BandChat vs WB Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BandChat
A straightforward messaging application for seamless communication. It facilitates sending messages, making calls, and sharing multimedia content, offering broad potential for user interaction.
- Send messages
- Make calls
- Share multimedia
- Communication potential
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Удобный мессенджер для всех - Отправка сообщений - Звонки - Мультимедиа Огромное количество потенциала для коммуникации
WB Chat
A messaging app for easy communication with friends, family, and colleagues. It allows for quick sharing of messages, photos, and videos, even with limited internet access. Organize conversations in personal chats, groups, or channels.
- Personal chats, groups, and channels
- Photo and video sharing
- Message forwarding and replies
- Status updates
- Works with limited internet
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WB Chat - мессенджер, где удобно общаться с друзьями, семьёй и коллегами. Наслаждайтесь быстрым обменом сообщениями, фото и видео даже при ограничениях интернета. Возможности приложения: - Личные чаты, группы и каналы. Вы можете собирать людей так, как вам удобно. - Обмен фото и видео. Просто выбирайте файлы из галереи и отправляйте. - Пересылка сообщений и ответы на них. Легко продолжить любую тему или вернуться к важному диалогу. - Статусы. Быстрый способ показать настроение без лишних слов.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WB Chat at every 5 days against BandChat's every 5 weeks. WB Chat also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (64% vs 42%). BandChat's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
WB Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WB Chat has 65 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of BandChat's written reviews are positive against 64% of WB Chat's.
BandChat ships an update every 5 weeks, WB Chat every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | BandChat | WB Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.0 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 204 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksey Yagovkin | WB FZE |
Customer experience
BandChat
WB Chat
In-app purchases
BandChat
No in-app purchases
WB Chat
No in-app purchases
