Radar vs Loop Video Share
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radar
This app integrates secure messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments. Send money as easily as sending a message, with instant settlement on the Bitcoin Lightning network. Enjoy privacy and control over your funds, with options for both stable dollar amounts and Bitcoin.
- Self-custodial Bitcoin payments
- Send money like a message
- Instant Bitcoin Lightning settlement
- End-to-end encrypted messages
- Supports Signal and Radar users
- Pay any Lightning wallet
- Dollar and Bitcoin options
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Your messages. Your Bitcoin. Together, at last. Radar is the first app to bring private messaging and self-custodial Bitcoin into one seamless experience. The two most personal things you do every day — who you talk to and what you do with your money — finally live in one place. For too long it's taken two apps. One to send a private message. Another to send Bitcoin. Copy, paste, switch, repeat. Radar ends the shuffle. Send sats like you send a text No switching apps. No copy-paste. Just open a chat and send — settled instantly over Bitcoin Lightning. Split dinner, cover a friend, send rent, or surprise someone you love, right inside the conversation. Your people are already here Radar is built on Signal's trusted messaging network, so the people you already talk to come with you. No rebuilding your network. No new account necessary. Private by default, yours by design • End-to-end encrypted — built on Signal's battle-tested protocol for encryption you can actually trust. • Self-custodial — your keys, your coins. Radar never holds your money; no one can freeze, seize, or lose it but you. • Instant Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network, settled in seconds. • No ads or trackers. We don't sell ads and we don't track you. Your chats and payments are nobody's business but yours. • Open source. Every line is open to inspect, audit, and build on — no black boxes. • Always free. No subscriptions, no paid tiers, no hidden fees, for everyone, everywhere. We even give back to the protocol we rely on — Signal's mission to keep private messaging alive is ours too. The people you connect with. The money you trust. Together, at last.
Loop Video Share
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Loop Video Share is a private video-sharing app for two people. Create a loop, invite your person with a code, and use it as a shared inbox for the videos you want them to see. Add YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook links, leave a note, react, comment, save favorites, and mark videos watched. Loop keeps the focus small: one shared space, one other person, and the clips you actually meant to send each other. Features: - Private two-person loops - Shared video inbox - Notes, comments, and reactions - Watched/read state - Saved videos - Multiple loops - Invite codes for easy joining - Real-time sync across devices Loop is built for partners, best friends, siblings, or anyone who has one person or persons they are always sending videos to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Radar at daily against Loop Video Share's every 8 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Radar ships an update daily, Loop Video Share every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radar | Loop Video Share |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radar Chat | Lauren Landau |
In-app purchases
Radar
No in-app purchases
Loop Video Share
No in-app purchases









