Secure Chats
End-to-end encrypted chat
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Private text and photo messaging with end-to-end encryption. Add friends face-to-face by QR — keys never touch a server. No phone number, no ads, no tracking.
SecChats is a private, end-to-end encrypted messenger for one-to-one
and group conversations. Every text and photo you send is encrypted on
your device with AES-256-GCM under a key derived from an ECDH
handshake with the recipient. The server only sees ciphertext.
No phone number. No email. No ads. No tracking.
Why SecChats
— True end-to-end encryption. Messages are encrypted on your device
before they leave it and only decrypted on the recipient's. The
SecChats server cannot read them. Neither can we.
— No phone number or email. Sign up with a display name. The server
assigns you an opaque user ID; share that with friends to start
chatting.
— Private by design. The on-device database is wrapped in an
additional AES-256-GCM layer, so a stolen or seized device does not
hand over your conversation history.
— Add friends face-to-face by scanning a QR code — keys never touch a server.
— Photos, text, groups. Send messages and images to friends or
groups; create groups and share QR-code invitations; scan a QR code
to join a group you were invited to.
— Seven languages. Switch the interface between System default,
English, Romanian, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and Brazilian
Portuguese from Settings.
— Open API and reference client. The protocol is documented and
shipped alongside an open-source Java reference client, so you can
audit or rebuild the messaging stack yourself. SecChats does not
lock you in.
What's in the app
— Friends tab — your contacts, groups, pending requests, and
group invitations. New activity is flagged with a small dot.
— Chat tab — bubble-style conversations with copy/delete on each
message, clickable URLs, and full-screen image previews.
— Settings tab — language picker, message and account wipe,
Banned Channels ledger for anyone you have reported and removed.
Security details
— Wire format: AES-256-GCM under an ECDH-derived shared secret.
— At-rest format: AES-256-GCM with a per-install key, layered over
every text payload and every image payload before SQLite ever
sees the bytes.
— Profanity filter on display names and group names, backed by a
curated word list.
— Open verification: the protocol and reference client are public.
About the company
Secure Chats is built by Secchats Ltd. All conversation content is
end-to-end encrypted. The company cannot read your messages and does
not retain content beyond the time needed to deliver it.
Support
Help and documentation: https://secchats.com/howto.html
Open API documentation: https://secchats.com/api.html
Contact support: support@secchats.com
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Encrypted backup and restore. Save your account, friends, and
groups to a password-protected file — share via AirDrop or Files
to move to a new iPhone. Works across iOS and Android.
The developer, Secchats Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Secchats Ltd
- Size
- 5.1 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Secchats Ltd.