TigerText, an app for keeping messages private

The application enables users to set a time limit for the messages sent and when the time is up, the messages will self-destruct from recipients’ inbox.

According to the founder of TigerText Jeffery Evans, "TigerText will completely change the way people think about electronic communication. For the first time, you have complete control over what happens to your texts after you hit the send button. It brings safety and peace of mind to anyone who sends messages that are intended to remain private."

The TigerText application is currently available only on iPhone and iPod but reportedly by the end of March will also be available for BlackBerry smartphones as well as phones running on Android platforms.

Working of TigerText
To avail the full advantage of the service, both the sender and recipient have to download the app on their respective devices.

The message gets stored on the TigerText severs and the recipient can read the text without downloading it on the device. Once read, the wonder app erases messages from the original phone, the receiver phone and the server, making sure that it cannot be forwarded or stored for further use after the set lifespan.

The application is free for all to download but the actual service will cost money. The first 100 messages within 15 days are free, afterwards users will have to pay $1.49 per 250 messages sent per month. To send unlimited messages users will have to shed $2.49 per month.

There’s another option called ‘delete history’ that erases all the history of conversation from user’s device after exiting the app. But if ‘delete history’ is not turned on then it will keep track record of messages sent.

A privacy tool or perfect for shady people?
Some believe that the app might turn out to be a quite a hit among sexting teens, shady politicians, cheating spouses and spies, who wants to keep the content of their messages as private as possible.

However, Time Magazine reports suggests, the app is targeted at people who are concerned for the privacy of their personal messages.

Jeffrey Evans stressed that businessmen and lawyers are more likely to be interested in the kind of privacy the software will provide than sexting teens, and also clarified that the name was given before Tiger Woods scandal came to light.

"I understand part of the reason people want to talk about it today is because of the name but this is not about people trying to cheat," said Evans.