Comparison

ReMaze Messenger vs OffNet Chat

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

Head to head
About

ReMaze Messenger

Features
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ReMaze - Private messaging, reimagined. ReMaze is a secure messenger where your conversations are truly private. Built on the Signal Protocol, every message, call, and file is end-to-end encrypted before it ever leaves your device. Our servers act only as a relay - we never have access to your content. UNCOMPROMISING SECURITY - Signal Protocol - The same proven end-to-end encryption trusted by cryptographers worldwide - AES-256 encryption - Military-grade protection for every message, call, and file - Perfect Forward Secrecy - A unique key for every message. Compromising one never exposes others - Zero Knowledge - We never store your messages. We can't read them, even if compelled to - Key Verification - Verify contacts with safety numbers to prevent impersonation - Biometric Lock - Protect the app with Face ID or Touch ID FULL-FEATURED MESSAGING - Rich text with Markdown support - Share photos, videos, and documents - all encrypted end-to-end - Voice messages - Record and send encrypted voice notes with one tap - Disappearing messages - Set messages to auto-delete after a chosen time - View-once media - Share photos and videos that disappear after being viewed - Edit and delete messages - Remove sent messages from all devices - Reactions - React to messages instantly - Note to Self - A private space for your own notes and files VOICE AND VIDEO CALLS - Encrypted voice and video calls - Crystal-clear quality with low latency MULTI-DEVICE - Use ReMaze on your iPhone, iPad, and desktop - Link devices securely by scanning a QR code - Native desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux PRIVACY BY DESIGN - No message content stored on servers - No contact lists collected - No location tracking - No advertising identifiers - No third-party analytics or ad SDKs - Screen security to prevent screenshots HOW IT WORKS When you connect with someone, your devices negotiate encryption keys using the X3DH protocol. Each message is then encrypted with AES-256 using the Double Ratchet algorithm. Encrypted messages travel through our relay servers - once delivered, they are deleted. We never have access to your keys or content. 0 messages stored. 256-bit AES. 100% open protocol. Under 50ms delivery. Download ReMaze and take control of your conversations.

About

OffNet Chat

A private messenger that works without an internet connection, using Bluetooth and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi for direct communication. It ensures privacy with end-to-end encryption and no account requirements, offering features like text, photos, and voice notes.

Highlights
  • Offline messaging via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
  • End-to-end encrypted text, photos, voice notes
  • No accounts or personal data collection
  • Internet bridge for global communication
  • QR code and invite link for easy friend adding
  • User control over transport methods and blocking
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OffNet Chat is a private messenger that works in places other messengers can't — and collects nothing, anywhere. NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM. At a festival, on a flight, hiking off-grid, or when the network is down: OffNet Chat sends messages directly between iPhones over Bluetooth and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi. Phones running OffNet Chat can quietly pass messages along for each other, so your words can hop through the crowd to reach a friend across it — and every hop only ever carries scrambled data. FAR APART? STILL PRIVATE. Turn on the internet bridge and message friends anywhere in the world. Messages travel as anonymous, end-to-end encrypted parcels through rotating mailboxes that can't be linked to you — no servers of ours, no accounts, no metadata trail. NO ACCOUNTS. NOTHING COLLECTED. There is no sign-up. Your identity is a cryptographic key created on your phone, and it never leaves your phone. We have no servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking — we couldn't read your messages or sell your data even if we wanted to, because we never have either. EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM A MESSENGER • Text, photos, and voice notes — all end-to-end encrypted • Photos send instantly as previews, then upgrade to high quality over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or the bridge • Delivery ticks and icons showing which path each message took • Background notifications that decrypt privately on your device • Profile photos that sync to your friends automatically ADDING FRIENDS IS EFFORTLESS • Nearby: one of you scans the other's QR code — the other phone gets a simple accept prompt • Far away: share a one-time invite link over any app you already trust • Verify any friendship in person later with safety codes, like the pros do YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Three transport switches — Bluetooth mesh, Wi-Fi, internet — each one yours to flip • Block anyone, with a choice: notify them, or block quietly so they learn nothing • See exactly how much you've sent today • Delete your identity and every trace of your data, irreversibly, any time HONEST ENCRYPTION Modern, audited primitives from Apple's CryptoKit: Curve25519 key agreement and ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption, end to end. Relay phones and the optional cloud mailboxes only ever see ciphertext. OffNet Chat does not yet implement forward secrecy (it's on the roadmap) — we'd rather tell you that than overpromise. OffNet Chat asks only for the permissions it visibly uses: Bluetooth and local network to reach nearby phones, camera to scan QR codes, microphone for voice notes you record, and notifications. Your words, your phone, your business.

Screenshots

ReMaze Messenger4 screens
OffNet Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

ReMaze Messenger and OffNet Chat are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ReMaze Messenger versus OffNet Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReMaze MessengerOffNet Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB3 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAD CONSULTINGpadma lochan singh

In-app purchases

None

ReMaze Messenger

No in-app purchases

None

OffNet Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReMaze Messenger free?
ReMaze Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OffNet Chat free?
OffNet Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ReMaze Messenger or OffNet Chat have ads?
Neither ReMaze Messenger nor OffNet Chat shows ads.

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