Comparison

Private Message Box vs Safe Message

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

Head to head
About

Private Message Box

Secure your private conversations with password protection. Send unlimited texts, photos, and location details to other users for free. Enhance your privacy with a virtual number option.

Highlights
  • Password protected conversations
  • Free texting between users
  • Send unlimited text, photo, and location
  • Full emoji support
  • Virtual number for hidden communication
  • Privacy Guard
Features
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Do you want to hide your private conversations? Worried on messages from one friend checked by others, then Private Message Box is for you. It saves messages of secret contacts behind PIN pad. Its easy to use and keeps user conversation secret. Your conversation with PSB contacts is 100% SECRET and secure. It also provides free texting between App Users. Just Sign-In with your number. Send unlimited text, photo and location details to another user. You can do conversations only with users who have enabled Free messaging. 
Full of emoji characters (300 emoji support), useful to represent emotions. Features
- Free text & Multimedia Messaging between Users
- Image/Location sharing
- Password protection: Cannot be opened by other people
- Privacy Guard Pro version feature: -No Advertise - Remove ads from the application. Pro version subscriptions Options: -Duration of the subscription is 1 Year with a charge of $4.99 every year. Buy Virtual Number: - Hide your private conversation from your personal cell phone bill. - Keep your personal phone number hidden from some contacts. - Send or receive messages from anywhere in the world. Buy Virtual Number Options: - 58.99$/year for countries like USA, Canada etc. - 102.99$/year for countries like Estonia, Latvia etc. Please note :- All subscriptions are auto renewable. Subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel your subscription any time by turning off auto-renewal in your iTunes Account Settings. You can manage your subscription in iTunes Account settings after purchase. -Find more information in our privacy policy, click on this link http://privatesmsbox.com/legal.html - For terms of use, click on this link http://privatesmsbox.com/termsofuse.html Excited to receive feedbacks or queries at: info@privatesmsbox.com

About

Safe Message

Send private text and picture messages that automatically disappear after being viewed once. This encrypted messaging tool works across various platforms without requiring recipients to install anything.

Highlights
  • Self-destructing messages after one view
  • Send text and pictures
  • No recipient installation needed
  • Industry-standard encryption
  • Messages erased after weeks if not seen
  • Optional local message erasure
Features
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Safe Message: secret messages that disappear after they're read. Write a text, add a photo, and send it through WhatsApp, Messages, email or any app you already use. Your contact gets a link, opens it, reads it, and it's gone. They don't need to install anything or create an account. Safe Message doesn't replace your messaging app. It works alongside it, for the messages you'd rather not leave in a chat forever. WHY SAFE MESSAGE • End-to-end encrypted: messages are locked on your iPhone and only the link holds the key, so our server can never read them • Messages self-destruct after they're viewed • Unopened messages are also deleted automatically after a while • Nothing to install for your contact: any phone, any browser • No account, no sign-up • Send a text, a photo, or both • Photos you take in the app aren't saved to your library unless you choose • No message history: sent messages aren't stored on your phone HOW IT WORKS 1. Write your message and add a photo 2. Choose how to send it: WhatsApp, Messages, email, or copy the link 3. Your contact opens the link and reads it 4. The message is deleted GOOD TO KNOW Anyone with the link can open the message, so send it only to the person it's meant for. Safe Message can't stop a screenshot. Support: web@qaqee.com

Screenshots

Private Message Box4 screens
Safe Message4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Safe Message at 64% against Private Message Box's 7%. Safe Message also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (96 vs 23). Private Message Box's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Private Message Box sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Safe Message sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Safe Message holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 96 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Private Message Box's written reviews are positive against 64% of Safe Message's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Message Box ships an update monthly, Safe Message every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Private Message Box versus Safe Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate Message BoxSafe Message
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (23 ratings)4.0 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews64.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2396 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVartit Technology Private Limitedqaqee Tecnologia da informacao

Customer experience

Private Message Box

All ratings20 ratings
Positive45.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative86.7%

Safe Message

All ratings96 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative32.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Private Message Box

Subscriptions4
  • Proversion$4.991 Year
  • Buy Number - Zone1 Yearly$21.991 Year
  • Buy Number - Zone2 Yearly$58.991 Year
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  • Buy Number - Zone3 Yearly$102.991 Year
One-time1
  • Get SMS Balance$6.99
1 purchases

Safe Message

One-time1
  • No Ads + Custom Intro$1.99

Questions

Is Private Message Box free?
Private Message Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Safe Message free?
Safe Message is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Private Message Box or Safe Message?
Safe Message is rated higher. Private Message Box averages 3.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Safe Message averages 4.0 from 96 ratings.
Do Private Message Box or Safe Message have ads?
Both Private Message Box and Safe Message show ads.
Which is updated more often, Private Message Box or Safe Message?
Private Message Box ships an update monthly, and Safe Message every 8 months. Most recently, Private Message Box was updated on November 1, 2026 and Safe Message on November 13, 2026.

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