Hugin Messenger vs CrazyThu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hugin Messenger
Experience secure, decentralized communication with this peer-to-peer chat service. Connect with friends and communities through encrypted direct and group messages, all without central servers or personal data collection. Enjoy crystal-clear voice and video calls and a decentralized social feed.
- Peer-to-peer communication
- End-to-end encryption
- Voice and video calls
- Decentralized social feed
- Zero sign-up required
- No personal data collection
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Hugin Messenger is a privacy-focused, peer-to-peer chat service built for secure, decentralized communication. Connect with your friends and communities in group chats and direct messages — all without relying on central servers. *** Why Hugin? *** True Peer-to-Peer Communication - No servers. No middlemen. Your data never touches a third party. End-to-End Encryption by Default - Messages and calls are secured using modern encryption technologies. Crystal Clear Voice & Video Calls - Enjoy high-quality, low-latency calls with no compromise on privacy. Decentralized Social Feed - Discover new discussions and connect with others using the Hugin Feed — no algorithms, no tracking. Zero Sign-Up, Zero Tracking - No phone number. No email. No identity required. We don’t collect or store any personal data. Powered by a Global P2P Network - Built on top of a resilient, decentralized infrastructure — your messages flow directly between devices. Take back control of your conversations. - Download Hugin Messenger and experience private communication without compromise.
CrazyThu
An unofficial client for a private social network for Tsinghua University students and alumni. Access timelines, hot lists, and collections, with support for comments, images, and polls. Basic posting and commenting are also available.
- Timeline browsing
- Hot list viewing
- Collection access
- Comment and image viewing
- Poll support
- Basic posting and commenting
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CrazyThu is an unofficial iOS client for Tsinghua Tree Hole (New T Hole). New T Hole is open to current students and alumni of Tsinghua University in Beijing. You can sign in using a student or alumni email address. If you are already signed in on the web, you can copy your token and use it on the app's sign-in page. You can also link your university email address to GitHub for indirect verification. The app stores tokens and other authentication information locally and does not upload them to third-party servers. CrazyThu supports browsing the timeline, trending posts, and curated posts; reading comments; viewing images and polls; and basic text posting and commenting. Nearby provides public local chat over Bluetooth mesh networking. Nearby devices can discover, receive, and relay messages without an internet connection. Nearby identities are unverified and messages are not private.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hugin Messenger at 16.6 against CrazyThu's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hugin Messenger against 5.0 for CrazyThu. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hugin Messenger ships an update weekly, CrazyThu every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hugin Messenger | CrazyThu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Harry Eriksson | Caine Technology |
Customer experience
Hugin Messenger
CrazyThu
In-app purchases
Hugin Messenger
No in-app purchases
CrazyThu
No in-app purchases









