Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Signal for Android
Private messaging made secure
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Signal for Android launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Signal 2.0▲140Send end-to-end encrypted text, picture, and video messages
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Signal was a brilliant app. It can send messages with rich media, host group chats, and even do voice and video calls, all with the peace of mind that comes from a proper secure messaging app. The best part was that you could still send messages to people who don't use Signal. Signal was the messaging app everyone wants - all the benefits of iMessage, without being siloed in one particular ecosystem. Sometime leading up to October of 2022, the folks at the Signal foundation lost the plot. Signal has since dropped support for SMS, and is inexplicably adding "stories" to their personal…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Chat anonymously with friends & strangers
2015 · antiland.com · its alternatives →
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End-to-end encryption messaging platform
2017 · keybase.io · its alternatives →
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Text▲168Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity)
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Ruffle▲95Send an anonymous picture message to anyone with a phone #
2014 · ruffle.us · its alternatives →
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Minimalist design messaging app w/privacy
2014 · inboxtheapp.com · its alternatives →
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Keep your text messages secure with Touch ID authentication
2016 · getcloaked.xyz · its alternatives →
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Take back control of your messaging
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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