Social Networking · 135 apps
Secure messengers: Privacy Labels Compared
Messengers see who you talk to as well as what you say. Even with end-to-end encrypted content, contact lists and metadata can be collected and linked to you. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 14%
- Linked, no tracking
- 35%
- Collect nothing
- 32%
- No label details
- 8
135 of 135 apps · sorted A–Z
| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 Messenger | OCTOPUS US LLC | Not linked | None | 5 |
| Air | Phoenix R&D GmbH | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Air Chat | Zachary Gemmell | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Ant Messenger | Xi'an Jichuang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| AnyTalk Messenger | MGA MEGAAPPS LIMITED | Not linked | None | 6 |
| Arattai Messenger | ARATTAI TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED | Linked | None | 3 |
| ARX | unus nullus, UAB | Not linked | None | 3 |
| BatChat | ChengDu Ciyuan zhishi Technology Co., Ltd | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Beeper | Automattic, Inc. | Linked | None | 2 |
| BeProg | BeProg srl | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| BFF Messenger | BFF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. | Tracks you | Contact Info | 4 |
| BonChat | Hong Kong CipherChat Tech Company Limited | Linked | None | 2 |
| BotherMe&U Encrypted Messenger | NOS Microsystems Ltd. | Not disclosed | — | — |
| botim | Algento Cloud Computing Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers | 10 |
| BrightChat | ShenXun Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Brrro | Ioannis Kamarikos | Linked | None | 4 |
| ChatDip Messenger | ConvexTech Inc. | Not linked | None | 4 |
| ChatFort | Your Healing Artist Limited | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| ChatSecure Messenger | Chris Ballinger | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| ChatttiX | F-Tell Communications FZ-LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Chot | Ates DANIS | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Comera | Comera Technology LLC | Linked | None | 7 |
| CommChat Messenger & Calls | CommChat AG | Linked | None | 1 |
| CoolApp Cambodia | COOLAPP CO.,LTD. | Not linked | None | 5 |
| Cord | Mads Schmidt | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Crait Lite | Crait Technology Inc. | Linked | None | 5 |
| Crypta | Jonathan Newman | Linked | None | 7 |
| Dark18 | Ana Lucila Gomez Navarro | Tracks you | Location, Contact Info, Contacts, User Content, Identifiers, Diagnostics, Other Data | 7 |
| DatChat | Myseum, Inc. | Linked | None | 4 |
| DeBox | DEBOX GLOBAL LTD | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Delta Chat | merlinux GmbH | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Dixl Messenger | HOSTING TELECOM LTD | Linked | None | 1 |
| Dual Messenger | Burak Acemoglu | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Dual Messenger for Web App Duo | APPEXION LTD | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| Dual Messenger Web & GB Plus | CODEMY MOBILE LTD | Tracks you | Identifiers | 4 |
| EchoChat | Noe Nei | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Element X | Vector Creations Limited | Linked | None | 7 |
| Ello Messenger | Ello Messenger Corporation | Linked | None | 6 |
| Ezza | Ezza, LLC | Linked | None | 5 |
| FAAB | FAAB GROUP INC | Linked | None | 1 |
| Flex Messenger | Yevgen Haletskyi | Not disclosed | — | — |
| FluffyChat | Christian Kussowski | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Gapp Messenger | TT ELD Inc | Linked | None | 5 |
| GetSafeNow | Get Safe Now, LLC | Linked | None | 2 |
| Ginlo Private | ginlo.net Gesellschaft fur Datenkommunikationsdienste mbH | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Hidenc | Encrova Holding Limited | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| HomeChat | Hash and Joy, LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Hushy | Anza Cloud Limited | Not linked | None | 2 |
| InterChat Messenger | BS LLC | Linked | None | 5 |
| intern@ Time Clock & Messenger | Marcel Poschitzke | Not linked | None | 1 |
| iSecure | Hovik Aghajanyan | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
| JusTalk | Ningbo Jus Internet Technology Co., Ltd. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 5 |
| JusTalk Kids | Ningbo Jus Internet Technology Co., Ltd. | Linked | None | 4 |
| Kamapp Messenger | SONET INTERNET ERISIM HIZMETLERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Not disclosed | — | — |
| KeeperChat Encrypted Messenger | Callpod Inc. | Linked | None | 3 |
| Keet | Holepunch Inc | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Keybase | Keybase, Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Kinzoo | Kinzoo Technologies Inc. | Linked | None | 7 |
| Leo Messenger | ODESSYS TECH LTD | Linked | None | 3 |
| Letstalk IM | Letstalk Technology Limited | Tracks you | Usage Data, Diagnostics | 7 |
| LoChat Messenger | SwissGuard Solutions AG | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Loop Messenger | Collaborative Tools Inc. | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 5 |
| LOQ Secure Messenger | Loq Communications AB | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Love Notes Secure Messenger | NOS Microsystems Ltd. | Not disclosed | — | — |
| MailGram | AppsLab LLC | Linked | None | 9 |
| MaxMessenger | Ali Naeem | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| MChat Messenger | Supersafecloud, LLC | Not linked | None | 3 |
| mdMessage | Medical Design Technologies, LLC | Linked | None | 2 |
| Messenger | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Linked | None | 14 |
| Messenger for Messages | Dipali Lunagariya | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 5 |
| Messenger VPN | VPN LLC US | Not linked | None | 2 |
| MilChat | TRAIDENT-DEFENS TOV | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Morse | TRANSFERHUNT PTE. LTD. | Linked | None | 2 |
| Morse Secure Messenger | Yeongwon Kim | Linked | None | 5 |
| News Plume | Axel Dee | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| Novagram Messenger | Vipads MCHJ | Linked | None | 6 |
| Off-grid | Adham Qurbonov | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| OffGrid | Vetra Labs Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Olvid | Olvid | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Parallel Space for WhatsApp WA | AppCodism Technologies | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Parrot Chat Messenger | Futurecode Co., Ltd | Linked | None | 7 |
| Pigeon | ISAIAH RUSSELL HARVILLE | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Potato S Chat | Chengdu Jiuhao Yuntian Network Technology Co., Ltd | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| Presence Messenger | Presence Network Inc. | Linked | None | 6 |
| Private Message Box | Vartit Technology Private Limited | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Pryvate | Criptyque Limited | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Qlavis | Qlavis, Inc. | Linked | None | 1 |
| QTel Secure | Global Integrity, Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Rakuten Viber Messenger | Viber Media SARL. | Tracks you | Location, Contact Info, Browsing History, Identifiers | 10 |
| Relay Secure Messenger | Antonio Lambert | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Royal Message | Themis Lois | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| RueChat | Criptoo-App SL | Linked | None | 3 |
| SafeChat | SafeChat, Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| SecEMS | Trustmobi Software Co., Ltd. | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Secretly | Secretly SIA | Linked | None | 5 |
| Sendant | VectraSEO LLC | Linked | None | 2 |
| Sends Messenger | ODESSYS TECH LTD | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Session | Rangeproof PTY LTD | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Shura Chat | Majlis Ash Shura Shura Council | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Signal | Signal Messenger, LLC | Not linked | None | 1 |
| SimpleX Chat | SimpleX Chat Ltd | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Skred Messenger | SKRED | Not linked | None | 2 |
| SkyChat Messenger | IT Development Corporation Ltd | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Slyd.in | RedEx Media LLC | Not linked | None | 2 |
| sTalk Messenger | Sergey Tymbay | Linked | None | 5 |
| Status Saver App Duo Save Plus | dan valentina petronela | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Swiftgram | Akentech Oy | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Tarsier | 奇 莫 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Tato Talk | BACK END TECH SDN. BHD. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Tele Messenger | Nikunj Marviya | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| Telegram Messenger | Telegram FZ-LLC | Linked | None | 7 |
| TeleGuard | Swisscows AG | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Threema. The Secure Messenger | Threema GmbH | Linked | None | 3 |
| TrustCentral Secure Messenger | T-Central, Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Turrit | SEASTAR FUTURE HOLDING PTE. LTD. | Not linked | None | 2 |
| twinme private messenger | Twinlife | Not linked | None | 3 |
| twinme+ private messenger | Twinlife | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Typi Messenger | Typi LLC | Not linked | None | 8 |
| uchat-secureapp | Hasan Hamed Mahmood Alhusseini | Linked | None | 4 |
| Usecrypt Messenger | Usecrypt Polska sp. z o. o. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| VChat Messenger | RARE INFOWAY PRIVATE LIMITED | Linked | None | 3 |
| Viper Messenger | Maksim Chernyshov | Linked | None | 1 |
| VIPole Private Messenger | VIPole International LP | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Wave | Simhadri Bogula | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Web Messenger | Pravin Gondaliya | Tracks you | Location | 3 |
| WhatsApp Messenger | WhatsApp Inc. | Linked | None | 10 |
| wim messenger | ConvexTech Inc. | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Wizpr | AJARI TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. | Linked | None | 3 |
| WTalk Messenger | Toby Chilli PTE. LTD. | Linked | None | 7 |
| Xelo Messenger | FortiMind Co | Linked | None | 4 |
| Xooloo | XOOLOO | Linked | None | 8 |
| xPal Ultra Secure Messenger | XPAL.com Corporation | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Xpression Messenger | Lawrence Agbata | Linked | None | 3 |
| Zangi | Secret Phone, Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| ZERO Messenger | Zero Application Code LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
Most common data types
- Identifiers50%
- Diagnostics47%
- Contact Info39%
- User Content34%
- Usage Data30%
- Location23%
- Contacts21%
- Purchases9%
How to read this list
Social apps are built around identity and contacts, so data linked to you is nearly universal. Tracking and contact upload are the settings worth checking.
Check whether contact upload is optional, whether backups are encrypted too, and whether disappearing messages exist.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.
FAQ
How many secure messengers track you?
14% of the 127 with an App Store privacy label declare data used to track you. 8 more have not provided label details.
Which secure messengers collect no data?
Session, Air, xPal Ultra Secure Messenger, SimpleX Chat, Zangi, Dual Messenger and others have a “Data Not Collected” label. Filter the table above by “Collects nothing” to see them all.
What data do they collect most?
Identifiers (50%), Diagnostics (47%), Contact Info (39%).
Are these rankings or recommendations?
No. The table reproduces each developer's App Store privacy label. We do not test apps, and fewer data types is not automatically better: some features need data to work.
Who tracks you?
Every app, A–Z, with a yes or no
Data types explained
Location, identifiers, health and 13 more
Lock an app
Face ID lock guides, app by app
Facts on this page come from Apple App Store privacy labels, as reported by the developer. Checked November 2026. How we collect data · Report a correction