Keybase - Crypto for Everyone

Name: Keybase - Crypto for Everyone
Rating: 3.5 (320 reviews)
Author: Keybase

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Free · Designed for iPad

320 Ratings
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Keybase
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English
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119.8
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Keybase is a messaging platform where: • you can write securely to any twitter, reddit, facebook, github, and hacker news user • you don't need to know someone's phone number or email address • all messages are secure, end-to-end encrypted • multi-device: your messages survive and transfer with encryption to new phones & computers Keybase is so much more. It is: • free for everyone, and free of ads • open source (https://github.com/keybase/client) • multi-platform, w/apps for macOS, Linux, and Windows (https://keybase.io/download) By using the Keybase app you agree to the following terms: • you'll be a nice Internet person Keybase for mobile is brand new and we yearn for feedback. Inside the app, click the gear icon and then choose "feedback" to send us a summary of your experience.

Ratings & Reviews

3.5

out of 5

320 Ratings

Missing key feature -very true
02/18/2019

Zhee's Dad
The team system is very limited and the namespace is not tied to an account. It is global and once deleted, they are gone forever. So it’s going to be a land race to get all the team names you can before others. Additional, team names are limited to 16 characters. It almost feels like I’m living back in the 1980’s. Some commands only work on the terminal, which means the “crypto for everyone” really means for everyone who is an super user, engineer or IT person. In the first 20 mins of use, I had to google instructions to understand how or if some was possible. Buttons/icons don’t support hover. I think it’s a good start, but needs work to be more user friendly. The team system needs a complete rewrite.
Missing key feature -very true
02/18/2019

Zhee's Dad

The team system is very limited and the namespace is not tied to an account. It is global and once deleted, they are gone forever. So it’s going to be a land race to get all the team names you can before others. Additional, team names are limited to 16 characters. It almost feels like I’m living back in the 1980’s. Some commands only work on the terminal, which means the “crypto for everyone” really means for everyone who is an super user, engineer or IT person. In the first 20 mins of use, I had to google instructions to understand how or if some was possible. Buttons/icons don’t support hover. I think it’s a good start, but needs work to be more user friendly. The team system needs a complete rewrite.
Keybase is the best
12/28/2023

codycordova
I am starting my journey into the big world of tech and web development. Learning programming languages, investing in crypto, and much more. Keybase has been an absolute life saver for someone who has an iPhone but still uses a PC computer. Most Apple products can airdrop stuff across devices. With keybase I can message myself from any device and keep up to date with my files. There is also public, private, and team cloud space to utilize so I don't even have to use a hard drive. How cool is that? So not only can you do that but you can encrypt, and decrypt files for sharing. Very nice stuff if you ask me. I love keybase and would recommend it to anyone who wants to have an easy file transfer system, safe and secure communication, or company/team work space for app usage.
Keybase is the best
12/28/2023

codycordova

I am starting my journey into the big world of tech and web development. Learning programming languages, investing in crypto, and much more. Keybase has been an absolute life saver for someone who has an iPhone but still uses a PC computer. Most Apple products can airdrop stuff across devices. With keybase I can message myself from any device and keep up to date with my files. There is also public, private, and team cloud space to utilize so I don't even have to use a hard drive. How cool is that? So not only can you do that but you can encrypt, and decrypt files for sharing. Very nice stuff if you ask me. I love keybase and would recommend it to anyone who wants to have an easy file transfer system, safe and secure communication, or company/team work space for app usage.
Almost Perfect, 5 Stars Anyway
02/21/2021

Oscar Kairos
I have been looking for an encrypted and easy-to-use messenger as a longtime disappointed user of iMessages/Signal/WhatsApp. Let’s see what keybase does amazingly:1) Encrypted with no extra steps2) Requires no identifying information to create a profile 3) Works on multiple devices seamlessly4) Easy and fun to use5) BONUS: built-in crypto wallet to as a nice replacement for venmo/zelle and introduction to crypto for newbies!6) other neat features: cloud storage up to 250gb, git repos, big teams (slack-like messenger for FREE), bot integrations, the list goes on...What can be improved:1) sluggish, but i assume it’s because of the encryption/decryption steps2) race for good usernames and cannot change usernames afterwardsThe only app i feel even completes close to this space is Status Encrypted Messenger, but it has high hurdles because of ultra-anonymous nature and account seeds being improperly stored/lost. I love this app and I’m a little sad that the dev team was picked up my Zoom, but I hope this product continues to become better and better.Crypto for everyone!
Almost Perfect, 5 Stars Anyway
02/21/2021

Oscar Kairos

I have been looking for an encrypted and easy-to-use messenger as a longtime disappointed user of iMessages/Signal/WhatsApp. Let’s see what keybase does amazingly:1) Encrypted with no extra steps2) Requires no identifying information to create a profile 3) Works on multiple devices seamlessly4) Easy and fun to use5) BONUS: built-in crypto wallet to as a nice replacement for venmo/zelle and introduction to crypto for newbies!6) other neat features: cloud storage up to 250gb, git repos, big teams (slack-like messenger for FREE), bot integrations, the list goes on...What can be improved:1) sluggish, but i assume it’s because of the encryption/decryption steps2) race for good usernames and cannot change usernames afterwardsThe only app i feel even completes close to this space is Status Encrypted Messenger, but it has high hurdles because of ultra-anonymous nature and account seeds being improperly stored/lost. I love this app and I’m a little sad that the dev team was picked up my Zoom, but I hope this product continues to become better and better.Crypto for everyone!
Lovely app, one hugely annoying bug
05/21/2020

daniel.williams
I use this app every single day and it’s mostly greet. It lacks some of the polish and super convenient gestures that Slack offers, but that’s a fine trade off for the security Keybase offers. My biggest frustration is the fact that big team channels, in the mobile apps (not just iOS here) seem to cap the conversation at the last 20 messages or so. Works fine on desktop, and works fine on normal team chats, it’s just a bug on those big team subchannels. Please, for the love of god, fix this!
Lovely app, one hugely annoying bug
05/21/2020

daniel.williams

I use this app every single day and it’s mostly greet. It lacks some of the polish and super convenient gestures that Slack offers, but that’s a fine trade off for the security Keybase offers. My biggest frustration is the fact that big team channels, in the mobile apps (not just iOS here) seem to cap the conversation at the last 20 messages or so. Works fine on desktop, and works fine on normal team chats, it’s just a bug on those big team subchannels. Please, for the love of god, fix this!

• Various fixes • Deleting teams works again

Version 6.5.1

04/22/2025

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