You don’t need an internet connection to register your device on the network, nor do you need to provide personal or contact information like email address, phone number, etc. Unlike other offline messaging apps that we tested, Bluetooth Chat works completely off-grid. The transmission distance of this app depends on the Bluetooth range of the connected devices, which is typically around 100 meters. The app creates a Bluetooth peer-to-peer network that allows connected devices to exchange texts and images. Bluetooth Chat ( Android)īluetooth Chat is also easy to use and provides internet-free messaging at zero cost. The app is available for free (on Android and iOS), but you’d have to put up with occasional pop-up ads during usage. That is, you can send offline messages from an Android device to an iOS device and vice versa.
Bridgefy is also one of the few offline messaging apps that support cross-platform communication.