Comparison

XRayClient vs Dark Message Crypto Chat

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

Head to head
About

XRayClient

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XRayClient is a user-friendly and reliable app for secure internet access. Leverage modern XRay servers to protect your data. Support for popular protocols: VLESS, VMess, Trojan, Shadowsocks. Perfect for anyone who values security, stability, and internet freedom.

About

Dark Message Crypto Chat

Securely encrypt messages, photos, and documents offline using military-grade encryption. Share encrypted content through any app, and recipients can decrypt it with a shared passphrase. Protect your private conversations and confidential documents without needing an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Offline encryption for messages, photos, and documents
  • AES-256-GCM military-grade encryption
  • PBKDF2 brute-force protection
  • No internet permissions
  • Secure passphrase storage in iOS Keychain
  • Supports various document types
Features
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Dark Message — encrypt messages and files without the internet Write the way you always do: in any messenger, in mail, in social networks. Dark Message turns text, photos and documents into an encrypted message that only the holder of the same key can read. Anyone who intercepts it sees a string of characters. WHY DARK MESSAGE • Fully offline. The app has no internet access at all: no servers, no accounts, no sign-up, no analytics. Keys and messages never leave your phone. • Strong encryption: AES-256-GCM, with the key derived from your passphrase by PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512 (600,000 iterations). • Works over any channel: copy the encrypted text and paste it anywhere. .darkm files travel as ordinary attachments. • Encrypts more than text: photos and documents (PDF, Word, Excel, any file), keeping the file name. A KEY IN SECONDS • Show a QR code and read out a six-digit PIN. The key inside the code is encrypted with that PIN, so a photo of the screen is useless to anyone else. • A key fingerprint next to every chat: the same on two phones means the same key. EASY TO USE • A separate key for every contact or group. • One-tap decryption: paste the text or open the file. • Dark and light themes, English and Russian. • Passphrases live in the system keychain. WHO IT IS FOR Private conversations, business documents, contracts, medical and financial records, family passwords — anything nobody but the recipient should read. Open source: you can check for yourself how it works. Updates keep all your chats and keys.

Screenshots

XRayClient3 screens
Dark Message Crypto Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

XRayClient and Dark Message Crypto Chat are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
XRayClient versus Dark Message Crypto Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXRayClientDark Message Crypto Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMAKING-APP, TOOaleksandr bronnikov

In-app purchases

None

XRayClient

No in-app purchases

None

Dark Message Crypto Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XRayClient free?
XRayClient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dark Message Crypto Chat free?
Dark Message Crypto Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XRayClient or Dark Message Crypto Chat have ads?
Neither XRayClient nor Dark Message Crypto Chat shows ads.

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