Flotilla Chat vs Echowire Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flotilla Chat
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Engage with your community online, without giving up control. - Protect your community from censorship and surveillance by self-hosting. - Switch between forum-style threads, chat, and encrypted direct messages. - Communities are fully configurable, down to what software your server is running. - Engage with the wider nostr network by cross-posting between public and community spaces. - Compatible third-party apps allow users to control their own experience.
Echowire Messenger
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Echowire is a free, open-source chat and voice platform. Create communities, send messages, share files, and join crystal-clear voice channels with friends and groups.
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Verdict
Flotilla Chat and Echowire Messenger 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Flotilla Chat | Echowire Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Coracle Social LLC | Cameron Proudlock |
In-app purchases
Flotilla Chat
No in-app purchases
Echowire Messenger
No in-app purchases
