Rabt

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Talk to your people

Chats, calls and live lounges with the people already in your phonebook.

Android: launching soon iPhone: launching soon
  • Encrypted chats and groups
  • Voice and video calls
  • Live lounges
The Rabt Chats screen: a Happening now bar with Sara, Bilal and 5 more in lounges, filters, message requests and chats with unread counts.

Chat

Say it your way

Words, voice notes, photos and stickers, with one person or the whole family.

  • Group chatsUp to 256 people, with admins and @mentions.
  • Voice notes, photos and stickersSend up to 10 photos at once, find a GIF, or pick a Rabt sticker in Urdu or English.
  • Replies that keep upTap ↩ to answer any message, or swipe it. React with an emoji. How replying works
More about group chats

Replying

Reply to anything, with one icon

Tap ↩ where you type, pick the message you're answering, and keep going. No scrolling, no swiping.

  • Search, or @nameFind an older message, or only what one person said in a group.
  • Your keyboard stays openPick the message, type your answer and send, without leaving where you type.
  • React or reply privatelyA ❤️ in one tap, or answer someone from a group in your own chat.
The reply panel above the message box: Tap a message to reply, a search field, and Lina's recent messages, each with a reply button.
Replying to Lina's question, Dinner at 8 or 9?: the quote sits in the message box, with reactions to send instead.

Private by design

Every chat, one-to-one or group, is locked on your phone before it leaves. Only the people in it can read it. Not even Rabt.

How Rabt protects you

Calls

Hear them like they're in the room

Voice or video, with one person or a few. Bring more people in as the conversation grows.

  • Voice and videoStart with voice, turn the camera on when you want.
  • Encrypted on the wayBetween your phone and Rabt's call servers. How calls are protected
More about calls
A group video call with Aisha and Omar, with Mute, Camera, Speaker, Add and End along the bottom.

Lounges

Live rooms for the things you care about

Host a live audio room, take the stage, or just listen in. See where your people are, and drop by.

  • Happening nowThe lounges your contacts are hosting or speaking in, one tap away.
  • Hosted by RabtAlways-on channels to watch together, with live comments and reactions.
More about lounges
Three friends on a rooftop at dusk, laughing as they listen to something together on one phone.
A live lounge, Building your first product: open Q&A, hosted by Sara, with speakers on stage and the lounge chat.

Your controls

You decide who sees you

Simple settings, in plain words.

  • Last seen and onlineEveryone, your contacts, or nobody.
  • Lounge activityChoose who sees the lounges you're in.
  • Message requestsPeople not in your contacts wait until you accept.
  • Backups only you can openOptional, and locked with a key only you have. How backup works
Lounge activity settings: who can see it (My contacts, My contacts except, Nobody) and when (Hosting or speaking, or In a lounge at all).

Get Rabt

Launching soon on Android and iPhone.

Android: launching soon iPhone: launching soon