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About Berty Messenger
Berty Messenger is a communication app developed by Berty Technologies.
Download Statistics
Berty Messenger has been downloaded 47 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 330 times.
User Ratings
Berty Messenger is rated 3.15 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 240 ratings.
App Information
Berty Messenger is FREE to download. The APK download size is 67.36 MB. The latest version available is 2.470.3. The last update was on May 6, 2024.
Technical Requirements
Berty Messenger requires Android 6.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2021.
Description
Berty makes privacy the easy option.
Berty is an encrypted and offline peer-to-peer messenger with NO central server. Connect with or without an internet connection, message for free, and avoid surveillance and censorship.
⚠️ DISCLAIMER
Berty is fresh off the development line and hasn’t been audited yet. Please keep this in mind when exchanging data.
🔐 End-to-End Encrypted Messaging
In some countries, even a lol or a like can get you sent to jail. Berty is end-to-end encrypted - not even our developers could access your data, let alone corporations or governments.
♾️ Free Forever
Privacy is a right for everyone, so Berty doesn’t profit from keeping you safe online. Created by an NGO, Berty will always be free and relies on the generous community to power development.
🌍 100% Decentralized
Just like blockchain technologies, Berty doesn’t pass your data through central servers - the place where internet service providers, hackers, and governments can intercept your data. Instead, Berty’s network is distributed, based on P2P direct messaging.
👻 Completely Anonymous
Berty couldn’t care less about who you are. You don’t need to provide your real name, an email, or a date of birth. You don’t even need a SIM card!
📱 Protect Your Metadata
You might not know what metadata is, but WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat all collect it. This data can reveal a lot about you - so you’ll be glad to hear Berty is a messaging app alternative that collects as little metadata as humanly possible.
📡 Communicate Without Traditional Networks
Berty is made to work in the most challenging network conditions in the solar system. If governments, hackers, or natural disasters shut down cellular or internet networks, users can still make vital instant communications over Berty’s proximity Bluetooth feature.
💬 Join Group Chats
Berty is a full-featured instant messaging app. Create groups, chat securely, and share media with friends, family, and colleagues.
🗣️ Share Voice Messages
Instantly send encrypted voice memos and audio files on Berty’s decentralized network.
🔃 Beta: Toggle Between Accounts
Create different accounts to split your messaging identities by work, school, family - however you want to categorize your messages!
The Berty messaging app, built on the Berty Protocol, is designed, developed, and deployed by French non-profit NGO, Berty Technologies.
But Berty isn’t just decentralized in terms of its architecture - it’s also owned by the community, not a corporation interested in profits. The progress of Berty relies on developers testing and feeding back on our open source code, generous funding from funds and individual donors, and online and offline advocacy in the community.
Documentation on Berty: https://berty.tech/docs
Source Code: https://github.com/berty
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Recent changes: This version updates the rendez-vous server addresses.
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Just sent my first messages and it works perfectly! Such a cool piece of technology! And what a design! Even the off-grid Bluetooth channel works! Quite impressive for the first version of such a challenging app.
★★★★☆R C· Nov 24, 2022
Comparing similar apps: Briar is much less buggy but more confusing & kind of ugly. Berty is less buggy & more intuitive than Jami. Berty & Catch are the most beautiful. Catch is less buggy than Berty but has fewer features & only works on android (bcuz it uses Tor). Out of all them, Berty's UI felt the most intuitive and user-friendly. If it was less buggy, I'd consider trying to convince my friends to stop using Signal so much and start using Berty more lol. Very hopeful about this app!
★★★★★PROXXYINSTAGRAM VIDEOS· May 20, 2023
It's a cool app that lets you chat with anyone without relying on any servers or intermediaries. And the best part is, it's totally free to use! You just need to install it on your device, and you're good to go. Berty Messenger is a peer to peer platform that respects your privacy and security. Check it out!
★☆☆☆☆icarus· May 9, 2023
You have only one task: develop a reliable Bluetooth connection between devices. But your whole team develops this app (not even natively), like it's their third degree hobby project!!!! It's been about two years I'm waiting for a reliable app, but it's actually a non-native, huge-space-consumer bugbear with some working code inside. The whole idea is amazing BTW, but I'm really mad by the progress :|
★☆☆☆☆Ft Uy· Mar 11, 2023
I try to install the app, but it stops on setup local ipfs for a long time and nothing happens.
★☆☆☆☆Walter Holm· Jun 12, 2024
Briar works and this doesn't, this paired easier, but that's just learning that you need some distance on the Briar app to get the full QR code in view. This is still trying to send messages I sent a week ago, and we have had Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Internet in that time and still nothing.
★★☆☆☆Frank· Jan 14, 2023
In theory (and writing), it all sounds great. It'd be awesome if all messaging app developers had the same mentality and actually strived to applying said theory and make it happen. The only relevant issue I have here, is that the app seems to take up alot of storage space. Almost 300MBs just sitting idle. So, for now, I'll pass. Thank you, though and good luck.
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