Comparison

Taverns vs Rift Chat

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

Head to head
About

Taverns

Features
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Taverns is a community and group chat app for gaming groups, guilds, clans, fandoms, roleplayers, creators, and friends. Create a Tavern, organize it into Halls, and give every conversation, call, event, and watch party a place of its own. Core community features are available without a subscription, including Stage watch parties and file uploads up to 2 GB. WATCH TOGETHER IN A STAGE • Start a synchronized watch party from a YouTube, TikTok, X, Vimeo, Twitch clip, or video-file link • Chat and react over the video, build an Up Next queue, and vote to skip CHAT, CALL, AND SHARE • Use text Halls, direct messages, group chats, threads, forums, announcements, and polls • Join voice and video calls and share your screen • Send files up to 2 GB each • Use up to 700 custom emoji and 1,000 stickers per Tavern, plus GIFs and reactions BUILD A PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE YOURS • Customize Tavern themes, backgrounds, colors, fonts, Hall icons, and profiles • Arrange Halls into categories and create public, private, or staff-only spaces • Discover public Taverns or build your own TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY OWNERS • Set roles and detailed permissions • Publish rules, plan events, manage invites, and moderate members • Keep fast chat and longer forum discussions organized SAFETY AND PRIVACY Report content or accounts, block people, choose who can contact you, manage friend requests, and control how sensitive content appears. Voice, video, and screen sharing are end-to-end encrypted when everyone is using a current Taverns app. A voice Hall is not encrypted while it is being restreamed to a third-party service. Taverns works with the same account on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, Linux, and the web. Support: https://tav.gg/support Privacy Policy: https://tav.gg/privacy Terms of Service: https://tav.gg/terms Community Guidelines: https://tav.gg/policies/community-guidelines

About

Rift Chat

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Rift is a chat and voice app for communities, friends, and real-time hangouts. Create or join Shards, talk in channels, message friends in DMs, and hop into voice. Direct messages use end-to-end encryption so Rift cannot read your DM text. Built for people who want a focused place to talk without ads or behavioral tracking, loaded with features and versatility.

Screenshots

Taverns4 screens
Rift Chat2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Taverns at every 3 days against Rift Chat's weekly. 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 Taverns against 5.0 for Rift Chat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taverns ships an update every 3 days, Rift Chat weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Taverns versus Rift Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTavernsRift Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB96 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMEKASMITHRift Communications LLC

Customer experience

Taverns

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

Rift Chat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Taverns

No in-app purchases

None

Rift Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Taverns free?
Taverns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rift Chat free?
Rift Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Taverns or Rift Chat?
Taverns and Rift Chat are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Taverns or Rift Chat have ads?
Neither Taverns nor Rift Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taverns or Rift Chat?
Taverns ships an update every 3 days, and Rift Chat weekly. Most recently, Taverns was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rift Chat on October 24, 2026.

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