Old Version — Messenger Ipa
The safest IPA is the one you back up yourself. If you have an old iPhone running an older Messenger version, you can extract it using iMazing (a desktop utility).
This is the most reliable way to "downgrade" to a specific version without jailbreaking, though it requires a PC or Mac. Messenger Ipa Old Version
Assuming you mean which app features work best with an old Messenger .ipa (iOS app file) or which features are appropriate to include when building a legacy Messenger .ipa, here are practical recommendations and constraints. The safest IPA is the one you back up yourself
However, for the nostalgic power user with a jailbroken iPhone 6 on iOS 12, running Messenger v120 feels like a time machine—no ads, no stories, just pure, fast texting. Messenger Ipa Old Version