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SovTalk is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. It needs iOS 26 or later on iPhone, or Android 14 or later.

Open the app and tap "Create my identity". There's no email address, phone number or password: the app creates a secret key on your phone, and that key is your account. Then add your name and, if you like, a photo in Profile. SovTalk is for people 16 and older.

It's how people find you, like a username. It starts with npub1. You'll find it, with your QR code, in Profile under "Your public ID".

In Messages, tap the people button to open Friends, then "Add a friend". Scan their QR code, or paste their public ID, and tap "Send friend request". They'll see it the next time they open SovTalk.

Names are searched only among people you've already seen on SovTalk, on your phone. To find anyone else, use their public ID or QR code. There's no central directory of users, by design.

The Feed shows posts from your friends and you only. There's no global timeline.

There's no password reset. If you lose your phone and your secret key, nobody can recover your account, not even SovTalk. Back it up as soon as you can.

Go to Profile → "Back up secret key". You can save it to your password manager ("Save to Passwords" on iPhone, "Save to password manager" on Android), or write it on paper: it starts with nsec1, followed by numbered groups of four characters. Keep the paper somewhere safe and never share the key with anyone, including us.

It checks that your backup really works. You type three numbered groups from your paper copy, or paste the whole key from your password manager. Your key counts as backed up only once the test passes.

Install SovTalk on the new phone and choose "Use your existing key". Paste your secret key or scan its QR code, then tap "Import key". Your key never leaves the phone. Your profile, friends list and the last 30 days of conversations sync back from our server. Photos and videos older than 7 days can't be downloaded again, because our server deletes them after 7 days.

If you backed up your key, set up SovTalk on a new phone with "Use your existing key", as above. If you didn't, the account can't be recovered and you'll need to create a new one. We can't reset or recover keys, because we never have them.

Yes. Choose "Use your existing key" and paste the secret key (it starts with nsec).

Go to Profile → Notifications. If you turned them off earlier, the app opens your phone's settings for SovTalk so you can turn them back on.

On purpose. Notifications are delivered by Apple or Google, so they contain nothing: no text, no sender, no names. They only tell the app there's something new; open SovTalk to see it.

Open your conversation with them and choose "Voice call" or "Video call". You can only call friends.

No. SovTalk calls can't reach 911, 112 or any emergency service. Use your phone's regular dialer in an emergency.

So they feel like regular calls. Apple or Google may back up that history with your phone's data, so you can turn off "Show calls in phone history" in Profile.

Yes. Tap "Noise cancellation" during a call. It runs on your phone.

No. Every call goes through our relay server in Québec, so neither side learns the other's IP address. Calls are encrypted end to end, we don't record them, and the relay keeps no logs.

When you write a post, tap "Suggest clearer wording" for a clearer version of your text; in chats, the sparkles button suggests wording too. You decide whether to use a suggestion. If you use one in a post, the post shows "AI-assisted".

No. Suggestions are made on your phone, by Apple Intelligence or Gemini Nano if your phone has them, or by SovTalk's writing helper. Nothing you write is sent to SovTalk or anyone else.

On phones without Apple Intelligence or Gemini Nano, SovTalk offers its writing helper: a small open model that runs only on your phone. It's a large download (about 0.9 to 1.6 GB, depending on your phone), so the app asks first and tells you the size; it may use mobile data if you're not on Wi-Fi. It needs at least 4 GB of memory. You can delete it any time in Profile → On-device AI.

Settings → Apple Intelligence & Siri → turn on Apple Intelligence. It may take a little while to get ready.

Open the post's menu and choose "Delete post". It's removed from SovTalk on all devices, including your friends'. Copies other Nostr apps already saved can't be erased.

Go to Profile → "Delete account". Your profile, posts, friends, messages and photos are erased from SovTalk's server and from all your devices. Your friends' phones erase your chats and posts too. This can't be undone.

Yes. On someone's post, choose "Delete from my feed". In a chat, long-press a message and choose Delete, or delete the whole conversation. These are removed from this phone only; other people keep their copies.

Choose "Report post" in a post's menu, or "Report" in a person's options. You can include up to 10 messages you choose from your chat; nothing else is shared. Our moderators review reports within 24 hours, and the person isn't told who reported them.

Choose Block in their options, or on a friend request. You won't see their requests or messages, and they won't be notified.

Report it with "Child safety" as the reason. We report child sexual abuse material to the authorities as Canadian law requires.

No. Messages, photos, videos and calls are encrypted on your phone. Our relay sees only who a message is for (as a public ID), its size and an approximate time.

Yes. Your posts, name and profile photo are public. Your Feed shows only your friends, but anyone with your public ID can read your posts, and other apps can copy them.

In Beauharnois, Québec, on OVHcloud servers. Nothing is hosted in the United States. See Privacy and sovereignty and our privacy policy.