Glyphconnect

Private messenger · iPhone & iPad

Say it in a language only your crew can read.

Glyphconnect protects every message with end-to-end encryption, needs no phone number or account, and lets you invent a secret alphabet of symbols that only the people you choose can translate.

  • Free
  • No account or phone number
  • No ads, no tracking
Glyphconnect chat list showing four conversations
A chat where messages written in a private glyph language are translated automatically
A message in a language the reader does not have, with an option to ask for it

Built on open, audited cryptography X25519Ed25519XChaCha20-Poly1305HKDF-SHA-256

What is Glyphconnect?

Most messengers hide your messages from strangers. Glyphconnect also lets you hide them from everyone except the people you pick, in a language you designed yourself.

Every letter of your alphabet becomes a symbol you choose. Write in it, and your messages turn into glyphs. Share the alphabet with a friend and their app translates instantly. Everyone else sees only symbols. Underneath, the message is also protected by real end-to-end encryption, so the glyphs add a layer of fun and privacy on top, not instead.

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

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End-to-end encrypted

Messages are encrypted on your phone before they leave it. Not even our relay server can read them, or see who sent them.

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No accounts

No phone number, email or password. Your identity is a key pair created on your phone that never leaves it.

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Glyph languages

Build an alphabet in English, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, French, Polish or your own letters. Pick symbols by hand, randomize, or generate from a secret phrase.

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Share by consent

Starting a chat or group in a language not everyone has? You see who can and can't read it, and choose to share it or send symbols only. Nothing is shared silently.

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Groups that stay private

Every member gets their own separately encrypted copy, so there is no shared group key to leak, and a removed member simply stops receiving.

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In your control

Add people by QR code, verify with safety numbers, approve message requests, block and report, lock the app with Face ID, and erase everything in one tap.

How it works

  1. 1

    Meet your crew

    Scan a friend's QR code in person. Contacts are verified by signature, so nobody can pose as someone else.

  2. 2

    Forge a language

    Choose an alphabet, then give every letter a symbol from runes, geometry, vectors, planets and more. Test it live before you save.

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    Share and chat

    Offer the language to the people you trust. They accept, and your messages translate for them, and only them.

See it in action

Real screens from the app.

And on iPad

Glyphconnect on iPad, a translated chat
Glyphconnect on iPad, the language editor

Honest about security

We tell you what is protected, and what isn't.

Protected

  • Message content is encrypted with X25519 and XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it leaves your phone.
  • Who sent it is hidden inside the encryption, even from the relay.
  • Your keys and history live in the iOS Keychain and an encrypted file on your phone.
  • Strangers can only reach you through message requests, and only with plain text.

Be aware

  • Glyph languages are not encryption. A substitution alphabet can be broken by analysis. It is a layer on top of real encryption.
  • The relay sees metadata: an anonymous mailbox, timing, rough size and IP address.
  • No backup by design. Lose your phone and you lose your identity.
  • No double ratchet yet. Forward secrecy against a stolen recipient key is on the roadmap.

Read the full security details · Privacy policy

Questions

Is Glyphconnect free?

Yes. There are no purchases, ads, subscriptions or trackers.

Is it really peer-to-peer?

There are no accounts and no central database of users: your identity, keys and history stay on your phone, and every message is encrypted end to end. Between phones, messages travel through a blind relay that only ever holds encrypted data (for at most 14 days, if the recipient is offline). Direct phone-to-phone connections are not part of this first version.

Why aren't direct phone-to-phone connections included?

They only work while both phones are online with the app open, they often need extra servers to get through mobile networks, and they reveal each person's IP address to the other. A relay that only sees ciphertext is more reliable and, for most people, more private. Direct connections are planned as an optional extra.

Will I get notifications?

Yes, if you turn them on. The alert only says "You have a new message" with a count. It never shows who wrote or what they said, because the relay can't read your messages. You can turn alerts off at any time in the app.

Can other people read my glyph messages?

Only people who accepted your language can translate them. Anyone else sees symbols. And the message is encrypted regardless, so a stranger on the network sees nothing at all.

What happens if I lose my phone?

Your identity and history exist only on your phone and are not backed up, so they can't be recovered by anyone. Install the app on a new phone and ask your contacts to add you again.

Is there an Android version?

Glyphconnect is built for iPhone and iPad. An Android version is planned.

How do I report a problem or abuse?

Block a contact from their profile, or contact the Empatix support team at piletskaya.i@empatixtech.com. Because messages are encrypted, we can't see them unless you send them to us.

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Glyphconnect is published by Empatixtech SIA (Empatix), and all support, feedback and abuse reports are handled by the Empatix team.