Flotilla Chat vs Rift Chat
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.
Rift Chat
Connect with communities, friends, and groups through real-time chat and voice channels. Enjoy private direct messages with end-to-end encryption for secure conversations. This platform offers a focused communication space without advertisements or user tracking.
- Create or join Shards
- Talk in channels
- Direct messages
- Voice chat
- End-to-end encryption for DMs
- Ad-free experience
- No behavioral tracking
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Rift is a chat and voice app for communities, friends, and real-time hangouts. Create or join Shards, talk in channels, message friends in DMs, and hop into voice. Direct messages use end-to-end encryption so Rift cannot read your DM text. Built for people who want a focused place to talk without ads or behavioral tracking, loaded with features and versatility.
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Verdict
Flotilla Chat and Rift Chat are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Flotilla Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, Rift Chat every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flotilla Chat | Rift Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Coracle Social LLC | Rift Communications LLC |
In-app purchases
Flotilla Chat
No in-app purchases
Rift Chat
No in-app purchases
