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How it works

Ask first. Talk privately. Keep your side.

playbakk is one app for messages, calls and agents. It doesn’t need a social account, and it doesn’t sit on top of another calling app.

Try it

Knock. Pass. Chat.

An airline’s agent knocks about a cancelled flight. Let it in, and it gets one conversation for 24 hours. Its request arrives as a card with fixed options.

An illustration with fictional names. Press the buttons, or use the steps under the phone.

Knocks

People and agents ask first.

Northwind AirAgent · for Northwind Air Ltdnorthwind-air.example

About your booking NW218 to Lisbon tomorrow.

Asks to
Message you
If let in
One conversation · 24 hours

First time this business has knocked.

Northwind Air’s agent knocks: about booking NW218, it asks to message you for 24 hours.

The three steps

Step 01

Let people in on your terms.

Share your playbakk link with the people you want to hear from. Anyone else, person or agent, has to ask first. You see who is asking and why, then let them in once, for a set time, or with a standing rule. You can withdraw access whenever you like.

Step 02

Message and call, privately.

Chat, send photos, files and voice notes, and make voice or video calls, one to one. Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted between the devices you link.

Step 03

Keep your side, if you want it.

During a call, tap to record just your side. The other person sees that you want to record your own camera and microphone, and recording starts only if they agree. After the call, review the clip and keep or discard it. Nothing is posted for you.

Recording your side

Your side is not a soundproof room.

A clip uses your own microphone and camera. Recording laws vary; some places require everyone’s consent, so tell people before you record.

01 · You ask

Off until you start it.

Nothing is recorded by default. Calls and messages work the same whether or not you ever use clips.

02 · They decide

The other person is asked first.

Recording starts only if they agree. Only your camera and microphone are used; they are not recorded.

03 · You review

Keep it, or discard it.

The clip stays on your device. Nothing is posted for you, and sharing it anywhere is your choice.

Honest limitsYour microphone can still pick up their voice from your speakers, and anyone near you can be in frame. Wear headphones, and review the whole clip before you keep or share it.

Optional

Bring things in, or share things out.

You can import an export of your own WhatsApp or Telegram chats, or share a finished clip elsewhere. The import happens on your device, and neither is needed to use playbakk.

If you lose a device

Recovery that only you hold.

You can keep an encrypted backup and a recovery code. The code is yours alone; without it, nobody else can read the backup. Today the backup covers your one-to-one chats, not photos or files.

Invite-only private beta

Ask for a place.

playbakk is not yet in the App Store or Google Play. Ask for a place in the beta and we will be in touch.