Everything Wivo
can do.

Anonymous signup with a username

Pick your own username or let Wivo suggest one.

12-word secret phrase

Your account key. View, copy or check it any time in Settings → Security.

Optional PIN

An extra lock for signing in on a new phone. Reset by recovery email or after a waiting period.

Optional recovery email

Add, change or remove it. Wivo warns you that an email makes you less anonymous.

Account recovery

Recover with your username and email code. A waiting period protects you, and a “Not me” alert lets you cancel a recovery you didn't start.

Optional find-me phone number

Lets friends who have your number find you. Stored as a keyed hash, never used to sign in, removable any time.

Age check

Wivo is for people 13 and older.

Profile setup

Name, username and photo — change them whenever you like.

One-to-one chats

Reply and quote

Forward

Copy

Edit sent messages

Edited messages show an “edited” label.

Delete for me / delete for everyone

Deleted messages leave a small placeholder.

Pin messages

Saved Messages

Keep important messages in your own private space.

Emoji reactions

With an animated reaction picker.

Mark a message as sensitive

It stays blurred until tapped.

Translate a message

On your phone, nothing is sent to a server.

Search inside a chat

Message search

Jump to message

Disappearing messages

From seconds up to a year, including “after viewing”. They vanish from both phones.

Scheduled messages and calls

Send later, with repeat.

Voice messages

With live waveform and auto-play of the next voice message.

Link previews

Built by your phone, never by our server. Can be turned off.

Paste suggestions

“Read more” for long messages

Big emoji

Emoji-only messages are shown large.

Read receipts

Optional.

Typing and recording indicators

Online and last seen

You choose who can see them.

Clear chat

Report a chat or message

Friend-request lock

Strangers can't flood you: new chats start with a request and a single message. Say hi with a quick “wave”.

Share a contact

Share your location

Sealed inside the encrypted message.

Dangerous file warning

Wivo warns you before opening risky document types.

Pin chats

Archive chats

With an Archived filter.

Mute chats

Block from the list

Delete chats

Select many chats at once

Filters

All, Unread, Archived, Groups, Saved and Requests.

Keep muted chats archived

Search chats, contacts and people

Message requests inbox

Accept, block or delete messages from people you don't know.

Join a live group call from the list

Stories row

Reorder the stories at the top of your chats.

Gallery picker

Select many photos and videos at once.

Albums

Send several photos as one album.

Files and documents

PDF and Word documents.

Caption before sending

Image editor

Draw freehand, arrows, lines, boxes and circles; add text; undo and redo.

Crop

Video editor

Trim before sending.

View-once media

Opens once, then it's gone.

Save to gallery

Full-screen viewer

With quick reply and video controls.

Upload progress

Wivo Capture camera

Camera with creative lenses and AR photos.

Stickers

Sticker picker, your own sticker collection and the Wivo Express pack.

Sensitive media filter

Blurs explicit images and videos.

Location removed from videos

Hidden GPS and camera details are stripped before sending.

Create a group

Create a channel

Group photo

Public or private groups

Announcement-only mode

Only admins can post.

Permissions

Choose who can send, share media and add members.

Roles

Owner, super-admin, admin, moderator, member and guest.

Promote, demote, remove

Ban and unban

With a banned-members list.

Add members

Edit name and description

Leave or block a group

Group disappearing messages

Member list and search

@mentions

With mention notifications.

Membership notices

See who joined, left or changed role.

Encrypted group messages

Members read it; anyone outside the group gets noise.

Voice calls

Encrypted end to end, with signed key fingerprints checked on both sides.

Video calls

Mute, speaker and camera flip

Noise suppression

Switch a voice call to video

Add a person to a call

Picture-in-picture

Keep talking while you use other apps.

Minimised call banner

Group calls

Every audio and video frame is encrypted before it reaches the media server.

Invite people to a group call

Host controls

Mute or remove participants.

Ask someone to turn on their camera

“Live” group call alerts

Call history

With filters and missed-call badges. Select and delete entries.

Always relay calls

Hides your IP address from the person you call.

Encrypted badge

Shown only after the connection is verified, with a warning if it can't be.

Photo and video stories

Text stories

Voice stories

Story editor

Post many at once

With a caption for each.

Choose your audience

Everyone, friends, only you, or selected friends.

Visibility duration

Allow or turn off comments

Viewers

See who watched.

Likes and Sparks

Text and voice comments

Reply in chat

Share a story with friends

Download or delete your story

Report a story

Hide or mute someone's stories

Saved stories

Kept encrypted.

Story archive

Story layouts

Frosted Peek, Tiles, Timeline, Orbs, Day Dial, Dock and Filmstrip.

End-to-end encryption

Double Ratchet with a post-quantum key exchange (X25519 + ML-KEM) for one-to-one chats.

Sealed sender

One-to-one messages arrive in a sealed envelope; the server doesn't record who sent them.

Silent notifications

Alerts say only “New message” — no names, no text.

Last seen, profile photo, about

Choose who can see each.

Online status and read receipts

Turn them off any time.

Who can message or call me

Blocked users

Screenshot alerts

Know when someone captures your chat (and screen recording on iPhone).

Screenshot blocking on Android

Can be allowed per your choice.

App lock

PIN or Face ID / fingerprint.

Single-session mode

Only one phone signed in at a time.

Security notifications

Recent logins

Safety numbers

Scan a QR code or compare 60 digits.

Key change notice

Wivo tells you when a contact's security key changes.

Key transparency

Identity keys are checked against a public log.

Encrypted key backup

Protected by your 12 words and your optional PIN.

Message, group, story and friend notifications

Haptics

Do Not Disturb schedule

Preview options

Name and message, name only, or nothing.

In-app notifications

Per-chat mute

For a while or forever.

Per-chat sound, vibration and mentions

Activity centre

Themes

Light, Dark and Wivo.

Accent colour

Automatic dark mode

On a schedule.

Per-chat colours

Bubble styles

Sun, Snow, Glass and more.

Wallpapers

Photo or colour, dimmed in dark mode.

Typing indicator styles

Ink, Ghost, Rhythm, Avatar, Blur and Wivo.

Voice message and timer styles

Network usage

Auto-download

Separately for mobile data and Wi-Fi.

Use less data

Including during calls.

Data alerts

Background data

Clear or delete all chats

Battery tips

Help your phone ring reliably.

Edit profile

Username availability check

QR “Add me” code

QR scanner

With torch and scan-from-photo.

Friends list

Friend requests

Contacts

See which contacts use Wivo.

Contact profile

Shared photos, voice notes and files in one place.

Profile views

Opt-in only.

Help centre

Delete account

Hidden Drop

Leave a message or story locked to a place on the map.

The hunt

Follow cold, warm, hot to find it. It unlocks only inside the zone.

Zone size and expiry

Small, medium or large zones, with a photo and an expiry.

Fake-location detection

Gifts on the map

Pick who can open it, the radius and the expiry, and get a receipt when it's opened.

Send a story as a gift

Memory Map

Pin your memories to places, with exact, city or country precision. Backed up encrypted.

“Years ago here”

Wivo reminds you of memories from the place you're standing.

Travel stamps

Collect stamps and track your world progress.

Live translation

On your phone, in 59 languages plus Kurdish Badînî. Translate what you send, or always translate a chat.

Sticker maker

Turn any photo into a sticker, or make animated clip stickers.

Share into Wivo

From any other app.

Kurmanji in Arabic script

47 app languages

Including Kurdish Kurmanji, Sorani and Arabic-script Kurdish.

Follow device language

Right-to-left support

Everywhere, including stories.

Screen reader labels