Comparison

Private Message Box vs AnyTalk Messenger

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

AnyTalk Messenger

Stay connected globally with free calls, messages, and media sharing. Offers end-to-end encryption and hidden chats for enhanced privacy. Seamlessly syncs across devices and supports multiple SIM cards for convenience.

Highlights
  • Free calls and video calls
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Hidden chats with password protection
  • Syncs across devices
  • Supports multiple SIM cards
  • Voice, photo, and video messaging
Features
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With AnyTalk you can stay in touch with anyone, anytime and anywhere! Freely. You can call or send messages, send photo and video messages as well as voice messages, locations and contacts worldwide over WiFi or 3G. AnyTalk seamlessly syncs across your devices and can be used on phones and tablets. CALLS AND VIDEO CALLS You can now call any of your AnyTalk contacts for free, arrange group calls (for up to 4 people), including video calls, while being sure that all your data is secured with encryption. (iOS 8.1+) SYNCHRONIZATION AND PRIVACY AnyTalk is taking care about your convenience and privacy, so we sync chats history across your devices, but don’t store it on our servers. Your chats history is yours and no one else can read it. USE DIFFERENT SIM CARDS AnyTalk give you ability to tie different phone numbers for the same account. This way you can insure yourself from losing access to the account when you lost sim-card, as well as freely use AnyTalk while you travel around the globe and use different sim cards. ENCRYPTION You can enable end-to-end encryption for both new or existing chats. When encryption is enabled, all outgoing messages will be encrypted by special key and only participants who got this key can read conversation. The key generates on device of user who initiate encryption and must be transferred to other chat participant by meeting in person. This way our servers knows nothing about your encryption key, plus you will avoid any possibility of man-in-the-middle attack. HIDDEN CHATS Encrypted chats will help you when it comes to data transfer and secure communication. But if someone get physical access to your mobile device — let’s say your friend, or mother, or girlfriend — we've got you covered with hidden chats! Such chats protected by password you will set and hidden from both chat and contact lists. Hidden chats is a private feature just for your usage, so no one knows that chat is hidden on your device — even your participant. Hidden chats available on phones only, tablets are not supported. For support please visit anytalkapp.com/support 9c91696931

Screenshots

Private Message Box4 screens
AnyTalk Messenger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AnyTalk Messenger at 73% against Private Message Box's 7%. AnyTalk Messenger also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

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. AnyTalk Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AnyTalk Messenger holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Private Message Box's written reviews are positive against 73% of AnyTalk Messenger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Message Box ships an update monthly, AnyTalk Messenger every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Private Message Box versus AnyTalk Messenger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate Message BoxAnyTalk Messenger
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (20 ratings)4.4 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews73.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better8
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVartit Technology Private LimitedMGA MEGAAPPS LIMITED

Customer experience

Private Message Box

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

AnyTalk Messenger

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative19.2%

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

AnyTalk Messenger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private Message Box free?
Private Message Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AnyTalk Messenger free?
AnyTalk Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Private Message Box or AnyTalk Messenger?
AnyTalk Messenger is rated higher. Private Message Box averages 2.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while AnyTalk Messenger averages 4.4 from 8 ratings.
Do Private Message Box or AnyTalk Messenger have ads?
Private Message Box shows ads; AnyTalk Messenger does not.
Which is updated more often, Private Message Box or AnyTalk Messenger?
Private Message Box ships an update monthly, and AnyTalk Messenger every 5 weeks. Most recently, Private Message Box was updated on September 23, 2026 and AnyTalk Messenger on June 2, 2026.

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