Keylane vs NoPeek Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Keylane
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Keylane is a privacy-first messenger for the people who matter most. Every message, voice memo, photo, file, and call is protected with end-to-end encryption โ and Keylane goes further than most, using post-quantum cryptography designed to stay secure even against future quantum computers. Built for genuine one-to-one conversations. No groups, no feeds, no algorithms โ just private, direct communication. WHY KEYLANE โข End-to-end encrypted by default. Messages and calls are encrypted on your device and can only be read by you and the person you're talking to. Not by us, not by anyone. โข Post-quantum protection. Keylane uses a quantum-resistant key exchange (ML-KEM-768) and a quantum-resistant double-ratchet protocol, giving you forward secrecy and protection against "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks. โข Your keys never leave your device. Your private keys are generated on-device and encrypted at rest with a key derived from your PIN. We never receive them. โข Metadata privacy. A sealed-sender design means our servers can't see who is messaging whom โ only that a message needs delivering. โข Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID. Convenient biometric unlock, backed by the same PIN-derived encryption โ no security shortcuts. โข Secure calling. Encrypted one-to-one voice and video calls, integrated with the native iOS call experience. โข Rich, private media. Share photos, videos, files, and voice memos โ all encrypted, with per-file quality options and in-app image annotation before you send. โข No phone number required. Add a contact by scanning their QR code. No address-book upload, no discovery by phone number. โข No ads. No tracking. No profiling. Keylane's business is privacy, not your data. HOW IT WORKS When you create an account, Keylane generates your cryptographic identity locally. Only your public keys are registered with the server. Everything sensitive โ your profile, your private keys, your local files โ is encrypted on your device. To connect with someone, you exchange an invite (for example, by scanning a QR code). From that point on, every exchange runs over a quantum-resistant double-ratchet session that provides forward secrecy: even if a key were ever compromised, past messages stay protected. DESIGNED FOR CONTROL โข Block a contact and their ability to reach you is revoked immediately, at the server. โข You choose who can contact you โ there's no open directory. Keylane is for anyone who believes private conversations should stay private: journalists, professionals handling sensitive information, and anyone who simply prefers that their messages remain their own. Private by design. Quantum-safe by default. See https://keylane.app for more information.
NoPeek Messenger
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NoPeek Messenger is a private messenger for teams and organizations, built on one rule: ciphertext to us, plaintext to you. Every message, photo, file, and reaction is end-to-end encrypted on your device using MLS (RFC 9420) before it ever touches a server. We store and route ciphertext we cannot read โ not for analytics, not for advertising, not on request. CALLS THAT RING LIKE CALLS Incoming voice and video calls light up your phone's native call screen. The call itself is peer-to-peer WebRTC, encrypted end-to-end โ there are no relay servers, period. Your audio and video travel directly between devices; on the rare network where a direct path is impossible, we tell you instead of routing your call through a middleman. We never record calls; we couldn't play them back if we did. YOUR AI, YOUR HARDWARE Add AI bots to your chats โ but unlike other platforms, NoPeek bots run on their owner's computer, never on our servers. A bot can decrypt only the groups its owner explicitly grants, and bots are private by default: only authorized senders reach them. Your agent, your hardware, your keys. BUILT FOR ORGS Groups and organizations with real admin controls: manage membership, control who can reach a bot, and switch off saving media to device galleries org-wide. HIPAA-friendly controls for compliance-minded teams โ controls, not certifications; bring your own compliance program. SHARE IN, SAFELY NoPeek sits in your phone's share sheet. Photos and files you share in are encrypted on-device before they go anywhere. Saving received media to your gallery happens only when you tap Save, using write-only access โ the app can add that photo; it can't browse the rest. NEVER LOGGED OUT Sessions persist across restarts and updates. Lose every device and your history still comes back: recovery is an encrypted key backup that only your email and password can unwrap. We store the blob; we can't open it. FAST AND LOCKED DOWN Recent messages are cached decrypted on your device โ and only there โ so chats open before the network does. Biometric app lock, privacy screen, and QR device linking: new devices join with a scan, not a password reset. WHAT WE CAN'T SEE Message text. Attachments. Reactions. Call audio and video. Your address book โ contact matching happens on your device and nothing is uploaded. Your location โ shared only inside encrypted messages, user to user. WHAT WE DO PROCESS Account basics (name, email), routing metadata (who is in which channel, timestamps, delivery markers), and call signaling (who called whom, when, for how long). That's the honest list โ the full privacy policy has the details. NoPeek Messenger is not a replacement for your telephone and cannot reach emergency services (911/112).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NoPeek Messenger at 16.0 against Keylane's 18.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keylane | NoPeek Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Livotov Labs Ltd. | SignOut |
In-app purchases
Keylane
No in-app purchases
NoPeek Messenger
No in-app purchases









