mdMessage vs nMobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
nMobile
This secure messaging app prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on your device. It offers end-to-end encrypted chats, group management, and cross-platform compatibility. An optional wallet feature allows for managing cryptocurrency.
- End-to-end encrypted chat
- Group chat management
- Cross-platform compatibility
- HTML/Markdown message formatting
- Optional cryptocurrency wallet
- NKN token support
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nMobile secure chat protects your personal data by keeping it on your device where it belongs. All messages are encrypted and no data is ever stored in the cloud. Key features of nMobile: D-Chat: – Secure group chat and private one-on-one chat with end-to-end and hop by hop encryption – Manage private groups (group admin, add/remove user, mute) – Cross platform, chat with other nMobile users or use our compatible web browser plugin to securely chat with users on almost any device – Send images, animated gifs, and format your messages with HTML/MarkDown NKN Mobile Wallet (optional): – NKN Mainnet token formats supported – Manage your NKN wallet right from your mobile, create or import an existing wallet and export your wallet for backup. – Send or receive NKN token payments General: – supports both English and Chinese language nMobile is developed by NKN.org. NKN is building the world's largest mesh network featuring new communication services such as content delivery, secure messaging, and direct file transfer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mdMessage at 5.0 against nMobile's 4.8. nMobile's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mdMessage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: nMobile has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
mdMessage ships an update every 4 months, nMobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mdMessage | nMobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Medical Design Technologies, LLC | NKN Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
mdMessage
nMobile
In-app purchases
mdMessage
No in-app purchases
nMobile
No in-app purchases









