Signal vs Crait Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Signal
This messaging app prioritizes your privacy with strong end-to-end encryption for all communications. It offers free text, voice, and video messaging, including group chats and disappearing stories, all without collecting your data.
- End-to-end encrypted messaging
- Free voice and video calls
- Group chats up to 1000 people
- Disappearing Stories
- File sharing
- Admin controls for groups
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Signal is a messaging app with privacy at its core. It is free and easy to use, with strong end-to-end encryption that keeps your communication completely private. • Send texts, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection, so you avoid SMS and MMS fees. • Call your friends with crystal-clear encrypted voice and video calls. Group calls supported for up to 50 people. • Stay connected with group chats up to 1,000 people. Control who can post and manage group members with admin permission settings. • Share image, text, and video Stories that disappear after 24 hours. Privacy settings keep you in charge of exactly who can see each Story. • Signal is built for your privacy. We know nothing about you or who you’re talking to. Our open source Signal Protocol means that we can’t read your messages or listen to your calls. Neither can anyone else. No back doors, no data collection, no compromises. • Signal is independent and not for profit; a different kind of tech from a different kind of organization. As a 501c3 nonprofit we are supported by your donations, not by advertisers or investors. • For support, questions, or more information please visit https://support.signal.org/ To check out our source code, visit https://github.com/signalapp Follow us on Twitter @signalapp and Instagram @signal_app
Crait Lite
This secure messaging tool enhances workgroup productivity with encrypted calls, self-destructing messages, and file sharing. It protects digital assets by offering end-to-end encryption for sensitive business communications.
- End-to-end encryption
- Self-destructing messages
- Secure voice and group calls
- Large group chat support (up to 1000)
- Secure file sharing
- Secure email for users
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Crait Lite is where secure communication and collaboration happens. It is a secure messaging tool designed to make working life easier and more productive for work-groups. Why Crait? The simple answer is: Businesses need to protect their digital assets. Businesses are targets and will be targets of cyber hacking because they have information valuable to would-be criminals. No sector of corporate America is excluded from the threat of cyber hacking. This is why at Crait, we believe that business communication deserves a security upgrade. What Crait provides - Secure one-on-one or group calls and can support chats with up to 1000 people. - Messages that self-destruct after the messages are read. - End-to-end encryption between the sender’s device and the recipient such that the encryption key never leaves the device; no party in the middle. - Secure chat, voice, as well as file-sharing capabilities to work-groups. - Secure email for Crait-to-Crait users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crait Lite at none against Signal's 1. Crait Lite also leads on iOS requirement (12 vs 15.0). Signal's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.1M vs 10). On price, rating, ads 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. Signal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Crait Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Signal against 4.7 for Crait Lite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Signal has 1.1M ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Signal ships an update every 6 days, Crait Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Signal | Crait Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1M ratings) | 4.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1M — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Signal Messenger, LLC | Crait Technology Inc. |
Customer experience
Signal
Crait Lite
Bugs and requests
Signal
Reported bugs
5 issues- Problem retrieving data, resulting in lost message history
- Keyboard covering the current conversation
- Inconsistent behavior when attaching photos/videos
- Scrolling issues when reading through messages
- Inability to recover message history after device change
Requested features
10 requests- Add filters and customization options
- Allow adding music to stories
- Implement a sticker store
- Add ability to pin messages in group chats
- Allow new members to view previous group messages
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- Make group background changes visible to all
- Implement a backup/restore feature
- Add option to move sent messages to the left side
- Bring back pause and skip functions for longer audio messages
- Allow batch deletion of group messages
Crait Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Signal
- Signal Secure Backups$1.991 Month
Crait Lite
No in-app purchases









