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About this app
Cord is a privacy-first messaging app with end-to-end encryption and minimal identity requirements—no phone number, no email, no contact upload. Chat history stays on your device.
End-to-End Encryption
End-to-end encryption for messages Forward secrecy Cryptographic message authentication
Minimal Identity by Design
No phone number required No email required No contact list uploads Join cords via code/QR
History Stays on Your Phone
Chat history is stored in an encrypted database on your device Cord does not upload that history An app update does not delete your chats Move to a new phone on the same Wi-Fi. Chats copy directly between the phones, encrypted for the transfer, and are not uploaded After the move, messaging continues on the new phone. The previous phone can still be opened to read
Key Features
Create or join secure cords (group chats) Real-time encrypted messaging Move chats, including photos and files, to a new phone Message expiration options Dark and light themes Push notifications (no message content)
Privacy-First
No ads or trackers Built on open cryptographic standards Designed to minimize stored data
Why Choose Cord?
Cord focuses on private communication without tying your account to personal identifiers. Your messages are end-to-end encrypted so only participants can read them. History stays on the device, and you move it yourself when you change phones.
For App Store Connect, the promotional text is 145 characters:
Privacy-first messaging with end-to-end encryption—no phone number, no email. Move chats to a new phone over Wi-Fi. History stays on your device.
What's New:
Chat history stays in an encrypted database on your device. Updating the app does not delete your chats. Move to a new phone on the same Wi-Fi. Chats copy directly between the phones and are not uploaded. After the move, messaging continues on the new phone.
The move is described as a handoff, not a backup and not a second active phone. Chat history is copied on the local network and is not uploaded. After the move, messaging continues on the new phone, and the previous phone can still be opened to read.
End-to-End Encryption
End-to-end encryption for messages Forward secrecy Cryptographic message authentication
Minimal Identity by Design
No phone number required No email required No contact list uploads Join cords via code/QR
History Stays on Your Phone
Chat history is stored in an encrypted database on your device Cord does not upload that history An app update does not delete your chats Move to a new phone on the same Wi-Fi. Chats copy directly between the phones, encrypted for the transfer, and are not uploaded After the move, messaging continues on the new phone. The previous phone can still be opened to read
Key Features
Create or join secure cords (group chats) Real-time encrypted messaging Move chats, including photos and files, to a new phone Message expiration options Dark and light themes Push notifications (no message content)
Privacy-First
No ads or trackers Built on open cryptographic standards Designed to minimize stored data
Why Choose Cord?
Cord focuses on private communication without tying your account to personal identifiers. Your messages are end-to-end encrypted so only participants can read them. History stays on the device, and you move it yourself when you change phones.
For App Store Connect, the promotional text is 145 characters:
Privacy-first messaging with end-to-end encryption—no phone number, no email. Move chats to a new phone over Wi-Fi. History stays on your device.
What's New:
Chat history stays in an encrypted database on your device. Updating the app does not delete your chats. Move to a new phone on the same Wi-Fi. Chats copy directly between the phones and are not uploaded. After the move, messaging continues on the new phone.
The move is described as a handoff, not a backup and not a second active phone. Chat history is copied on the local network and is not uploaded. After the move, messaging continues on the new phone, and the previous phone can still be opened to read.
End-to-end encrypted messaging with no phone numbers, e-mails or accounts
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What’s new
Added typing indicators.
Improved image and file sending.
Removed clutter and textual redundancies throughout the app.
Improved image and file sending.
Removed clutter and textual redundancies throughout the app.
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About the developer
Mads Schmidt
cordmessaging@protonmail.com
Dybensgade 22, 1.th
1071 København
Denmark