Ghost vs Viper Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ghost
This messaging app prioritizes user privacy with end-to-end encryption and anonymous profiles. It collects minimal metadata, ensuring conversations remain confidential and invisible to third parties.
- End-to-end encryption
- Anonymous profiles
- Minimal metadata collection
- No phone number required
- Secure file sharing
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Ghost is your ultra-private messaging companion—designed from the ground up for total peace of mind. With Ghost, your conversations stay truly yours: End-to-End Encryption Every message, image, and file is encrypted on your device and only decrypted on the recipient's device. Not even we can read your chats. Encrypted Voice Calling Make crystal-clear, one-on-one voice calls protected by the same encryption standards as your messages. Calls ring through even when your phone is locked, so you never miss an important call. Anonymous Profiles No phone numbers, no email addresses. Connect with friends and communities without revealing personal information. Group Chats Bring your circle together in encrypted group conversations without sacrificing the privacy you expect from every one-on-one chat. Minimal Metadata We collect only what's strictly necessary—such as app version and crash logs—to keep the service running smoothly. No ad tracking. No analytics. Whether you're a privacy advocate, a whistleblower, or simply someone who values discretion, Ghost keeps your conversations—and your calls—private and protected from prying eyes. Download now and start talking with complete confidence.
Viper Messenger
A privacy-focused messenger that uses cryptographic keys for identity and offers direct peer-to-peer messaging and file sharing. It supports TON DNS for user discovery and allows for relay-assisted delivery when direct connections are not possible, all without requiring a phone number or email.
- Direct peer-to-peer messaging
- Peer-to-peer file sharing
- Cryptographic identity
- TON DNS identities
- Relay-assisted delivery
- No phone number or email required
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Viper is a privacy-first messenger that works over the internet, directly between phones, and over Bluetooth when there's no internet at all. No phone number. No email. Your identity is a cryptographic key, and that key is also your TON address. Every message is end-to-end encrypted, whichever way it travels. # FEATURES • Route: choose how your messages travel • Bluetooth messaging and People Nearby • Voice and video messages • Unlimited P2P file sharing • Private reactions, hidden from anyone in between • Find people by .ton domain instead of long addresses • Built on TON # ROUTE You choose the path, and the balance of reach, speed and privacy: • Relay: works anywhere and holds encrypted messages until the recipient comes online. • Direct P2P: phone to phone over TON, faster and with nothing stored in between. • Bluetooth: for people nearby when there's no internet or cell signal. # BLUETOOTH & PEOPLE NEARBY Meet in person, keep talking after. People Nearby shows Viper users around you with approximate distance, and every contact proves they own their key. Messages, voice and video messages, and files work in a basement, on a festival field, in the metro. Interrupted transfers resume where they stopped. When you part ways, the chat moves to a direct TON connection, and you can send that person TON later. Your Bluetooth signal reveals only that a Viper user is nearby. Visibility and Show My Distance can be turned off at any time. # UNLIMITED P2P FILE SHARING Files go directly between devices, never through Viper servers. No subscriptions, no storage quotas, no size limits. Both peers need to be online during the transfer. # VIPER PRO An optional monthly subscription for an even quieter presence: • Anonymity: strangers can't find you, probe you or fill your chat list. Existing chats keep working. • Hide Online Status. • Extended Invisibility: no read receipts, no typing indicator. • Files over 2 GB via relay. • Encrypted chat backup. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://viperfoundation.base44.app/PrivacyPolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Viper Messenger at 5.0 against Ghost's 4.3. Ghost's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Viper Messenger sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Ghost asks for nothing beyond the download.
Viper Messenger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ghost ships an update every 9 days, Viper Messenger every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ghost | Viper Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kacper Oselka | Maksim Chernyshov |
Customer experience
Ghost
Viper Messenger
In-app purchases
Ghost
No in-app purchases
Viper Messenger
- Viper Pro Monthly$4.991 Month








