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macOS app · Now available

All your platforms,
one window.

Samtal unifies iMessage, Messenger, Instagram, Facebook and more into a single, distraction-free app for macOS.

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Samtal
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Every platform, one app
iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Facebook, Telegram, Signal, Discord, LinkedIn and more — all in a single sidebar.
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Unified chat and feed
Everything in one place, no more switching between apps, the unified feed and chat prevents it - everything you need in one place.
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Focus Mode — cut the noise
Hide feeds, banners, and endless scroll. One conversation, full screen. No distractions from the social media around it — just the people who matter.
⌘⇧Fenter focus
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Private by design
Read-only SQLite access to iMessage. Your messages never leave your Mac. Cloud sync is used only to verify your license — nothing else.

Heads-up: WhatsApp Web (and other web-based accounts like Instagram and Messenger) allow only one active session at a time. While Samtal is connected, you won't be able to use WhatsApp Web in your browser simultaneously — quit Samtal and your browser session reconnects instantly.

Built for the keyboard

Every action has a shortcut. Drag to reorder. Never leave the home row.

Cycle accounts within a social app ⌃Tab
Jump to next app in sidebar ⌥Tab
Switch directly to any app ⌘1–9
Enter Focus Mode — one conversation, no distractions ⌘⇧F
Mute all notification sounds instantly ⌘M
Reorder apps in sidebar Drag & drop — your order, saved
…and many more Discoverable in-app

Native macOS notifications — badges, banners, and Do Not Disturb — all respected.

Privacy

There is nothing to leak.

Privacy isn't a feature we bolted on — it's just not a concern in the first place. Samtal has no public surface, no social graph, no shared feed, no comment section, no profile page. Nothing about how you use it is visible to anyone else, because there is no “else.”

No public profile Your account doesn't exist to other users. There is no directory, no search, no way to be found.
No social layer No followers, no likes, no shares, no activity feed. Samtal aggregates your existing chats — it doesn't add a new one.
Messages stay on your Mac iMessage is read locally from the SQLite database. The cloud only verifies your license — your conversations are never uploaded.
Nothing to opt out of No analytics about your messages, no “people you may know,” no recommendation engine. The data simply isn't collected.

Privacy respected by absence, not by promise.

What people are saying

Early users on the unified messaging experience

★★★★★

The aggregate feed is a game changer. I open Samtal once in the morning and see everything — iMessage, Instagram, WhatsApp — without jumping between five apps. Finally.

MK
Marcus K.
Product designer, Stockholm
★★★★★

⌥Tab between platforms, ⌃Tab through chats — I never touch the mouse anymore. After a week it's pure muscle memory. My workflow is embarrassingly faster.

JL
Jenna L.
Software engineer, Berlin
★★★★★

The chat interface feels like a native macOS app — not a webview wrapper. Smooth scroll, native fonts, proper dark mode. And the whole thing is free — wild.

SR
Sara R.
UX researcher, Copenhagen
★★★★★

Switched from Beeper last month. The unified feed shows everything chronologically — no more context switching anxiety. Keyboard shortcuts work exactly like you'd expect on Mac.

AV
Alex V.
Startup founder, Amsterdam
★★★★★

My ADHD brain loves focus mode. One platform, one thread, nothing else visible. Then ⌘⇧F and I'm back in the feed. It respects how I actually think.

NB
Nina B.
Graphic designer, Oslo
★★★★★

The aggregate feed is a game changer. I open Samtal once in the morning and see everything — iMessage, Instagram, WhatsApp — without jumping between five apps. Finally.

MK
Marcus K.
Product designer, Stockholm
★★★★★

⌥Tab between platforms, ⌃Tab through chats — I never touch the mouse anymore. After a week it's pure muscle memory. My workflow is embarrassingly faster.

JL
Jenna L.
Software engineer, Berlin
★★★★★

The chat interface feels like a native macOS app — not a webview wrapper. Smooth scroll, native fonts, proper dark mode. And the whole thing is free — wild.

SR
Sara R.
UX researcher, Copenhagen
★★★★★

Switched from Beeper last month. The unified feed shows everything chronologically — no more context switching anxiety. Keyboard shortcuts work exactly like you'd expect on Mac.

AV
Alex V.
Startup founder, Amsterdam
★★★★★

My ADHD brain loves focus mode. One platform, one thread, nothing else visible. Then ⌘⇧F and I'm back in the feed. It respects how I actually think.

NB
Nina B.
Graphic designer, Oslo

Opening Samtal the first time

Samtal is built by an independent developer, so macOS asks you to approve it once.

1.  Open the .dmg and drag Samtal to Applications.
2.  Double-click Samtal. macOS shows: “Samtal cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.” Click Done.
3.  Open System Settings → Privacy & Security. Scroll down and click Open Anyway next to Samtal.
4.  Confirm with Touch ID or your password. Samtal opens — you only do this once.

Nothing unsafe is happening — macOS just flags any app not notarized by Apple. Samtal is signed locally; the source is yours to inspect on request.