Cerberus: Private Secure Chat

End-to-end encrypted messages

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Messages that stay between two phones. No account, no phone number, no directory — a chat starts when you meet someone and scan their code. Cerberus is a messenger for conversations that are nobody else's business. Every message, voice note and file is encrypted on your phone and opened only on the phone of the person you are talking to. The server in between carries sealed data and holds no key to any of it — not as a promise not to look, but as a matter of what it has. NO ACCOUNT, NO PHONE NUMBER, NO DIRECTORY There is nothing to sign up for: no email, no SMS, no profile, no password. Nobody can look you up and nobody can add you. A conversation begins when two people are in the same room and one of them scans a code from the other's screen. That is the only way in, and it is the point. WHAT IT PROTECTS • End-to-end encryption with standard cryptography. Keys are generated on the device and stored in the Keychain — they never travel. • The code you show is good once and for a few minutes. The two phones shake hands and move the conversation to a key that was never on any screen, so a code somebody photographed is worth nothing. • A PIN or Face ID on the app itself. • A second PIN for the situation nobody plans for: enter it and the app opens with every conversation hidden, or erases what is on the device, whichever you chose. It shows no error and no sign that another code exists. • Screenshots do not pass silently: the other side is told. • Messages delete themselves on a schedule you set — on both devices and on the server. • A chat list that can show names only, for the moments when your screen is not only yours. AND IT IS STILL A MESSENGER Swipe a message to reply, hold one to react, send photos, videos, files and voice notes, delete anything on your phone or on both phones at once. Everything is where you expect it to be. FREE, AND PRO Two conversations, messages and reactions are free forever — a working messenger, not a trial. Pro is a single payment with no subscription and nothing to cancel: unlimited conversations, voice notes, photos and files, and deleting on both phones. Whatever Pro gains later is included at no extra cost. WHAT WE CANNOT DO We cannot read your messages, recover them, or reset anything for you. Delete the app and every conversation goes with it: there is no backup, by design, and no way back. To destroy the keys as well, erase from inside the app first — Settings, Security, "Erase everything now". That is the trade this app makes, and it is written here rather than buried in a settings screen.

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• 10 languages: English, Russian, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), German, French, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Chinese and Japanese. The app follows your phone's language, or pick one in Settings → Appearance. • Files over 8 MB are now sent in pieces, up to 100 MB. • A badge on attachments shows whether a sealed copy may still be on the server — amber while it might be there, green once it is gone. • Removing the PIN now asks for the current PIN. • Opening a chat downloads incoming attachments, and voice notes play one after another. • Smaller fixes.

Version 1.0.2

The developer, Shahen Grigoryan, 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 Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

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Information

Seller
Shahen Grigoryan
Size
62.3 MB
Category
Social Networking
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and Russian
Age Rating
18+
  • 18+
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  • Contains
    Messaging and Chat
    User-Generated Content
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© 2026 Shahen Grigoryan
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