One-to-one and group chats that are end-to-end encrypted, with the key on your device.
Messages that delete themselves after a while.
Free, with nothing to pay for.
What Tex does differently
Signal asks for a phone number. Tex asks for an @username, and you can add a recovery email later only if you want one.
Tex is a small social app, not only a messenger: a timeline that is yours, things left in real places, who is around right now.
Where Signal is better
This section is here because a comparison where the author wins everything
is not worth reading. These are real, and they are the reasons to stay where you are.
Signal's protocol has been independently audited for years. Tex's encryption has not been audited by anyone, and you should weigh that.
Signal has safety numbers you can verify in person, so you can prove there is nobody in the middle. Tex has no equivalent yet.
If someone getting into your messages would put you in real danger, use Signal. Tex is private, not hardened.