Fiux vs BurnPony Self
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fiux
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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.
BurnPony Self
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Fiux | BurnPony Self |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Usham Kamaljit Singh | Kevin Stewart |
In-app purchases
Fiux
No in-app purchases
BurnPony Self
No in-app purchases








