Comparison

Fiux vs BurnPony Self

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fiux

Features
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The future of communication is one without numbers, emails, or sign-ups. No middlemen. No stored transcripts. Just pure private connection. Our mission is simple: revive the honesty of how our ancestors spoke—directly, privately, without gatekeepers or record keepers. Fiux isn’t just another chat app; it’s a return to the roots of human connection. Built for people who believe real conversation shouldn’t need permission. Benefits: - Impossible to cold-find. Only peers who exchange contact IDs can reach each other, making it effectively impossible for scammers to discover Fiux users. - No server archives. Messages live only on the devices involved—never in the cloud, never on our servers, leaving no trail to exploit. - Attachment sandboxing. Files and links stay contained inside Fiux, neutralizing malicious downloads and redirects before they can harm you.

About

BurnPony Self

Features
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Write a secret. Share one link. It reads once and burns. BurnPony encrypts your note on your phone before anything is sent. The server stores only ciphertext it cannot read, the decryption key travels in a part of the link that browsers never transmit, and the recipient needs nothing but a browser. No app on their side, no account on yours. WHAT IT DOES One link, any recipient, any device with a browser. View limits from 1 to 100, expiry from 5 minutes to 30 days, an optional auto-hide timer after reveal. Optional passphrase as a second factor, shared through a different channel than the link. Read receipts, honestly: the recipient is told before they open. No silent tracking, ever. Labels that never leave your phone: name a note "wifi password for mom" and the read notification says so, while the server knows nothing. Sent Notes: live status, view counts, change the expiration after sending, burn early with a swipe. The recipient page speaks nine languages, following the reader's browser. WHY YOU CAN CHECK INSTEAD OF TRUST The entire system is open source: this app, the server, and the recipient page, with a written protocol specification and cross-implementation test vectors. The note page is byte-reproducible from its published source, so View Source is a real audit, not a gesture. You can even run your own server and point the app at it from Settings. HONEST LIMITS Self-destruction limits exposure; it cannot un-share. A recipient can always copy or photograph a revealed note, and BurnPony says so on the note page itself, because a privacy tool that overpromises is worse than none. From NorseHorse, maker of PGPony, CarrierPony, AgePony, RelayPony, and QuorumPony.

Screenshots

Fiux4 screens
BurnPony Self4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Fiux at 3 against BurnPony Self's 1. Fiux also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Fiux versus BurnPony Self: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiuxBurnPony Self
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUsham Kamaljit SinghKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

Fiux

No in-app purchases

None

BurnPony Self

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fiux free?
Fiux is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BurnPony Self free?
BurnPony Self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fiux or BurnPony Self have ads?
Neither Fiux nor BurnPony Self shows ads.

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