Comparison

Private Message Box vs BB NFC

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

BB NFC

Create a shareable digital profile that syncs with a smart holster via NFC. Allow others to access your profile by tapping their device to the holster, and optionally gather their contact information. Manage your privacy and update your profile easily.

Highlights
  • Create shareable digital profiles
  • Sync with NFC-enabled smart holster
  • Contact information gathering
  • Privacy controls
  • Easy profile updates
  • In-app tutorial
Features
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The BB NFC app, our exclusively created application just for your Bearback Interchangeable Smart Lube Holster that comes with a versatile luxury utility jockstrap, allows you to create a shareable digital profile that effortlessly syncs the NFC chip built into it.


 User-Friendly Experience:
 Navigating this app is a breeze. After downloading, simply create an account to save your profile. Explore its features at your own pace or follow the in-app tutorial, which provides comprehensive details on setting up your profile, activating the NFC tag in your holster, and syncing it seamlessly. Best of all, the person scanning your holster doesn't need the BB NFC app or Smart Holster!


 Experience NFC Technology:
 NFC technology, the same innovation that powers services such as digital payments, like Apple Pay, is built in behind the Metal Bruce Button on your holster.When someone with a modern smart device has NFC enabled, which is usually already enabled by default, taps the top of their device near the Metal Bruce Button on the Smart Lube Holster, a notification link will be sent to their device, appearing on their screen. Tapping this notification loads a special site and grants the person who scanned your holster access to your customized digital profile.


 Gather Connections:
 If you've activated the "Gather Connections” feature in the app, the first prompt upon loading your digital profile lets the person scanning your holster submit their contact information.


 Your Privacy:
 You can easily deactivate these features within the app, so no one can scan your Smart Holster and/or send you their contact information. Your Gathered Connections are neatly stored in the Connections folder on the app for convenient access, ensuring you never forget that charming companion you met at the club, bar, or while cruising the woods.


 Update Your Digital Profile with Ease:
 You have the freedom to modify the information you share on your digital profile at any time, without the need to resync your profile with your Holster.

 Ending & Get in Touch:
 We know you are going to love going Bearback, and this is just the start of what’s to come, so have fun and make tons of new “buddies”! If you have any questions or wish to provide app feedback, don't hesitate to email us at Support@BearbackGear.com.


 Don’t have a Versatile Jock with Interchangeable Smart Holster?
 No worries, you can order it from our site, BearbackGear.com.


 Complimentary Service:
 This service is included for free with your Versatile/Smart Holster order, ensuring there are no fees or in-app purchases to worry about.


With Love,
Bruce the Bear & the Bearback Team.

Screenshots

Private Message Box4 screens
BB NFC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BB NFC at 5.0 against Private Message Box's 3.1. BB NFC also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Private Message Box's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. BB NFC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BB NFC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Private Message Box has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Message Box ships an update monthly, BB NFC weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Private Message Box versus BB NFC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate Message BoxBB NFC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (23 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB43 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVartit Technology Private LimitedDaniel Mendez

Customer experience

Private Message Box

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

BB NFC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

BB NFC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private Message Box free?
Private Message Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BB NFC free?
BB NFC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Private Message Box or BB NFC?
BB NFC is rated higher. Private Message Box averages 3.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while BB NFC averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Private Message Box or BB NFC have ads?
Private Message Box shows ads; BB NFC does not.
Which is updated more often, Private Message Box or BB NFC?
Private Message Box ships an update monthly, and BB NFC weekly. Most recently, Private Message Box was updated on October 24, 2026 and BB NFC on October 30, 2026.

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