Comparison

ZeroComm vs Stolo Systems

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

Head to head
About

ZeroComm

This app provides a fully offline client for Meshtastic LoRa mesh networks, enabling communication and location sharing when cellular and WiFi are unavailable. It supports direct messaging, group channels, and offline maps with waypoint management.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth node connection
  • Group and direct messaging
  • Offline maps with node positions
  • Waypoint management and sharing
  • KML export
  • Background operation with notifications
  • Message and waypoint history
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ZeroComm is a simple, fully offline iOS client for Meshtastic LoRa mesh networks. Built for anyone — when cellular and WiFi are gone and your neighbors are scattered about the block, use LoRa mesh. No accounts, no cloud, no internet. Completely independent mesh. TEST IT BEFORE YOU NEED IT. FEATURES — Bluetooth connect to any Meshtastic node — Group channels and direct messaging with delivery confirmation — Offline maps with node positions, waypoint management and sharing — KML export compatible with Organic Maps — Background operation with notifications and unread badge — Message and waypoint history with CSV export GETTING STARTED Requires Meshtastic-compatible LoRa hardware (e.g. Heltec V4). A free Python setup script is available to configure and clone a group of devices to a shared setup via Bluetooth. https://github.com/joshsoftapp-coder/ZeroComm_nodeSetup_py ZeroComm is an independent project by Josh Soft, not affiliated with Meshtastic LLC.

About

Stolo Systems

This app provides encrypted, off-grid messaging that functions without internet connectivity. It creates a peer-to-peer mesh network using Wi-Fi, cellular, or LoRa radio, enabling secure communication of messages, photos, voice notes, and GPS locations even when cell towers or servers are unavailable.

Highlights
  • Off-grid encrypted messaging
  • Peer-to-peer mesh network
  • Works without internet
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Offline world map
  • Emergency SOS beacon
Features
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Stolo is an encrypted messenger that built off of Reticulum and LXMF Out of the box it is a private, end-to-end encrypted messenger: no account, no phone number, no sign-up. Your identity and your history live only on your device, and Stolo's gateway relays your messages across the internet. When you need more, the same app becomes your own network. Create a network, share one invitation, and everyone who joins is in each other's contacts, trusted, automatically. Phones link directly over Wi-Fi and cellular, and optional long-range LoRa radios carry messages where there is no signal at all. Messages to someone out of range wait and are delivered when they come back. What you can send, on or off the grid: • Messages, photos, and voice notes, end-to-end encrypted. Only the people in the conversation can read them. Not us. • Live GPS positions on a built-in offline world map. See yourself and your team with zero connectivity. Under the hood, Stolo is built on Reticulum, the open cryptographic mesh stack, and sets up in a minute with no config files. Used for backcountry trips, maritime, job sites, disaster response, and everyday group chats that should stay between the people in them. Built on privacy. Works every day, everywhere, and keeps working when nothing else does.

Screenshots

ZeroComm4 screens
Stolo Systems4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ZeroComm at 5.0 against Stolo Systems's 4.7. Stolo Systems's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZeroComm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stolo Systems has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ZeroComm versus Stolo Systems: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZeroCommStolo Systems
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB265 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShlomo SegalStolo Systems Inc.

In-app purchases

None

ZeroComm

No in-app purchases

None

Stolo Systems

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZeroComm free?
ZeroComm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stolo Systems free?
Stolo Systems is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZeroComm or Stolo Systems?
ZeroComm is rated higher. ZeroComm averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Stolo Systems averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do ZeroComm or Stolo Systems have ads?
Neither ZeroComm nor Stolo Systems shows ads.

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