Export a chat from WhatsApp and find it again in Whatool: search by word, sender or date, all on your device.
Whatool turns an exported chat into something you can read and search, on your own device.
In WhatsApp choose Export chat, then pick Whatool from the share sheet — it sits among the actions, in the bottom row. The .txt file and the .zip WhatsApp produces today are both read, and a chat file already on your device opens just as well.
The whole history then becomes searchable: by word, by sender, by date. Jump to the day you are looking for instead of thumbing through years of messages.
MERGE puts several conversations into one timeline, so a story told across three chats reads as one.
Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. Your messages are read and stored on the device, nothing is sent to a server, and Whatool works with no connection at all.
Whatool also keeps what a messaging app does not. A phone you no longer own, a chat you cleared, someone you have lost: an export opened in Whatool stays readable years later.
LINE exports are read too.
Free, with optional purchases to remove the ads and lift the free limits.
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Disclaimer: app created by Luca Rubin. WhatsApp Messenger, LINE, their names, registered trademarks and all other aspects of these applications are registered trademarks of their respective owners. If you believe your rights have been infringed, please email us with all the relevant details at whatool@lucarubin.com
it is a great app to view whatsapp chat history it is definitely better than whatsapp in-app search. i like the option to choose which person you want to be in conversation. the only downside of this app is that there is a limit to store conversations in the app unless you purchase unlimited conversations.
Impresive search function
Lcttc2010
I can't speak to any other functions, but I was amazed by the search function. I needed to find one specific message in a WhatsApp conversation from 3 months ago. I figured it would take ages for the ap to import the convo and then search through the 7000+ messages, but it took seconds!! Very impressed.
It doesn't work
Adrianna4ever10
Don't waste your money. This app doesn't work. I used it to save viber messages and it only saved/transferred the messages for only one day. It says that the app it's free but as soon as you try to transfer the data they ask you to pay .99 because you exceed the data transfer. I paid and like I said it only transferred messages for only one day and I wanted to save messages from Viber for a month. Useless app.
Doesnt do anything (iPhone6)
Ceritra
A pretty interface with no features. I couldn't find a way to do anything except purchase something or delete the test convo (which they apparently forgot to delete themselves). Clicking on either help button immediately crashes the app every time.
Find the message you’re looking for, fast: we’ve rebuilt search from the ground up.
• Search a chat from the field at the top: you see the whole chat with each match highlighted, and the arrows take you from one match to the next. Tap “Only the results” to see just the matching messages.
• Search all your chats at once from the chat list: matching messages are grouped by chat, and tapping one opens the chat right at that message.
• Search for several words and Whatool matches them in any order. Put a phrase in quotes to match it exactly.
• Tap “Filters” to narrow your search to the people you choose or to a period picked on the calendar. There you can also choose “Any of the words” to find messages that contain at least one of them.
• Dark Mode now also covers the screen for sharing from WhatsApp, the progress screen while merging chats, and the chats themselves, with a uniform background and times that are always readable.
• Fixed an issue where merging two chats could drop one of two identical messages.
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Version 2.3
The developer, Luca Rubin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Luca Rubin
Size
25.5 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
