Confide - Private messenger

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Description of App

Speak freely with Confide. With our encrypted messenger app, your mobile communications will be completely confidential and have the same level of privacy as the spoken word. You’ll leave zero trace online with end-to-end encrypted messaging, vanishing messages, screenshot-proof technology, and Incognito Mode. You can even send retractable messages or use our line-by-line text reader. Over 350 million encrypted messages have already been delivered safely and self-destructed with the help of Confide, while the patented ScreenshieldKit technology prevented more than 7.9K screenshot attempts. Here's what you get with Confide: ENCRYPTED MESSAGING Send private texts and sensitive data with end-to-end encryption. (Your data is never saved on our servers.) DISAPPEARING MESSAGES Turn on Confidential Mode, and your messages will disappear after they’re read. Want to keep them for the day? Turn off Confidential Mode. Regardless, all messages will disappear automatically 24 hours after being sent. VANISHING iMESSAGES Confide’s highly-rated iMessage plugin does what no other technology can: erases your iMessages during any conversation. With Confide, you can compose and send self-destructive messages via iMessage. SCREENSHOT PREVENTION Confide’s patented technology ensures messages cannot be screenshotted by their recipients. Passports, credit cards, personal docs, and sensitive messages stay protected. PRIVATE AND GROUP MESSAGING Enjoy all of the privacy perks of this secret text app, like anonymous text, safe chat, and private texting – whether you’re 1-to-1 messaging or using group chat. THREADED CONVERSATIONS Add a layer of security to group texts. Quickly start a thread within the chat experience to keep the momentum going – without disrupting an ongoing group chat conversation. INCOGNITO MODE Stay anonymous. Unlike other encrypted messenger apps that announce when a new user has joined, Incognito Mode ensures you become undiscoverable to the people you don’t want to be seen by. RETRACT UNREAD MESSAGES Make private messaging even more private with the option to unsend unread messages. Change your mind? Retract! ADDITIONAL FEATURES: * Create nicknames for your contacts * Switch themes AVAILABLE ON MOBILE AND DESKTOP Use an anonymous chat, encrypted messaging, safe chat, private text, and Confide’s other features on the go or closer or on your computer. Everyone deserves their privacy. Confide is perfect for professionals in the financial, political, journalism, and legal fields – because conversations are safe, and they don’t leave a paper trail. The Confide app has been used by thousands of people around the globe and been featured by The New York Times, TechCrunch, and many more. Join the Confide community today! Subscribe to Premium to access all the features of the secret text app. * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal depends on your Subscription Plan. Our standard Subscription Plans are: * 1-Year Subscription with a 7-day free trial * 1-Month Subscription with a 7-day trial * Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel or manage your free trial's auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. The cancellation will take effect 24-hours after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. * Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. Terms of Service: https://getconfide.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getconfide.com/privacy California Privacy Notice: https://getconfide.com/privacy

Version

10.0.3

Free or Paid

Free

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

15.5

Accessibility Comments

This app is completely inaccessible with voiceover, when you first launch the app, VoiceOver does not say anything at all, focus repeatedly moves to the status bar, and voiceover displays nothing on the screen when you try to tap on The bottom of the screen.
The only workaround is to use screen recognition, which at that point I was able to get into the registration process to create an account, it’s a really tedious process where you have to turn on screen recognition and sometimes you have to turn screen recognition off, but once you create an account, you can still use it with screen recognition but it is not usable for the apps purpose.
The only thing you’re able to do is to check who’s on the app, but that’s only able to be accomplished via screen recognition

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads no page elements.

Button Labeling

No buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is totally inaccessible.

Other Comments

I had a friend who was able to get an earlier version of Confide more than five months ago as of this writing and the older versions seem to be more accessible.
I would recommend either WhatsApp or Signal if you want a private messaging app, which is 100% accessible

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Comments

By glassheart on Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 14:34

I totally totally second your opinion on either Whatsapp or Signal. Both are phenomonal! There's also Telegram, which to be fair, is totally accessible for the most part, but I personally myself absolutely hate its interface.