Top 5 Self-Destructing Messaging Apps for iPhone and Android

Self-Destructing Messaging Apps for iPhone and Android

While people sharing their lives through various messaging apps at a time, personal security is paramount. Generally we mostly use apps such as Whatsapp now as it offers security in the form of end-to-end encryption. But when the chats are on your device whatsapp doesn’t offer any security of those. Even though chat history can be convenient. There are some conversations you don’t really want to save. Here the self-destructing messaging apps come into play. When they are read or after a certain period of time that you get to decide, these apps destruct messages automatically. Here are 5 self-destructing messaging apps you can use:

Bleep

Bleep is another cool messaging app that offers the self-destructing messages feature. This includes the whisper feature not the one from Google’s new Allo app. As it is basically a self-destructing message which destructs when read by the recipient. You can either login to Bleep through your email, mobile number, or you can simply go incognito is a cool thing. The cool features include voice calls, P2P, end-to-end encryption etc.

You can install those for free of cost and this is supported by iOS, Android, Windows and OS X

Wickr

Wickr is another very secure messaging app with unique features that has been gaining popularity. This includes the ability to set a self-destructing timer and end-to-end encryption for messages. This also includes a Shredder feature which lets you delete all data such as media, chats etc. irreversibly. Most important thing is Wickr ID will be anonymous to anyone not in your contact list.

The developers seem pretty confident about Wickr’s security features. As they have offered a $100,000 bounty for anyone who can find a bug. This isn’t all serious though, as the messaging app includes graffiti, photo filters and stickers.

You can install those for free of cost and this is supported by iOS, Android, Windows, OS X and Linux

Confide

We were thoroughly impressed with its security features after we used Confide. Firstly, the messages are end-to-end encrypted and it self-destructs messages once they are read. This also includes screenshot protection. The ability to retract sent messages, that are unread as these are pretty cool. This also packs the usual messaging features such as file sharing, group chats and more.

You can install those for free of cost and this is supported by iOS, Android, Windows and OS X

Cover Me

Cover Me is another cool self-destructing messaging app which is known as “Private Text Messaging and Calls” on the Play Store. This app allows you to embed a ‘self-destruct’ in messages to make them disappear once they are read. There’s also ability to recall them or even remotely wipe messages if they haven’t been read.

To secure your documents and pictures, the app features different password-protected vaults. The VoIP calls made on the app are military-grade encrypted. Photo-capture of intruders, password manager, disposable phone numbers to mask your real number and more are the other features of the app included.

You can install those for free of cost and this is supported by iOS and Android

SpeakOn

SpeakOn brings the ability set a self-destruct timer in minutes or seconds, after which the messages you sent will be gone. This packs in the ability to recall unread messages like some other apps in the list. In case you have a friend who does not speak your language, then it translates messages for you automatically. This is an additional feature for this. It also packs features such as the ability to log out of all sessions remotely, customization options, multi-login and more.

You can install those for free of cost and this is supported by iOS and Android