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About

Fast, simple, secure. Privacy that fits in your pocket. Send high-quality group, text, voice, video, document, and picture messages anywhere in the world without SMS or MMS fees. Signal messages and calls are always end-to-end encrypted and painstakingly engineered to keep your communication safe. We can't read your messages or see your calls, and no one else can either. Keep your chat history tidy with messages that you can set to disappear. Choose different disappearing message intervals for each conversation. Everyone in the thread shares the same setting. Good memories will last even if the words vanish. Signal is made for you. As an Open Source project supported by grants and donations, Signal can put users first. There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, no creepy tracking. Just open technology for a fast, simple, and secure messaging experience. The way it should be.

About

The first messenger without user IDs. Other apps have user IDs: Signal, Matrix, Session, Briar, Jami, Cwtch, etc. SimpleX does not, not even random numbers. This radically improves your privacy. Many users asked: if SimpleX has no user identifiers, how can it know where to deliver messages? To deliver mesages, instead of user IDs used by all other platforms, SimpleX uses temporary anonymous pairwise identifiers of message queues, separate for each of your connections — there are no long term identifiers. You define which server(s) to use to receive the messages, your contacts — the servers you use to send the messages to them. Every conversation is likely to use two different servers. This design prevents leaking any users' metadata on the application level. To further improve privacy and protect your IP address you can connect to messaging servers via Tor. Only client devices store user profiles, contacts and groups; the messages are sent with 2-layer e2e encryption.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Anyone who wants a secure messaging app

Audience

Users interested in a secure messaging app with no user identifiers

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.5 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It offers text, video and audio communication to shat in contact with family and colleagues. It's also has a mobile platform. Group chats are easy to add and share with the community.
  • Free & Open source Provides end to end encryption Group chat and video calling 'Disappearing messages' feature Complete privacy - No IP or data logs No ads or trackers - No data collection Available across platforms and mobiles

Cons

  • It worked great for me. Nothing to share about cons.
  • It requires a working phone number to sign up - it should be allowed to work with email for better privacy and accessibility. Apart from that it is a great app with no cons.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Security. Anonymous presence. Encryption. Availability for Windows 64, Android, iOS, and even the terminal.

Cons

  • Not too easy the first time. It may be a little hard to start with it when one is used to playing with another messaging app.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Signal Messenger
Founded: 2018
United States
signal.org

Company Information

SimpleX Chat
Founded: 2020
simplex.chat/

Alternatives

Alternatives

Cwtch

Cwtch

Open Privacy Research Society
SekurMessenger

SekurMessenger

Sekur Private Data
WhatsApp

WhatsApp

Meta
xx messenger

xx messenger

Elixxir

Categories

Categories

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Integrations

AutoResponder
Beeper
BlueConic
CoRover.ai
Cyral
Delacon
EasyClaw
Element
Global Relay
Hermes Agent
LeapXpert
OpenClaw
Tookbox
ZineOne
envivo
instantKOM
memU Bot

Integrations

AutoResponder
Beeper
BlueConic
CoRover.ai
Cyral
Delacon
EasyClaw
Element
Global Relay
Hermes Agent
LeapXpert
OpenClaw
Tookbox
ZineOne
envivo
instantKOM
memU Bot
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