Click to chat

TrianguloY

About this app

Disclaimer: This app is not affiliated with nor endorsed by WhatsApp Inc.
Previous name: "Open in WhatsApp (click to chat) [small, no ads]", changed to comply with WhatsApp and Google guidelines.

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I'm aware some users are using the app for business purposes. I'm glad my app is helping you being more productive, but please if you are using the app for commercial purposes consider supporting it. I want this little personal project to keep being a free without ads nor purchases app, and the progress and updates are based on the reception and support from you. There is a donation version that you can buy to help the development: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp.donation

[New: There is now a web version, compatible with WhatsApp Web: https://trianguloy.github.io/OpenInWhatsapp_Web/ ]

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Did you know you can open a chat in WhatsApp with any number without saving first into contacts by entering it on the search box inside WhatsApp itself?
Source: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1183494482518500

Originally you needed to use a long and difficult to remember link, so I made this tiny app to help in the process.

Since then I have added multiple functionalities (enter message, share link, list of country codes, create shortcut, save recent and pinned, open recent calls via add-on, and a few more) but always with these three principles:
1) Make the smaller app possible. This means no extra unrelated content, no extra libraries and no useless things. Currently its size is around 100KB=0.1MB. Less than a standard picture!
2) Use as few permissions as possible. Only the create_shortcut permission is used, nothing else! (no calls, no storage, no internet).
3) No ads. I hate ads. I will never add ads, adware, spyware, user tracking or other nasty stuff.


If you want a small tool to help you open numbers in WhatsApp, try it. If you prefer an app that sends your data to Google, there are clones out there.

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Translation:
Thanks to Timofey Lisunov, Matheus Damacs, Yusuf Emen, Benjamin Yılmaz Çetiner, Richard Anderson (Hirai RCD), Aditya, Armand Secco, Yoni Cohen jonbir3, MageshBabu K (mage1k99), artmann (Dwi Legowo), Steven Felix, mezysinc, Thenur Mahesh Kannan, Faisal Aloufi, RaviDhoriya, Nathanaël Gagnepain, OnnoV, Hüseyin Filiz for the translations!

Permissions used:
SHORTCUT: To create shortcuts in the launcher.
-Nothing else- (they aren't necessary)

Apk size:
~100 KB (0,1MB)

Ratings and reviews

I very much like the app. Simple and light. If anyone has a bad review for this app, probably his requirement is different from what the app is meant for. A small sugestion to make it even better. When I tap to enter a phone no. - I wish the numeric keypad with bigger buttons pops up rather than the conventional.. If that is done - 5 stars.. Promised by the developer to make the change. 👍👍

Such a useful app. Many thanks to the developer for creating an ad free app with such great utility. Not just mine, it's the first thing that i installed on my mom's new phone since she has so many people to contact but it's a big hassle to create so many new contacts just for a small cursory chat. It fulfills the demand of 'I don't want so and so person to see my profile picture' too! 😁

This app deserves my 5 star rating. Does what it exactly describes, flawlessly. All we need to do is to fire up the app, enter a phone number, and WhatsApp pops up with a chat to that number. No intrusive or annoying ads. I've never seen something so awesome! If you're open for donations let me know. I'll gladly donate some for such an awesome developer.

What’s new

V 5.3
- Shortcut + tile to open directly from clipboard
- Added missing Italian translation on the donation version
- Links to the new (and optional) ads variant

V 5.2
- Allow to keep default message (similar to default prefix)
- Donation version now uses the device color (standard version still uses the original green)
- Consistent icons
- Save/restore prefix on merged mode

Do you like the update? Suggestions? You can say so in the comments or in the blog! https://triangularapps.blogspot.com/