free · no ads · no algorithm
the #1 messaging app for the people you actually talk to.
messages, photos, albums, calls, journals, games. made to keep it small enough that you know everyone in it. no feed to scroll, no explore page, no streaks to keep alive.
passwordless system - simply login with your email or phone number.
01 · messages
conversations that actually stay.
simply messages, photos, voice notes, and albums.
nothing expires on a timer and nothing is reordered to hold your attention. your chats sit in the order you last talked, which is STILL the only order that has ever made sense.
- message editing
- voice notes
- albums
- games
- group chats
02 · drops
photos, to the people you picked.
a drop is a photo you post to friends you choose. there is no "post publicly" option. no strangers, and nothing recommending it onward to people you did not name.
you pick the audience before it goes out rather than regretting it after. if nobody is chosen, nobody sees it.
03 · journal
a journal that's yours unless you share it.
nothing you write here is shown to another person unless you share an entry with a friend, and the journal is the one place the safety filter never runs, shared entries included. it is stored the same way your messages are, which means sodalite is technically able to read it. we would rather tell you that than overstate it.
the difference from a message is the filter, not the storage. messages are encrypted in our database too, but the server sees the plain text first, because that is where the safety scan runs. the journal skips that step entirely.
04 · calls
voice, video, screen shares, games.
call one friend or the whole group chat. share your screen, hang with the people you actually care about.
on windows there is a desktop app with a tray icon and a call overlay, and mac and linux have desktop apps too. ios and android are in active beta.
for parents
controls that live on the server.
a linked parent can set a filter level, block specific words, turn video or voice off for one friend without touching any other chat, and set quiet hours when calls to and from them are turned away (or simply restrict them from using it)
every check runs on the server before a message is delivered, so it cannot be switched off from the phone. the server simply won't send the request to your child's device.
parents control what their kid can do. parents do not get a "feed" of what their kid says. we believe that children should have their privacy,
make it yours
themes!
below are some templated theme's you can try out, but in the app, you have full customizability.
answers
the questions worth asking.
are my messages end-to-end encrypted?
no, and we will not claim otherwise. message text is encrypted in our database, so databreach is ciphertext rather than your conversations. but your device sends the plain text to our server first, because that is where the safety filter runs, and we hold the key that restores your history when you sign in on a new phone. that means we are technically able to read messages. we do not, and a human only sees a messages that are attached to a report, but we are not cryptographically prevented from it and a court order could compel it. real end-to-end encryption and server-side filtering cannot both be true at once. we chose filtering. the tech page(will eventually) walk through the details.
is anything encrypted so that you PHYSICALLY cannot read it?
honestly, no. photos and voice notes are encrypted by your device before upload, but their keys travel through our server with the message, so we could still decrypt them. journal entries are not scanned or filtered, and only friends you share an entry with can see it, but they are stored the way messages are, so we can technically read those too. if you need something nobody can ever open, sodalite is not that app, and we would rather say so.
do you sell my data or run ads?
no, and no. there is no ads business here and there will not be one. the app is free and donations keep it running. we believe you deserve privacy, and no-one should ever have your data.
why is there no password?
to put it simply, passwords are hard to remember and easily compromised.. so, we simply ask you to verify that it's ACTUALLY you, rather than depending on a "password" set by you.
can my kid turn off the parental controls?
no. every check runs on our server before a message is delivered, not on their device. uninstalling, reinstalling, or running a modified client does not change what the server enforces.
what devices does it run on?
any modern browser, plus windows, mac, and linux desktop apps today. ios and android are in active beta. see all downloads →
how many people use sodalite?
not many yet. it is a brand new app, and we've got a count of — users.
your actual friends are waiting.
free forever. phone or email, no password, no ads.
you would be user number #—.