Tawk.to vs Chative
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tawk.to
This free live chat application enables website owners to monitor and interact with visitors in real-time. It also offers a free, customizable page for communication. The service is entirely free with no hidden costs or spam.
- Live chat with website visitors
- Visitor monitoring
- Free customizable page
- Real-time communication
- No spam or hidden costs
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tawk.to is a free live chat app that lets you monitor and chat with visitors on your website or from a free customizable page. No catch. No spam. No wares. It's truly free and always will be.
Chative
This application helps small and medium-sized businesses manage customer interactions across multiple channels. It offers a shared inbox for support, detailed customer profiles, and 24/7 engagement to enhance customer relationships and drive repeat business.
- Omni-channel messaging
- Shared inbox for support
- Customer profile insights
- 24/7 customer engagement
- Website and social media integration
- Automation features
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Chative is developing an online messaging application to help small business owners, medium-sized sales & support teams engage inbound leads effectively via connected chat on websites and social media. We focus on disrupting the norms, both visually and functionally, empowered by robust automation and immaculate UI&UX. Use Chative to: 1. Support your customers in a shared inbox so you don't have to switch back and forth between channels to support customers. 2. View your customer profile such as name, email, phone number, activities on your website so you can have a deeper understanding of them. 3. Provide dedicated support 24/7 so you won't lose connection with your customers. Everyone likes dedicated service, a good product can always keep in touch with your customers without any interruption. So, taking care of them and providing them with the answers whenever they need will gain a considerable impression. Customers will be delighted and return to your business many times later. We hope you’ll give Chative a try. Having trouble? Please contact help@chative.io.
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Verdict
Tawk.to and Chative both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Chative's written reviews are positive against 59% of Tawk.to's. Chative also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Tawk.to's advantage is ratings volume (210 vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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 — 3.7 for Tawk.to against 3.7 for Chative. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tawk.to has 210 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Tawk.to's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chative's.
Tawk.to ships an update fortnightly, Chative monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tawk.to | Chative |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (210 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | tawk.to | WISEBIT PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Tawk.to
Chative
Bugs and requests
Tawk.to
Reported bugs
6 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Unreliable notifications
- Inconsistent chat history
- Login and logout issues
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
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- Visitor tracking not working as expected
Requested features
7 requests- Dark mode
- Multilingual support
- Improved notification system
- Visitor history and analytics
- Attachment support in chat
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- Agent status visibility
- Customizable branding options
Chative
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tawk.to
No in-app purchases
Chative
No in-app purchases
