FlyTalkie vs Squawk

Talk nearby, text with fallback — no accounts or tracking. FlyTalkie turns your iPhone into a walkie-talkie that needs no internet, no cell signal, and no Wi-Fi network — your phones connect directly to each other using Apple's built-in device-to-device wireless (Wi-Fi Aware). Talk with a nearby paired device on flights, camping trips, festivals, or other places without signal. How it works: 1. Open FlyTalkie on both devices 2. Pair using the built-in device picker 3. Start chatting or call — that's it Voice Calls Real-time voice audio travels directly between your phones and is never relayed. A short-lived internet wake can ring a backgrounded contact, but the call itself requires a nearby device-to-device link. Established calls keep running when you switch apps or lock your screen. Mute, see audio levels, and track call duration in real time. Text Messaging Send text over local wireless when possible. If direct delivery is unavailable or remains unacknowledged, an end-to-end encrypted mailbox can hold a pending copy for up to seven days. Photos and files require the nearby direct connection. Find Your Group (Radar) Lost each other at a festival or on a trail? Optionally share your live location with a contact you choose and see their distance and direction in an Apple Maps view. Location sharing is off by default and per contact. Each beacon is end-to-end encrypted for that contact; nearby delivery is direct, and a manual beacon is also submitted to the encrypted internet mailbox for background or non-proximate delivery when the relay is configured. Apple receives the map-region request under its own terms when the map is displayed. Games for the Trip Twenty-seven games, no internet needed: play friends' phones nearby or the computer. Card games from Șeptică, Macao and Tabinet to Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Gin Rummy, Cribbage and Canasta; Yacht and Dominoes; Chess, Checkers, Backgammon and more; and Signal Rush, a race for up to six phones across twenty-one themed levels. Solitaire (Klondike, FreeCell or Spider) is for one player. Tic-Tac-Toe, Hangman and Connect Four are free; FlyTalkie Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks the other twenty-four. Track your head-to-head record with Player Stats. Works Offline - No internet needed to talk to nearby contacts - No accounts to create - No phone numbers to share - Voice audio stays on the nearby link; mailbox content is encrypted only for its chosen contact - Works on flights, in basements, at festivals, in the wilderness With internet access, pending text may use an end-to-end encrypted mailbox; manual Radar beacons are also submitted there for background or non-proximate delivery. Calls use a separate short-lived wake; voice audio is never relayed. Privacy First FlyTalkie has no accounts, advertising, analytics SDK, or tracking. The relay cannot decrypt mailbox content, but it processes device routing identifiers, push tokens, delivery metadata, encrypted payloads, and expiry timestamps. Call wakes also process the caller display name and call/session identifiers. The App Privacy label discloses the data retained for app functionality. Designed for iOS 26 Built with Apple's Liquid Glass design language. Smooth animations, haptic feedback, and VoiceOver support. Features: • 1:1 and group voice calls with paired devices • Text messaging with delivery confirmations • 27 games: play nearby friends or the computer, with Player Stats for head-to-head results • Signal Rush: a race for up to six phones across twenty-one themed levels • Radar: optional, per-contact end-to-end-encrypted location sharing • Bluetooth headphone support • Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support Perfect for: • Airplane communication (flight mode + Wi-Fi on) • Camping and hiking groups • Music festivals and events • Office or warehouse teams • Anywhere without cellular coverage

Squawk turns your iPhone into a real walkie-talkie over the internet. Grab a channel code, share it, hold the big orange button — everyone on the channel hears you live. One speaker holds the floor at a time, exactly like a real radio net. REAL RADIO FEEL • Band-passed, gently overdriven voice — sounds like a handheld, not a phone call • Squelch tails, roger beeps and optional carrier hiss • Busy tone when the channel is taken; a 30-second cap keeps anyone from hogging the air • TX LOCK latches the transmitter open for hands-free talking TALK ACROSS LANGUAGES • Tell Squawk what language you speak; it travels with your transmissions • Listeners can force any transmission to be transcribed and translated into the language THEY choose — eight languages available • TEXT mode shows a live intercept transcript; VOICE mode has an interpreter speak the translation right on the channel, radio voice and all • Transcription and translation run on-device (translation requires iOS 18) SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • No accounts, no contacts access, no tracking — a channel code is all you share • Voice is relayed live over an encrypted connection and never stored • Keep listening in the background — transmissions play while you use other apps or lock the screen Channels are open to anyone who knows the code — like real radio. Choose a code that's hard to guess, or generate one with the dial.