Buddy vs Rayal Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buddy
Experience the joy of classic instant messaging with live chat rooms. Connect with new people, join communities based on your interests, and engage in real conversations without the pressure of feeds.
- Live chat rooms
- Community discovery
- Customizable profiles
- Buddy list management
- Away messages
- Mood expression
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Buddy brings back the fun of classic instant messaging now with live chat rooms. Jump into conversations, meet new people, and find communities around gaming, late night talks, music, relationships, campus life, and more. Create rooms, build your buddy list, set custom away messages, and express your mood your way. No feeds. No pressure. Just real conversations.
Rayal Chat
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Our real-time chat application delivers fast, reliable, and secure communication, allowing users to connect instantly with friends, family, or teams. With features like one-to-one and group messaging, media sharing, online/offline status, typing indicators, and push notifications, the app ensures a smooth and engaging chatting experience. Built with modern technologies for high performance and scalability, it provides seamless message synchronization and strong data security, making it ideal for everyday conversations as well as professional communication needs.
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Verdict
Buddy and Rayal Chat are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Buddy ships an update every 6 days, Rayal Chat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buddy | Rayal Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KNNK Studio LLC | RayalBrokers |
In-app purchases
Buddy
No in-app purchases
Rayal Chat
No in-app purchases
