Chat Archive - WA Backup
Import, Search, Private
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Import WhatsApp chats. Search everything. 100% private on your device.
Never lose your WhatsApp chats again.
Import any WhatsApp chat export and read it exactly like the real app — messages, photos, videos, and voice notes. Private. Offline. On your device only.
Chat Archive turns WhatsApp exports into fully searchable conversations and lets you export them to PDF for long-term storage, printing, or sharing.
No accounts required.
Everything runs directly on your phone.
Perfect for:
• backing up important chats
• saving memories
• recovering lost conversations
• keeping work or legal records
• exporting chats to PDF
• freeing space without deleting history
What you can do:
• Open chats exactly like WhatsApp
• Search every message instantly
• Browse photos, videos, and documents
• Transcribe voice notes automatically
• Search inside voice messages
• Jump to any date
• Filter by contact
• View attachments inline
• Export full conversations to PDF
• Print or share chats with media and transcripts
How it works:
1. Export a chat from WhatsApp (.zip)
2. Open it in Chat Archive
3. Done
Your full conversation appears immediately.
Privacy first.
Your chats are personal. They should stay that way.
• No accounts
• No servers storing your chats
• No cloud processing
• Everything stays on your device
Good to know:
• Works with exports from WhatsApp
• Supports very large chats with thousands of messages
• Media files are included automatically
• Try one chat free before upgrading
Take control of your conversations.
Keep what matters.
Own your history.
Chat Archive is an independent app and is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by WhatsApp or its parent company.
Terms: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Privacy: chatarchive.app/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
New: Export chats to PDF
You can now export full conversations to beautifully formatted PDFs — perfect for saving, printing, or sharing.
Sharing is easier too. Quickly save or share messages, photos, videos, documents, voice notes, and transcriptions.
Performance and stability improvements.
The developer, Danilo Souza, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Danilo Souza
- Size
- 123.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Lifetime $14.99
- Premium Access (1 Month) $9.99
- Premium Access (1 Year) $44.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Danilo Souza. All rights reserved.

