Comparison

Clochat vs Orbeo

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

Head to head
About

Clochat

Features
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Clochat is a messenger for personal conversations, shared plans and moments worth sharing. Create a username and start talking without a phone number or email address. PRIVATE STAYS PRIVATE Personal and group messages are protected with end-to-end encryption. A secret phrase is used to sign in and restore your account. Keep it somewhere safe. MAKE IT A MESSAGE Send a quick text, record a voice message, or share photos, videos and files. Multiple photos come together in an album, and you can swipe through pictures from your conversation. FEEL CLOSER FROM ANYWHERE Start a voice or video call right from your chat. The system incoming call screen lets you answer even when the app is closed. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS Reply to a specific message, react to a moment and pin important conversations. Day separators, timestamps inside messages and read receipts make your history easy to follow. PRIVACY ON YOUR TERMS Choose whether people can find you by username, and hide your last seen time. Add a PIN code and enable Face ID on a compatible iPhone for extra protection when opening the app. FIND EACH OTHER Connect by username, Clochat ID or QR code. Clochat is available in English and Russian. ON YOUR IPHONE AND COMPUTER Open web.clochat.ru in your browser and scan its QR code from the app. Confirm the sign-in on your iPhone to link your computer. Devices and sessions lets you view connected devices, sign-in times and IP addresses, and end an individual session or all other sessions. Clochat. More room for the conversation.

About

Orbeo

A private messenger that uses a unique ID instead of a phone number. It offers rich messaging features, voice and video calls, and group/channel communication without ads or third-party tracking.

Highlights
  • Phone number-free registration
  • Rich messaging features
  • Voice and video calls
  • Groups and channels
  • File sharing up to 50 MB
  • Cross-platform support
Features
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Orbeo is a messenger that does not need your phone number. Instead of a number there is a short Orbeo ID. Only the people you hand it to can find you: the app never reads your address book, never looks people up by number, and never suggests you to strangers. WHAT IS THERE Messages Quoted replies, editing and deleting on both sides, reactions, stickers. Read receipts and a typing indicator, as they should be. Photos, voice, video and files A photo opens full screen. Voice records two ways: hold the button, or tap once and keep talking hands-free. Double-tap the microphone, or swipe up from it, for a square video message from the front camera. Video and files up to 50 MB. Calls Voice and video, your own camera in the corner, switchable to the front lens. Connection quality is on screen: latency and jitter in milliseconds. On iPhone an incoming call is shown by the system, like an ordinary phone call. Groups and channels A group is for the people you know. A channel is for readers, with an address like orbeo.me/c/name and discussion under each post. Three languages Interface, dates and plurals in English, Russian and Kazakh. Everywhere Phone, tablet and computer — one account. WHAT IS NOT THERE No advertising. No third-party analytics and no tracking pixels. Nothing about you is sold or passed on for marketing. Registration asks for neither a phone number nor an email address. PLAINLY, ABOUT THE IMPORTANT PART The only spare key to an account is a twelve-word recovery phrase. It is shown once, at sign-up: write it down on paper. There is no phone number and no email to fall back on, and without those words nobody can return the account to you — us included. Orbeo has no end-to-end encryption. Traffic to the server is encrypted, but messages are stored on the server in readable form — which is what makes your correspondence appear on a new device right after you sign in. We say this outright rather than let you assume otherwise. ORDER Report and block are in the menu of every conversation. Reports are reviewed by a human; an account that breaks the rules is limited or removed. You can delete your own account in Settings, immediately and without asking anyone. Terms of Use: https://orbeo.me/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://orbeo.me/privacy.html

Screenshots

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Orbeo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Clochat and Orbeo are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clochat ships an update every 2 days, Orbeo every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clochat versus Orbeo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClochatOrbeo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan FaermanKirill Prikota

In-app purchases

None

Clochat

No in-app purchases

None

Orbeo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clochat free?
Clochat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbeo free?
Orbeo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clochat or Orbeo have ads?
Neither Clochat nor Orbeo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clochat or Orbeo?
Clochat ships an update every 2 days, and Orbeo every 3 days. Most recently, Clochat was updated on October 31, 2026 and Orbeo on October 31, 2026.

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