an answer without twenty phones buzzing. Same agent, same context, private thread. IT MAKES THINGS AND KEEPS THEM HANDY Itineraries, lineups, notes, running lists, receipts. Everything your agent makes lands in Things, right in the chat, ready to open, edit, or share. NO SIGNUP, NO PHONE NUMBER Scan, tap, or AirDrop into a convo. Chat instantly with anybody. WHY WE BUILT THIS An agent in the group chat should be a great listener, not an annoying yapper or a surveillance bot. So we put the group in control: it hears what you let it hear, it speaks when you let it speak, and it makes useful stuff for the crew. LEARN MORE Built in the open by XMTP Labs — github.com/xmtplabs/convos-ios Feedback and support — convos@xmtp.com Privacy is our policy — https://hq.convos.org/privacy-and-terms Secured by XMTP — xmtp.org

Screenshots

Towns4 screens
Convos · The Agentic Messenger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Towns at none against Convos · The Agentic Messenger's 2. Towns also leads on ratings volume (94 vs 21) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). Convos · The Agentic Messenger's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 70%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Convos · The Agentic Messenger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Towns asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Towns against 4.8 for Convos · The Agentic Messenger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Towns's written reviews are positive against 80% of Convos · The Agentic Messenger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Towns ships an update every 10 days, Convos · The Agentic Messenger weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Towns versus Convos · The Agentic Messenger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTownsConvos · The Agentic Messenger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (94 ratings)4.8 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings94 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB166 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHere Not There, Inc.XMTP Labs

Customer experience

Towns

All ratings93 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.7%

Convos · The Agentic Messenger

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Towns

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Convos · The Agentic Messenger

Subscriptions2
  • Convos Plus$19.991 Month
  • Convos Plus$199.991 Year

Questions

Is Towns free?
Towns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Convos · The Agentic Messenger free?
Convos · The Agentic Messenger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Towns or Convos · The Agentic Messenger?
Convos · The Agentic Messenger is rated higher. Towns averages 4.8 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while Convos · The Agentic Messenger averages 4.8 from 21 ratings.
Do Towns or Convos · The Agentic Messenger have ads?
Neither Towns nor Convos · The Agentic Messenger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Towns or Convos · The Agentic Messenger?
Towns ships an update every 10 days, and Convos · The Agentic Messenger weekly. Most recently, Towns was updated on October 25, 2026 and Convos · The Agentic Messenger on October 24, 2026.

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