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Silence

0.15.13
4.47
4,065 reviews
100,000+
Downloads
Free

Encrypted SMS/MMS conversations made easy!

This app is currently not available on Google Play.

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Silence is a privacy-first SMS/MMS app that uses end-to-end Axolotl encryption to secure your conversations. The free, open-source solution works without servers or internet and preserves a familiar SMS experience, with total downloads exceeding 100,000+ and recent activity shown via -1. Not ranked in any top list.

Pros & Cons

  • Strong end-to-end privacy with Axolotl encryption
  • No server dependency enables offline-like security
  • Open source with auditable code
  • Familiar SMS experience with no signup
  • Lacks group chats and internet-based messaging features common to competitors
  • Limited to SMS/MMS; may miss cloud-based messaging conveniences

About Silence

Silence was a communication app developed by Silence. It was removed from Google Play Aug 29, 2020 and is no longer available for download.

Download Statistics

Silence had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

Silence was rated 4.47 out of 5 stars, based on 4.1 thousand ratings.

App Information

Silence was free to download. The APK download size was 12.31 MB. The last available version was 0.15.13. The last update was on February 8, 2016.

Technical Requirements

Silence required Android 4.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play April 2015.

Description

More data about Silence

Price Free to download
Download estimate 220 thousand
Rating 4.47 based on 4.1 thousand ratings
Version 0.15.13
APK size 12.3 MB
Number of libraries 15
Designed for Android 4.0+
Suitable for Everyone
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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Comments on Silence for Android

★★★★★ Still working two years on as far as I can tell - but it's been two years since the last update, so *is* it still working, or are users simply unaware of what exploits there are?
★★★★★ This is an must have on every phone! but i think that huawei's powergenie (powersaving mode) kills it relativly fast so Make sure to disable powersaving for this app
★★★★★ Even though this app is not actively supported, it is still one of the best encrypted sms apps for Android.
★★★★★ Really great app (I've set it as my default SMS app and it works flawlessly). Even if the other person doesn't have Silence it still works fine and I've never had problems of text messages not sending due to data/wifi issues (it even seems to work better than normal SMS when I'm in the country, but I'm not sure if that's actually true or just how it feels). I also love the colours and the visuals :)
★★☆☆☆ Negative stars if possible... 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Doesn't even work 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽
★★☆☆☆ Safe to assume this project is dead, such a pity.
★★☆☆☆ Unencrypted MMS sending fails including with latest beta version 0.16.12-unstable
★★☆☆☆ Even after setting it as the default sms app, Silence does not recieve incoming messages. You should specify which encryption technique you are using.

Technologies used by Silence

Silence is requesting 18 permissions and is using 15 libraries.
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Trust & Safety: Open-source and privacy-focused, Silence requests standard permissions (network, contacts, SMS, storage, and device state) to function. It relies on end-to-end Axolotl encryption to protect messages, and operates without relying on external servers, keeping data primarily on-device.
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