Session - Private Messenger 17+

Name: Session - Private Messenger
Rating: 3.5 (155 reviews)
Author: The Loki Project

Send messages, not metadata

The Loki Project

- 3.5 • 155 Ratings

- Free

Description

Session is a new breed of private messenger, built on a unique network of user-operated servers spread all over the world. With no central servers, Session can’t leak or sell your data. And with Session’s private routing protocols, your messages are completely anonymous. No one ever knows who you’re talking to, what you’re saying, or even your IP address.

• Fully anonymous account creation: No phone number or email needed to create an Account ID

• Decentralised server network: No data breaches, no central point of failure

• No metadata logging: Session doesn't store, track, or log your messaging metadata

• IP address protection: Device IP addresses are never exposed to the person you're talking to or the servers holding your data

• Closed groups: Private, end-to-end encrypted group chats for up to 100 people

• Secure attachments: Share voice snippets, photos, and files with Session's secure encryption and privacy protections

• Free and open-source: Don’t take our word for it — check Session's code yourself

Session is free as in free speech, free as in free beer, and free of ads and trackers. Session is built and maintained by the OPTF, Australia’s first privacy tech not-for-profit organisation. Take back your online privacy today — download Session.

Want to build from source, report a bug, or just take a look at our code? Check out Session on GitHub: https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios

23 Jan 2025

Version 2.8.7

• Fixed a bunch of issues related to voice and video calls.
• Improved the stability of call connection.

3.5 out of 5

155 Ratings

It’s good, but not quite it

This is a great app, for sure. Much safer than having to use a phone number.
But you are still swapping one persistent verifier for another, and the app itself while safer than others lacks functionality and stability. Simplex chat is a much much better option and the one I settled on ultimately.
But if you have contacts who already use this app go for it

Been great.

Update- Feb 2024. Notifications are still not reliable. It’s a great app and concept and I love everything about it- but I can’t rely on it with the kids- we can send messages and they don’t get a notification, or they send to us and we don’t get notifications. I don’t like WhatsApp but if I send a WhatsApp message I know it has definitely been delivered and the notifications are working. I am desperate for this app to improve especially around reliability.

2022 -Have been using a while now but notifications in iOS are unreliable with some messages not notifying us or just nothing happening until the app is opened. Needs a fix.

We understand the importance of notifications in enhancing your Session app experience. Our team is tirelessly working on improving this feature to ensure you don't miss out on any important messages. Please stay tuned for updates. Your patience is greatly appreciated. Thank you for choosing Session!

Few improvements needed!

This app needs the option of increasing the text size, it’s very hard to read at times, maybe my old eyes! Also need a better way of seeing that messages are read, like the blue ticks on WhatsApp. Voice calls never seem to work or connect? Overall good for messaging but needs some improvements.

THIS APP ONLY SEEMD TO BE WORKING FULLY ON WI-FI AND NOT ON DATA, PLEASE SORT IT OUT!!!!!!!!

The developer, The Loki Project, 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 Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Information

Provider

Rangeproof PTY LTD

Size

78.2 MB

Category

Social Networking

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPad: Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.

iPod touch: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

Apple Vision: Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Languages

English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Baluchi, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Catalan, Chichewa, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Ganda, Georgian, German, Greek, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Singhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa