Skip to content
Data
Properties
Properties
Properties
Category
Name
Rating
Comment
URL
Multiplier
Advertising
2
No
00
0
Yes
00
-2
Contact Verification
5
Yes (notified if fingerprint changes)
00
2
Yes (fingerprint optional)
00
1
No
00
-1
Yes (Only in Group Chats)
00
0
Yes (if previously verified)
00
0
Device Syncing
5
Full Sync
00
0
Manual Sync
00
0
Unencrypted Chats Only
00
0
Limited to 8
00
0
No Sync
00
-1
Encrypted Storage
5
Has Encrypted Storage
00
0
No Encrypted Storage
00
0
Key with Provider
00
-1
N/A
00
0
Only IOS
00
-1
Encryption Protocol
12
Bramble
00
1
RSA-Keys
00
1
Proprietary, Unknown
00
-1
Proteus (Signal Protocol)
00
1
OpenPGP (with Autocrypt)
00
0
OLM/MEGOLM (Signal Protocol)
00
0
None
00
-2
XChaCha20-Poly1305
00
2
End to End Encryption
4
All
00
2
Only app users
00
1
Only PMs
00
1
None
00
-1
Features
5
Voice Messages
00
0
Audio/Video Chats
00
0
Group Chats
00
0
File Exchange
00
0
Self Destructing Messages
00
0
Funding
4
Transparent
00
0
Partially Transparent
00
-1
Not transparent
00
-2
Community Project
00
2
Hosting Infrastructure
8
None
00
2
Distributed
00
1
Apple
00
-1
Google
00
-2
Microsoft
00
-2
Amazon
00
-2
Centralized
00
0
Facebook
00
-2
Leaks Metadata
3
No
00
1
Yes
00
-1
Partially
00
0
Legal Juridiction
8
N/A
00
1
Depends on Server Location
00
1
USA
00
-1
Switzerland
00
1
Dubai
00
0
Germany
00
1
Luxembourg
00
0
Australia
00
0
Licenses
5
GPLv3
00
0
GPL
00
0
Proprietary
00
-2
Apache
00
0
Client Open Source
00
-1
Local Message Encryption
2
Yes
00
1
No
00
-1
Needs Contact List
2
Yes
00
-1
No
00
1
Network Structure
3
Decentralized
00
2
Federated
00
1
Centralized
00
-1
Operating Systems
6
Android
00
1
IOS
00
1
Windows
00
1
OSX
00
1
Linux
00
1
Web
00
1
Phone Number Necessary
2
Yes
00
-1
No
00
0
Proprietary Libraries
2
Yes
00
-1
No
00
1
Storage Location
4
No Storage
00
0
Local Storage
00
1
Cloud Storage
00
1
Self Hosting Possible
00
1
Store
4
Play Store
00
0
F-Droid
00
2
App Store
00
0
Own Website
00
1
Tracker
3
No
00
1
Optional
00
-1
Yes
00
-2
Automated Backups
4
Yes
00
-1
Partially
00
0
No
00
0
N/A
00
0
UX
3
Advanced
00
-1
Every day user
00
1
Enthusiast
00
0
Sins
3
NSA Partner
00
-2
Makes money from Personal Data
00
-2
Bespoke Encryption Algorithm
00
-2
Company Stance on Customer Privacy
3
Poor
00
-1
Abysmal
00
-2
Good
00
0
Reproducible Builds
2
Yes
00
1
No
00
-2
Onion Routing
2
Yes
00
2
No
00
0
Property Categories
Category
Comment
1
Advertising
2
Contact Verification
3
Device Syncing
4
Encrypted Storage
5
Encryption Protocol
6
End to End Encryption
7
Features
8
Funding
9
Hosting Infrastructure
10
Leaks Metadata
11
Legal Juridiction
12
Licenses
13
Local Message Encryption
14
Needs Contact List
15
Network Structure
16
Operating Systems
17
Phone Number Necessary
18
Proprietary Libraries
19
Storage Location
20
Store
21
Tracker
22
Automated Backups
23
UX
24
Sins
25
Company Stance on Customer Privacy
26
Reproducible Builds
27
Onion Routing
There are no rows in this table
Legend
Name
Rating
1
Very bad
00
-22
Bad
00
-13
Expected
00
04
Good
00
15
Very Good
00
2There are no rows in this table
Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.
This is not the way.
Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (
CtrlP
) instead.