Meet Whist, your private messenger.
Whist is a private messenger for iPhone. Conversations encrypted at rest and verified — no ads, no tracking, no noise. Built carefully, in the open.
did you switch us to whist yet?
yep. it's quiet in here. no ads reading our plans 👀
finally. okay — cabin this weekend?
in. bringing the good coffee ☕
booked. don't tell the group chat yet 🤫
your secret's safe with me 🔐
“No ads. No tracking. No data brokers. Your attention isn't for sale.”
Say more with less noise.
Replies, reactions, and quiet threads. Everything a conversation needs, nothing designed to keep you scrolling.
Replies that keep context
Reactions, one press away
Notifications that respect you
Your photos stay in the room.
Media lives inside the conversation it belongs to — decrypted in memory when you look, never left lying around.
A media tab per chat
Decrypted only in memory
Nothing cached in plain sight
Notifications that keep secrets.
A message preview is nobody's business. Whist tells you someone wrote — not what they wrote.
A nudge, not a leak
Previews hidden by default
Quiet hours built in
Trust you can verify.
Every conversation has a safety number you can check in person. Verification is a feature, not a promise.
Safety numbers per chat
Verify in person
Keys stay on your device
read me our safety number?
58201 44913 07 — matches mine 🤝
Built carefully, in the open.
What's done is done, what isn't is labeled. End-to-end encryption is live in beta — unaudited until a third-party review lands, and labeled that way.
Real progress, no vaporware
E2EE: live in beta, unaudited — labeled
Decisions documented
Whist is being built right now.
Ads, ever
Not our business model. Never will be.
Trackers
Your metadata isn't the product.
Your messages. Nobody else’s.
Coming soon to iPhone.