# chat.ilia.ae — Personal messenger

> Personal messenger (iPhone/iPad app by Ilya Arestov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chatiliaae/id6747986221 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ilya Arestov](https://appshunter.io/developer/1813881885)
- Category: Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 96 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-12-16
- Data updated: 2026-07-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chatiliaae/id6747986221/reviews.md

## What is chat.ilia.ae?

chat.ilia.ae — Secure Messenger for Personal and Team Communication

chat.ilia.ae is a Rocket.Chat-based messenger designed for secure communication within teams and communities. Organize your work with public and private channels, groups, and direct messages. Use threads for structured discussions, share files.


Key Features:
● Direct messages, group chats, public and private channels
● Threads and discussions for organized conversations
● File, photo, video, voice, and audio message sharing
● Reactions, @mentions, and built-in message history search
● Push notifications and unread message counters

Productivity Tools:
● Pinned messages and favorites
● Quick tags, filters, and search
● Synchronization with web and desktop clients

Who It's For:
● Project teams and companies needing an internal secure chat
● Startups, agencies, consulting firms, distributed teams
● Private communities, educational platforms, and client chats


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.74.0 — 2026-07-10

Temporary custom statuses
Set a status that clears itself after a chosen duration or at a specific date and time. Statuses with an expiry now show their end time right in the room header.

Fixes & improvements
• Faster, more reliable Jump to Message, including deep links.
• Media auto-download settings now show every available option.
• Forwarded messages now correctly display their file attachments.
• Audio message playback time now updates in real time.
• External avatars now route through your workspace server for better privacy and caching.
• Fixed channel and conversation search for non-Latin scripts (including Cyrillic) in the share extension.
• Fixed a crash in the emoji picker, reactions, and composer search caused by non-ASCII custom emojis.
• Snappier composer, chat list, and room performance.
• Avatars now update instantly in your profile and the sidebar.
• Open conversations keep receiving live updates after reconnecting.

### 4.72.3 — 2026-05-29

• Fixed the sign-in form
• General performance improvements

### 4.72.0 — 2026-05-21

• support message keyboard long press
• Physical Keyboard Navigation
• enhance accessibility experience in room swipe actions
• long usernames push timestamp and right icons out of view
• notification preference options are not visible
• icons are not showing on older version…

### 4.71.2 — 2026-05-01

We update the app regularly to make it better for you. This version includes:
• Accessibility improvements to enhance the overall user experience.
• Minor bug fixes and issue resolutions.
• General performance and stability enhancements.

### 4.69.0 — 2026-02-16

Improvements:
Added user avatars to Push notifications.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed missing timestamps on messages.
Fixed the "Default Browser" setting to open links correctly.
Fixed a crash when tapping "Show more" on messages.
Resolved issues with loading message history.
Fixed typing status appearing in the main room instead of the active thread.

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