DirectChat vs OffNet Chat

Direct Chat lets you start a conversation with any phone number — without adding them to your contacts first. Perfect for one-time conversations with delivery drivers, customer support, online sellers, new acquaintances, or anyone you don't want cluttering your contact list. HOW IT WORKS 1. Select a country code from 240+ countries 2. Enter the phone number 3. Tap "Start Chat" — you're in the conversation instantly KEY FEATURES • Start Chat Instantly Enter any number and jump straight into a chat. No need to save the contact first. • Link Generator Create shareable direct chat links with optional pre-filled messages. Perfect for businesses, social media bios, and customer support. • QR Code Generator Turn any chat link into a scannable QR code. Save it, print it, or share it — anyone can scan and start a conversation. • Recent History Every number you open is saved locally so you can quickly re-open past conversations. • Favorites Star your frequently used numbers for one-tap access. • Clipboard Detection Copied a phone number? The app detects it automatically and offers to paste it in — saving you time. • Beautiful Dark Mode Fully supports Light, Dark, and System appearance. Looks stunning either way. • 240+ Country Codes Every country and territory dial code, with search. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. • Privacy First No sign-up. No account. No data leaves your device. Your numbers and messages are stored locally and never uploaded anywhere. GREAT FOR - Messaging online sellers on marketplace apps - Contacting delivery or service providers - Reaching businesses that share their numbers - Saving time when you don't want to save a contact - Generating click-to-chat links for your business Direct Chat is a simple utility that does one thing perfectly — gets you into a chat, fast.

OffNet Chat is a private messenger that works in places other messengers can't — and collects nothing, anywhere. NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM. At a festival, on a flight, hiking off-grid, or when the network is down: OffNet Chat sends messages directly between iPhones over Bluetooth and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi. Phones running OffNet Chat can quietly pass messages along for each other, so your words can hop through the crowd to reach a friend across it — and every hop only ever carries scrambled data. FAR APART? STILL PRIVATE. Turn on the internet bridge and message friends anywhere in the world. Messages travel as anonymous, end-to-end encrypted parcels through rotating mailboxes that can't be linked to you — no servers of ours, no accounts, no metadata trail. NO ACCOUNTS. NOTHING COLLECTED. There is no sign-up. Your identity is a cryptographic key created on your phone, and it never leaves your phone. We have no servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking — we couldn't read your messages or sell your data even if we wanted to, because we never have either. EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM A MESSENGER • Text, photos, and voice notes — all end-to-end encrypted • Photos send instantly as previews, then upgrade to high quality over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or the bridge • Delivery ticks and icons showing which path each message took • Background notifications that decrypt privately on your device • Profile photos that sync to your friends automatically ADDING FRIENDS IS EFFORTLESS • Nearby: one of you scans the other's QR code — the other phone gets a simple accept prompt • Far away: share a one-time invite link over any app you already trust • Verify any friendship in person later with safety codes, like the pros do YOU'RE IN CONTROL • Three transport switches — Bluetooth mesh, Wi-Fi, internet — each one yours to flip • Block anyone, with a choice: notify them, or block quietly so they learn nothing • See exactly how much you've sent today • Delete your identity and every trace of your data, irreversibly, any time HONEST ENCRYPTION Modern, audited primitives from Apple's CryptoKit: Curve25519 key agreement and ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption, end to end. Relay phones and the optional cloud mailboxes only ever see ciphertext. OffNet Chat does not yet implement forward secrecy (it's on the roadmap) — we'd rather tell you that than overpromise. OffNet Chat asks only for the permissions it visibly uses: Bluetooth and local network to reach nearby phones, camera to scan QR codes, microphone for voice notes you record, and notifications. Your words, your phone, your business.