Comparison

Zero Degrees vs Pigeon

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

Head to head
About

Zero Degrees

This app connects you with strangers who share similar thoughts through temporary, anonymous chat rooms. Choose between 'Think' mode for resonance or 'Debate' mode for counterpoints, with local on-device debate judging for privacy.

Highlights
  • Anonymous conversations
  • Temporary chat rooms
  • Think mode for resonance
  • Debate mode for counterpoints
  • On-device debate judging
  • Encrypted chat messages
  • No accounts or friends lists
Features
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0° is a new kind of anonymous conversation app. You are not seven degrees away. In a global world, someone else may be thinking the same thing right now. Type one thought. If someone else is thinking the same thing, or something close enough, 0° opens a temporary room so you can talk. Use Think mode when you want resonance. Use Debate mode when you want the counterpoint. In the iOS app, debate judging runs on-device, so the score is decided locally instead of sending the conversation to a server LLM. 0° is intentionally lightweight: - No accounts - No friends list - No follower graph - No permanent room history - Chat messages encrypted with client-side key agreement before relay transport - Random session names - Temporary rooms - Local text safety gate for obvious abuse patterns before posting - Report and dissolve controls 0° is for strangers who want to think out loud without turning every conversation into a profile, performance, or permanent record.

About

Pigeon

This app offers end-to-end encrypted messaging with a focus on extreme privacy and security. It utilizes local Bluetooth mesh and federated relays for message delivery, ensuring no intermediary can read your communications.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Bluetooth Low Energy mesh
  • Federated zero-knowledge relays
  • Local message exchange
  • Open-source codebase
  • Extreme privacy focus
Features
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Pigeon is an end-to-end encrypted mesh messaging app for iOS. Pigeon's goal is extreme privacy and security across multiple delivery methods. The entire codebase is available on GitHub. Please note that Pigeon has not undergone an independent audit, but is built on top of an audited encryption library, vodozemac. Peers can exchange messages locally over a Bluetooth Low Energy mesh, or use federated zero-knowledge relays when they are out of local range. Messages are end-to-end encrypted regardless of how they travel; no transport, relay, or mesh hop can read them.

Screenshots

Zero Degrees4 screens
Pigeon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Zero Degrees at 17.0 against Pigeon's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zero Degrees against 5.0 for Pigeon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Zero Degrees versus Pigeon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZero DegreesPigeon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.4 GB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBradley WhiteISAIAH RUSSELL HARVILLE

Customer experience

Zero Degrees

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pigeon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zero Degrees

No in-app purchases

None

Pigeon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zero Degrees free?
Zero Degrees is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pigeon free?
Pigeon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zero Degrees or Pigeon?
Zero Degrees and Pigeon are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Zero Degrees or Pigeon have ads?
Neither Zero Degrees nor Pigeon shows ads.

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