ringID is a proprietary Social Networking platform which has been designed and developed by Ring Inc. located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ringID allows users to communicate for free using their individual ID globally over the internet. ringID is an unified Social Networking Platform which integrates a range of features such as live broadcasting, voice & video calls, channel, newsportal, instant messaging, stickers, media cloud, newsfeed, secret chat, multimedia sharing, online wallet and more.

Currently, ringID is available on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, platforms, in addition to web and Windows desktop versions.

With its initial release in July 2015, ringID’s Secret Chat feature received the most attention. The secret chat sender decides how long their message will appear on their friends’ phone. Secret text messages simply disappear after the sender’s chosen time.

Users can send secret images, which gets deleted within the set time. Sent secret audio and video can only be viewed once. Users also can simply turn off the secret chat option and continue the normal conversation in the same chat window.