The Crowded World of Secure Messaging Apps

Cyberattacks have now become a critical part of the digital world, where every day has something new to discover. In the past few years, multiple technologies and security-oriented applications were launched, but due to growing digital surveillance and data misuse, most of the apps fall short in significant ways. However, applications promise to provide exceptional security, but somewhere still track metadata and that leads to distrust among users.

Evaluating such incidents in this ‘security era’ has forced us to rethink what true privacy looks like. From hidden data collection, centralised control, or vague privacy policies, we have considered almost every security flaw in the apps that are prevailing in the market. Our comprehensive analysis of these applications encouraged us to build something actually secure, anonymous, and uncompromised.

We are not building another chat app; we are building a platform where privacy is no longer a feature, but it comes by default.

In this blog, we will break down what sets us apart from other popular secure chat apps like Signal, Session and Threema and why we have decided to build this application.

What Existing Security Chat Apps Are Offering

Existing chat apps like Signal, Session and Threema have gained trust and loyalty among users over the years. However, despite their reputations, each application has its constraints, which stop them from being a perfect solution for truly private and secure communication.

Here, we compare these applications based on their security features, which will provide you with clarity about their shortcomings.

This comparison table outlines what these applications currently offer and emphasises the areas that still need greater focus to achieve even stronger privacy and security protections.

Signal is a widely used application, but it comes with limitations like a required phone number and reliance on centralised servers. Session, on the other hand, is decentralised and stores no metadata, but it lacks the feature of forward secrecy, which means if the key is compromised, then past messages can be potentially decrypted. Similarly, Threema is also recognised for its security features, but it still has basic shortcomings like using centralised servers and not offering complete metadata protection.

All these applications are highly acclaimed by users, but still fall short in certain areas, keeping users a step away from delivering truly comprehensive security.

What We Observed as Common User Pain Points

Since a common user is not fascinated with the fancy design and marketing tactics, they need a purposeful application that truly aligns with privacy and security. We have researched and observed a few pain points of the common user that may vanish with the launch of our application.

Key Pain Points:

• Most apps require personal information to register, such as a phone number or email address.
• Invasive permissions or imprecise data collection policies raise concerns.
• Complex interfaces make it difficult for users to understand and control security features.
• Limited transparency about how user data is handled or stored.
• Lack of truly anonymous communication options.
• Centralised infrastructure makes platforms vulnerable to censorship and surveillance.
• Poor multi-device support or difficult syncing between devices.
• Missing critical features like message expiration, stealth mode, or secure file sharing.
• No clear distinction between privacy marketing claims and actual technical implementations.
• Users are not notified or educated about potential vulnerabilities or best practices.

How the App We’re Building is Different

The app we’re building is not just like another security application which only claims to be secure, but we actually are. After understanding each perspective and the limitations of the current security messaging apps, we have decided to overcome and bring a highly secure and trustworthy application to the users.

Privacy by Design

When it comes to the design of the application, it is clear and easy to navigate. Users will be smoothly logged in without the need for a phone number or any email address, which means there is no identity revelation to the app.

Since the application does not require any personal details, it does not save any data or track any analytics.

The application comes with an end-to-end encryption feature that ensures the chats are secured between the communicating users.

Smart, Not Just Secure

The application, a secure messaging app, is not just secure but comes with smart and adaptive features. Whether you are on public Wi- Fi or under targeted surveillance, our app offers enhanced security to ensure intelligent encryption.

Unlike other messaging apps, we not only protect message content but also details like sender info, timestamps, and delivery logs, ensuring true anonymity.

With our version of the application, messages will self-destruct as per the time, recipient action and custom trigger settings.

Decentralised and Resilient

Our secure chat application does not rely on central servers to store and transmit the messages, as there is always a risk of being hacked or compromised, which can lead to data being at risk. With the adoption of a decentralised server, we eliminate the risk of any central vulnerability that could occur due to centralised server.

With the help of peer-to-peer or decentralised architecture, the system is highly resilient, as if one node goes down, the other helps the system run.

Transparency and Trust

When it comes to transparency and trust, no application can beat the transparency that we offer. Our app’s code is fully open source, which means any techie, security researcher can easily inspect, audit and verify the code to understand how it actually works.

We have no hidden business models, reinforcing 100% transparency and trust among the users.

Human-Centered Usability

Beyond security features, we ensure that our users experience a smooth, uncomplicated UX that does not feel technical.
As our application requires zero identity for sign-up, it gives a smooth onboarding experience to the users.

We have been loud that security is not only for professionals but is mandatory for common people as well; therefore, our app UX is ideal for both tech and non-tech savvy

We’re Not Cloning, We’re Rethinking

While existing secure chat apps claim to deliver a privacy-first experience, our approach is fundamentally different; we’re not just fixing the gaps, we’re rethinking the entire architecture of private communication.

The system includes no phone numbers, no emails, no central servers, no hidden data tracks, just real, end-to-end encrypted conversations built on a foundation of anonymity, transparency, and user control.

We are creating this security application for users who are looking for privacy and ease of communication without worrying about their data.

Because true privacy isn’t a feature. It’s the default!

And, we are rigorously following it to deliver the best secure messaging apps in the market. To know more about our application and why we are building it, you can read;

https://medium.com/@mansi.arora_51395/why-is-there-a-need-to-build-a-security-chat-app-d80038f730ca