Comparison

mdMessage vs Crait Lite

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

Head to head
About

mdMessage

Securely message healthcare professionals and colleagues with this HIPAA-compliant application. Share unlimited messages, photos, and audio notes across all your devices. Enjoy fast, secure communication with advanced privacy features.

Highlights
  • HIPAA compliant secure messaging
  • Unlimited messages, photos, and audio notes
  • Syncs across all devices (desktop, tablet, phone)
  • Message deletion from devices and browsers
  • Photo sharing without saving to camera roll
  • Large group chats and identifiable patient chats
Features
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Message securely with MD Message for Healthcare. MD Message™ seamlessly syncs across all of your devices and can be used on desktops, tablets and phone alike. You can send an unlimited amount of messages, photos, and audio notes. Built for the enterprise, MD Message™ truly is the #1 app for HIPAA compliant secure messaging for healthcare information. Message anyone you work with, message with any colleagues or peers from around the country. This is the first messaging app that is secure, HIPAA compliant, and open to the entire medical community. Invite your colleagues, peers, assistants, nurses, all securely, all for free. We pride ourselves on the focus of security and simplicity. Why Switch to MD Message™ FAST: MD Message™ is the fastest secure HIPAA compliant application on the market. It uses a distributed infrastructure with data centers positioned around the country to connect you to the fastest and closet server SECURE: We made it our mission to provide the best security and have provided our users secure features. Delete your message from your device or others. Share photos that do not store in your camera roll. Ability to wipe your entire message tread from any web browser. GROUP CHAT & SHARING: With MD Message, you can form large group chats with dozens of members. You can create individual Patient chats that are easily identifiable in your threads. You can add anyone to your contacts in MD Message from peers, colleagues, family and friends. 100% FREE & NO ADS. MD Message™ is free PRIVACY: We take your privacy seriously and NO THIRD PARTY will ever have access to your data. SUPPORT: For real-time support please go to New Chat - MD Message Support - and text us, ask a question or provide feedback via our feedback tool. PREMIUM: If you would like a premium installation that is private to your organization, please contact us at sales@mdtech.com or text us a new chat.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

mdMessage4 screens
Crait Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: mdMessage at 5.0 against Crait Lite's 4.7. Crait Lite's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mdMessage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crait Lite has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mdMessage ships an update every 4 months, Crait Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
mdMessage versus Crait Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermdMessageCrait Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (10 ratings)
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB58 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMedical Design Technologies, LLCCrait Technology Inc.

Customer experience

mdMessage

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

Crait Lite

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

mdMessage

No in-app purchases

None

Crait Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mdMessage free?
mdMessage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crait Lite free?
Crait Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mdMessage or Crait Lite?
mdMessage is rated higher. mdMessage averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Crait Lite averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do mdMessage or Crait Lite have ads?
Neither mdMessage nor Crait Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mdMessage or Crait Lite?
mdMessage ships an update every 4 months, and Crait Lite every 3 months. Most recently, mdMessage was updated on September 9, 2026 and Crait Lite on July 9, 2026.

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