Crystal-clear voice calls
One-on-one or group calls with premium audio, push-to-talk, and built-in tools to make your friends laugh.
Launching 2026
Real chat.
Real privacy.
Really yours.
Peer-to-peer chat and voice for friends who don't want a corporation in the middle of every conversation.
Buy it once. Own it forever. The way software used to be.
- 0
- servers between you and your friends
- 100%
- your data, on your device
- 12
- languages from day one
What you get
Everything you'd expect.
Plus things you didn't know you wanted.
Voice, chat, files, themes, custom emojis — the works. And every single feature respects the same rule: nothing leaves your devices unless it's going straight to a friend's device.
Chat that feels like home
Text, voice notes, images, files, reactions, replies. Threads stay private to the people you sent them to — nobody else can read along.
Make it look like you
Eight built-in themes, a full color picker, wallpaper of your choosing, custom fonts and cursor, and even import or build emoji packs you'll share with your friends.
Share without limits in calls
Send files instantly while you're in a call — they travel directly between your devices, never touching our servers. Outside calls, smaller files still go through encrypted.
All your devices, one identity
Pair your phone with your computer once and they sync automatically. Messages, friends, settings — everything stays in sync, without ever touching our servers.
Delightful, by design
Animated reactions during calls, a friendly mascot with easter eggs to find, slash commands, and packs of custom emoji your friends can install in one tap.
How it works
Three steps. No servers in the middle.
You don't need to be technical to use VantGrid. But if you're curious how a chat app works without a company in the middle — here it is in plain words.
- 01
You get an identity that only you control
When you open VantGrid for the first time, the app creates a unique address for you — locally, on your device. No email, no phone, no sign-up form. The key that proves you're you never leaves the device unless you choose to back it up.
- 02
You add friends by sharing your address
Send them your address (or scan their QR code) and they do the same. Once both sides have added each other, you're connected. There's no central directory listing you — you're only findable by people you've shared your address with.
- 03
Messages and calls travel directly between you
Talk and chat as much as you want. The voice and text data goes straight from your device to your friend's device. Nobody is in the middle storing what you said, when, or to whom.
The relay network, explained
What are relays, in plain language?
Think of relays as post offices
If you write a letter to a friend across the country, the postal service moves the envelope through a few sorting centers along the way. The sorting workers don't open your letter — they only read the address on the envelope to know where to send it next.
VantGrid relays work the same way
When you first try to reach a friend, your device asks a few public relay computers — scattered around the world, run by volunteers — to help find the friend's device. The relay sees encrypted envelopes and a destination, nothing more. It can't read what's inside.
Once you're connected, the relays step aside
Your voice calls and your chat messages travel directly between your device and your friend's device after that. The relays' only job is the initial handshake — they're not part of the conversation.
And if a relay goes down?
VantGrid connects to several relays at once, so if one disappears another picks up the work. The network keeps running because no single relay is essential.
Y
Your device
Public relays
(just sort encrypted envelopes)
F
Friend's device
Once connected — direct
Our promise
Four things we don't do.
And one thing we do.
No email, no phone, no account
Your VantGrid identity is generated on your device the moment you open the app. You don't sign up for anything.
No server stores your messages
Conversations travel directly between you and your friends. There's no inbox sitting on a corporate server that someone could read or hand over.
No tracking, no ads, no analytics
VantGrid doesn't follow you around the internet, doesn't watch which features you use, and doesn't have a business model that depends on knowing what you do.
One-time purchase — yours forever
Buy it once on Steam or your phone's app store. No subscription, no recurring fee, no upsells. The mobile app is free.
Get it
Almost ready.
VantGrid is almost ready. Coming to Steam for desktop, with the mobile app as a free companion. Bookmark this page or follow us to be the first to know.
Download for PC Steam Coming Soon · 2026 Q3
Download for Android Google Play Coming Soon · 2026 Q2
Download for iPhone App Store Soon
Frequently asked
The questions everyone asks first.
Is VantGrid really free?
The mobile app is free forever. The desktop app is a one-time purchase on Steam when it launches — buy it once, use it for life across every device you own. There's no subscription and no upsell.
Do I need to give you an email or phone number?
No. There's no sign-up form. The app generates a private identity for you the moment you open it, on your device. We don't have a database of users — there's nothing to give us.
Where are my messages stored?
On your device, encrypted. When you send a message to a friend, it travels directly to their device through the relay network — and once it arrives there, it's stored only on their device. We never see it.
What happens if I lose my phone?
If you backed up your identity (a small file you save somewhere safe, or another device you've paired), you can restore everything on a new device. If you didn't back up and your device is gone, your identity is gone too — that's the trade-off of nobody-in-the-middle privacy.
Can my friends see who else I talk to?
No. Each conversation is private to the two of you (or to the members of a group). Your friend list isn't published anywhere. The relays can't tell who's connected to whom.
How is this different from WhatsApp or Signal?
WhatsApp and Signal are end-to-end encrypted too, but they route your messages through their servers and need your phone number. VantGrid removes both — there's no central server with your data, and you don't identify yourself with a phone number.
When does the app come out?
Closed beta is running now with a small group of testers. Public launch is coming to Steam for desktop, with the mobile app as a free companion. The website you're reading is the heads-up.