Textly pulls every channel into a single timeline, sorted by what actually just happened, not by which app it arrived in. You stop checking five badges and start reading one list.
Five messaging apps means five inboxes, five notification streams and five places a message can hide. Textly does not replace those accounts; it collects them.
Conversations are sorted by when something last happened, full stop. A Slack thread from four minutes ago sits above an SMS from this morning, because that is the order your attention actually works in.
Pinned people stay on top. Unread threads carry weight in the type, not just a dot.
Open a thread and answer. Textly routes the reply back over the channel the message arrived on: a Slack message goes to Slack, a WhatsApp message to WhatsApp. There is no "which app was this?" moment and no wrong-window mistake.
Search runs over every connected channel and every year of history at once, on the device. No more remembering whether the address came by text or Telegram before you can look for it.
The same colleague texts you, messages you on WhatsApp and pings you in Slack. Textly matches them against your contacts and merges those threads into a single history you can read end to end.
Merging happens on your device, using the address book already on your phone.
Every channel has its own capabilities, and we would rather show them than let you find the gaps yourself. Support reflects what each service actually allows a client to do.
| Channel | Send & receive | Groups | Media | Encryption in transit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | Yes | End-to-end | |
| SMS & MMS | Android only | Yes | MMS | None (carrier protocol) |
| Telegram | Yes | Yes | Yes | To Telegram's servers |
| Discord | Yes | Servers & DMs | Yes | To Discord's servers |
| Slack | Yes | Channels & DMs | Yes | To Slack's servers |
Encryption describes the protocol, not Textly. On your device everything is stored encrypted regardless of channel. See Privacy & security. SMS is Android-only because Apple provides no interface for it; the platform comparison has the detail.
Threads look and behave the same whichever channel they belong to. The only difference is a small mark telling you where a message came from and where your reply will go.
Every channel is optional and independent. Connect one, connect all five, or use Textly as a pure SMS app. Nothing degrades either way.
Each service is authorised through its own login. Credentials never reach us.
Confirm Textly as your default SMS app and your text history is there from the first launch.
Pick the chats, servers and workspaces worth surfacing. Leave the noisy ones out.
Free, no account, no ads. Install Textly and your existing messages are there before you finish reading this sentence.
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