ArmorText Secure Messenger vs Black Hat Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArmorText Secure Messenger
This enterprise messaging platform provides a secure communication channel for businesses, especially in regulated industries. It enhances real-time collaboration across devices with features like end-to-end encryption and audit trails.
- End to end device specific encryption
- Delivery notifications
- Image sharing
- Group messaging
- Data protection
- Cross-organization messaging
- Audit trail
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ArmorText is an Enterprise Mobile Messaging Platform with Security and Audit features. The platform offers a secure channel for communication designed for enterprises in regulated industries. Boost collaboration by communicating in real time across any device. Key Features - Delivery Notifications - End to End Device Specific Encryption - Image sharing - Group messaging - Data Protection - Cross-organization messaging - Audit Trail
Black Hat Events
This app connects you to the world's most technical information security conferences and trainings. Discover the latest research, trends, and network with global InfoSec professionals and solution providers.
- Information security conferences
- Technical trainings
- Latest research and trends
- Global InfoSec community networking
- Practitioner and researcher insights
- Solutions provider connections
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Black Hat Events are the most technical and relevant information security conferences and trainings in the world. Providing attendees with the very latest in information security research, development, and trends, Black Hat Events bring the global InfoSec community together to share ideas, learn from experts, and network with peers, practitioners, researchers, and solutions providers from around the globe. The Black Hat Events portfolio includes all Black Hat global events, as well as SecTor, Canada's largest IT security conference and the nation's biggest vendor expo.
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Verdict
ArmorText Secure Messenger and Black Hat Events both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of ArmorText Secure Messenger's written reviews are positive against 24% of Black Hat Events's. ArmorText Secure Messenger also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). Black Hat Events's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (144 vs 9). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for ArmorText Secure Messenger against 4.2 for Black Hat Events. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Hat Events has 144 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of ArmorText Secure Messenger's written reviews are positive against 24% of Black Hat Events's.
ArmorText Secure Messenger ships an update every 3 weeks, Black Hat Events weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArmorText Secure Messenger | Black Hat Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better | 4.2 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gryphn Corp | Informa Tech Holdings, LLC |
Customer experience
ArmorText Secure Messenger
Black Hat Events
In-app purchases
ArmorText Secure Messenger
No in-app purchases
Black Hat Events
No in-app purchases
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