Keylane
Private, quantum-safe chat
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Swipe through photos and videos, react with emoji, and edit sent messages. Now on iPad, too. Private messaging with no phone number, end-to-end encrypted.
Keylane is a privacy-first messenger for the people who matter most. Every message, voice memo, photo, file, and call is protected with end-to-end encryption — and Keylane goes further than most, using post-quantum cryptography designed to stay secure even against future quantum computers.
Built for genuine one-to-one conversations. No groups, no feeds, no algorithms — just private, direct communication.
WHY KEYLANE
• End-to-end encrypted by default. Messages and calls are encrypted on your device and can only be read by you and the person you're talking to. Not by us, not by anyone.
• Post-quantum protection. Keylane uses a quantum-resistant key exchange (ML-KEM-768) and a quantum-resistant double-ratchet protocol, giving you forward secrecy and protection against "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks.
• Your keys never leave your device. Your private keys are generated on-device and encrypted at rest with a key derived from your PIN. We never receive them.
• Metadata privacy. A sealed-sender design means our servers can't see who is messaging whom — only that a message needs delivering.
• Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID. Convenient biometric unlock, backed by the same PIN-derived encryption — no security shortcuts.
• Secure calling. Encrypted one-to-one voice and video calls, integrated with the native iOS call experience.
• Rich, private media. Share photos, videos, files, and voice memos — all encrypted, with per-file quality options and in-app image annotation before you send.
• No phone number required. Add a contact by scanning their QR code. No address-book upload, no discovery by phone number.
• No ads. No tracking. No profiling. Keylane's business is privacy, not your data.
HOW IT WORKS
When you create an account, Keylane generates your cryptographic identity locally. Only your public keys are registered with the server. Everything sensitive — your profile, your private keys, your local files — is encrypted on your device.
To connect with someone, you exchange an invite (for example, by scanning a QR code). From that point on, every exchange runs over a quantum-resistant double-ratchet session that provides forward secrecy: even if a key were ever compromised, past messages stay protected.
DESIGNED FOR CONTROL
• Block a contact and their ability to reach you is revoked immediately, at the server.
• You choose who can contact you — there's no open directory.
Keylane is for anyone who believes private conversations should stay private: journalists, professionals handling sensitive information, and anyone who simply prefers that their messages remain their own.
Private by design. Quantum-safe by default. See https://keylane.app for more information.
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KEYLANE FOR IPAD
A layout made for the big screen: your chats and the open conversation side by side, Contact Info next to the chat, keyboard shortcuts, landscape and Split View.
SWIPE THROUGH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
Open a photo or a video from a chat, a note or your media, then swipe left or right for the next one. No need to close it first. Pinch or double-tap to zoom.
REACTIONS
Press and hold a message and tap favorite emoji or + for any other emoji. One reaction each, and reactions never send a notification.
EDIT A SENT MESSAGE
Fix a typo for up to an hour after sending. Text messages and photo or file captions can be edited, and the contact sees the new text marked "edited".
SETTINGS FOR EACH CHAT
Give any chat its own auto-delete time (now also 1, 3, 6 or 12 hours), media download, delete for both sides and text size.
AUTO-DELETE YOU CAN SEE
The chat header shows how long messages are kept, a small timer marks messages about to go, and the chat tells you when a contact turns on delete for both sides.
ALSO NEW
• Show typed characters: turn it off in Privacy & Security and the letters & symbols PIN keyboard no longer shows what you type
• Saving a photo or file tells you where it went
• The chat text size now applies to the message box too
• What's new, inside the app: under the version number in Settings
• Fixes and reliability improvements
Reactions and edits need Keylane 1.0.4 or newer on both phones.
The developer, Livotov Labs Ltd., 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- LIVOTOV LABS LTD OOD
- Size
- 94 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, Bulgarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
- Copyright
- © 2026 Livotov Labs Ltd.
