Chats and calls
Only you can read them.
Message and call your connections, one to one and in groups. End-to-end encrypted, without a phone number, with everything a good chat needs.
- End-to-end encrypted
- Groups of up to 256
- No phone number
Wow, how many people fit in there?
600 standing, easily. Perfect for your summer party!
Yesterday
Let’s have a call next week.
Today
Sure! Does Thursday at 6 pm work?
I’ll bring the floor plans too.
Write
Everything you want to share.
Text, photos and videos (up to 20 at once), files, voice messages and contacts. Record a voice message with the microphone, tap or hold.
- View Once. A photo or video the other person sees only once. Then the moment is gone, unless you allow saving.
- Private. If you’ve set up a private folder in a one-to-one chat, you send a photo or video straight into it.
In the app: Chat › + or camera
Wow, how many people fit in there?
600 standing, easily. Perfect for your summer party!
Yesterday
Let’s have a call next week.
Today
Sure! Does Thursday at 6 pm work?
I’ll bring the floor plans too.
Extras under “+”
More than messages.
Tap “+” in a chat. Everything that goes beyond a message lives there.
Send Later
Pick a day and time and the message goes out by itself. Holding the send arrow works too. One-to-one chats only.
Time Capsule
A message that only opens at the time you set.
Album
Photos and videos go into a locked album with a title and a date. On that date it opens for everyone.
Question and Poll
A question in a one-to-one chat, a poll in a group. Everyone sees how people voted.
Appointment and Task
Plan a meeting or hand out a task, right in the chat. You add appointments to your calendar through iOS.
Introduce Someone
Bring together two people who should know each other. Both see why.
Messages
Press and hold a message.
All the options for that one message are right there.
- Reply and react. With a reaction or a reply to that very message.
- Edit. Your own messages for up to 15 minutes after sending.
- Forward, save, remind. Save a message or have the app remind you of it later.
- Translate. With Apple’s translation on your device.
- Delete. That’s here too.
Wow, how many people fit in there?
600 standing, easily. Perfect for your summer party!
Yesterday
Let’s have a call next week.
Today
Sure! Does Thursday at 6 pm work?
I’ll bring the floor plans too.
Groups
In groups too.
Groups of up to 256 people, just as end-to-end encrypted. With polls, threaded replies and everything else from one-to-one chats.
Every group has a room: step in and talk with everyone who’s there.
In the app: Chats › pencil › New Group
Calls
Calls without a phone number.
Call your connections, voice or video. In a call you can share your screen. Calls are end-to-end encrypted and never recorded.
Every call runs through our own call servers. Your device only talks to that server, so the other person never sees your IP address.
- You decide who may call. Under Settings › Calls: all connections or nobody. Block and report work during a call too.
Order
Your chats, the way you want them.
- List
- Swipe or hold chats: pin, mute, archive, mark as read.
- Profiles
- With several profiles, filter your chats by profile at the top left.
- Private Folder
- In a one-to-one chat, tap the name at the top: there’s a private folder for that chat.
- Chat settings
- Mute, background, how long messages stay (1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days), encryption and blocking.
- Read Receipts
- On or off for all chats together, as is Show When I’m Typing. Under Settings › Chats.
- Requests
- New connections arrive as a request. Strangers can’t just message you.
Security
Encrypted. And you can check it.
End to end
Every message is encrypted on your device for the recipients’ devices. We have no key.
Security code
Compare your chat’s code: tap the name at the top › Privacy › Encryption. In a call the app shows the same code.
Report and block
Tap the name at the top, then report or block. When reporting, you decide whether the last messages go along.
Emergency calls are not possible through Nodbase. The server sees who messages whom and when, not what. More under Security and privacy.
Frequently asked questions
Who can read my chats?
Only you and the people you’re messaging. Chats are end-to-end encrypted; we can’t read them. Only if someone reports and includes messages do we see exactly those.
Do I need a phone number?
No. You message and call your connections without any phone number.
Does the other person see my IP address in a call?
No. Every call runs through our call server, even one to one. The other person never sees your IP address.
Can anyone message me?
No. In one-to-one chats only your connections can message you. In a group all members read and write, including those you’re not connected with. Anyone who wants to connect sends a request, which you accept or decline.
Where is my chat history stored?
Encrypted, only on your device, not in your backup. That’s why chats start empty on a new device.
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