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Note: resetting this way can make older end-to-end-encrypted messages unreadable on a new device (they're tied to your old password). Your account and chats stay intact.
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Your update disappears after 24 hours.
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Free music from independent artists. Songs marked WHINCHAT were added by the artists themselves under the Whinchat Artists Licence; the rest are licensed so anyone may use them (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), found through Openverse. The artist is credited on your update. A track marked CC BY-SA asks that what you make with it is shared under the same licence.
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The money is held by our payment provider — not by us, and not by the seller — until the buyer confirms it arrived. Either of you can report a problem and a person will settle it.
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Your card is charged now and the money is HELD. It reaches the seller only when you confirm, or after 14 days if you never do.
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Your older messages are end-to-end encrypted with a key only your password can open. We never send your password — the key is unwrapped on this device. Some messages also need the other person's older key, so a few may stay locked until they open the app.
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Only your contacts can be invited. Anyone else joins with the link. Somebody you invite skips the waiting room — you already chose them.
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Anyone with the code can knock. The host lets people in.
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⚙️ Preferences
🎨 Chat bubble colours
What they sent you
What you sent
The colour of the message bubbles, in this chat and during calls. Applies on this device. Night is the gentlest on the eyes in a dark room.
▭ Bubble style
How the colour is used. Outline and Rail keep the bubble dark, which is far easier on the eyes at night than a filled one.
◢ Bubble corners
Clipped squares off the corner on the sending side, which marks which way a message went without relying on colour. The others drop that hint — left/right position still tells the two apart either way.
🔤 Message size
Message text only. This scales on top of your phone's own text-size setting, so turning that up makes these bigger too.
Compresses photos more, and stops auto-downloading others' photos/videos (you tap to load). Every media shows its size.
Wakes your phone and rings even when the app is closed or the screen is locked. On iPhone, add this app to your Home Screen first.
If a call you missed or a direct message stays unseen for an hour, you get one reminder — never the message itself, and never about a chat you muted.
🌍 Where you are
The country you're using the app from. It decides which privacy and consumer laws apply to your account, and which features are available where you are — some countries license video calling, for example. This is not a question about your nationality, and we never use it as one.
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⭐ Rate & review Whinchat
Tell us how Whinchat is working for you — a rating, a review, an idea, or something that isn't working. It goes straight to the Whinchat team. If we answer, it arrives in your chat with Whinchat.
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🔒 Privacy
When on, others can't see when you're online or your last seen — and, like WhatsApp, you won't see theirs either.
Nobody can browse a list of users either way. When off, an exact username or email search won't find you at all — the only way to connect is your invite link.
Sends how long the app took to load, which screens you opened and which buttons you pressed, so we can find what's slow or broken. It never includes anything you type — not a message, a search or a listing. Nothing is shared with anyone else.
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🛡️ Security
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💡 Use at least 6 characters. A longer passphrase — a few unrelated words plus a number or symbol — is much stronger than a short, complex one. Don't reuse a password from another site.
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🎤 Share your music
Made a song? Add it to the Whinchat music library and anyone can put it on their updates, credited to you. Our team listens to every song before it goes in. You keep your copyright and can take a song back at any time.
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📄 Terms & your data
See our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or all legal documents. You can export a copy of your data, or permanently delete your account and content.
⚠️ Danger zone
🗑️ Deleting your account is permanent. Your profile, messages, listings and orders will be removed and this cannot be undone. Export your data first if you might want it.
Are you sure? This is final. Enter your password to confirm.
Sell an item
Fill in the details below and submit. Your listing is reviewed by our team before it goes live in the marketplace — this keeps the market trustworthy. List the item honestly — brand, model, type, material, and (if used) how long you've had it.
🚫 Prohibited: alcohol, tobacco, drugs, weapons, firearms & ammunition, and anything restricted by state or federal law. Such listings are blocked and removed.
Photos & video
Add up to 4 photos and a short video (≤30s). Or 📄 upload a product-details file (PDF or spec) and let AI fill everything in for you.
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Open a shop
Buying needs nothing extra — you already have an account. A shop is shown to people who don't know you, so it carries a bit more.
You can list items straight away. You'll need payout details before anyone can actually buy — we'll ask then.
Shop
Seller details
US law (the INFORM Consumers Act) requires marketplaces to hold verified details for sellers past a certain volume. We collect them here and a verification provider checks them — filling this in is not the same as being verified.
Who is selling
How you can be reached
Tax & payout
We store only the last four digits. The full number is never written to our database.
Annual confirmation
Once a year you need to confirm these details are still correct.
Your address and phone are shown to buyers only if your sales pass the threshold the law sets for public disclosure. Your tax ID and payout account are never shown to anyone.
Report this listing
Reports go to our review team. Nobody is told who reported them.
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How you'll get it
You'll get a 6-digit collection code. Give it to the seller when you have the item in your hands — that is what releases their payment, so don't share it before then. Arrange where and when in your chat with them.
Payment
🔒 Your payment is held securely and only released to the seller once you confirm the item arrived. Full refund if you cancel before it ships.
Verify to buy
To keep the marketplace safe, only verified buyers can place orders. Add a phone number and a payment card. Your card is stored by our payment provider — we only keep the last 4 digits.
🔒 Handled by Stripe. Your card details never touch our servers.
A card ending in 0000 simulates a decline.
Legal
⚠️ These documents are provided in good faith but are not legal advice. Have them reviewed by a qualified lawyer before any commercial use.
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