Room Chat vs Withyn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Room Chat
A private messaging app focused on conversations, offering one-to-one and group chats with rich media support. It includes voice and video calls, message organization features, and robust privacy controls.
- One-to-one and group chats
- Voice and video calls
- Message editing and deletion
- Chat folders and pinning
- Face ID/passcode chat lock
- Ad-free experience
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Room Chat is a private messenger for the people who matter most — fast, clean, and built around your conversations instead of a feed. MESSAGING • One-to-one and group chats • Photos, videos, files, and voice messages • Reply, forward, edit, and pin any message • React with emoji • Select several messages at once to forward, pin, or delete • Delete just for yourself, or for everyone CALLS • Voice and video calls from any chat • Calls ring through iOS like a normal phone call STAY ORGANIZED • Folders to group the chats you care about • Pin important conversations to the top • Archive the ones you're done with • Saved Messages — your own space for notes and files PRIVACY AND CONTROL • Lock any chat behind Face ID or your passcode • Block anyone, and report a message, a person, or a group • Per-chat notification settings • Delete your account and your data whenever you want EVERYDAY DETAILS • Online and last-seen status • Read receipts • Share your profile with a QR code • Light and dark themes Room Chat uses your phone number to create your account. If you allow it, contact names and numbers are used to show you which of your contacts are already here. Terms of Service: https://privacy.roomud.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://privacy.roomud.com/index.html
Withyn
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Withyn is a private communication app for people who connect intentionally. There are no public profiles and no public search. Sign in with Apple, enter an invite or connect by one-time code or QR, then chat, share encrypted media, and make voice calls with your private contacts. Contact names stay local to your device. Withyn is designed around direct connections, privacy, and encrypted communication rather than discovery feeds or public identity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Room Chat at every 4 days against Withyn's fortnightly. Room Chat also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Room Chat ships an update every 4 days, Withyn fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Room Chat | Withyn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | XSPHERE COMPANY LIMITED | Aga Mahmudov |
In-app purchases
Room Chat
No in-app purchases
Withyn
No in-app purchases
