Texts
One keyboard-driven inbox for every chat network
Overview
A universal messaging app that pulls iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and more into a single inbox with AI summaries and reply drafting. Now being merged into Automattic's Beeper.
What you can produce with Texts
- Unified inbox across 10+ networks (iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Slack, Discord DMs)
- AI conversation summaries
- ChatGPT-powered reply drafting
- Message translation
- Keyboard-first navigation and shortcuts
- Scheduled send, snooze, and stealth mode
- Messages handled off company servers (privacy-focused)
ASEAN Perspective
Texts in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
Texts nailed a real pain: too many chat apps, none talking to each other. It funnels iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Slack, and Discord DMs into one fast, keyboard-first inbox, then adds AI summaries, ChatGPT-drafted replies, and translation on top. Several of those networks matter a lot across ASEAN, so the single-inbox pitch lands here. The catch is corporate: Automattic bought Texts in 2023 and Beeper in 2024, and by 2025 folded them together under the Beeper name. Existing Texts subscribers get Beeper Plus, but the standalone Texts brand is effectively being retired, so anyone signing up today should really be evaluating Beeper. Bridging third-party networks (iMessage especially) has a rocky reliability and terms-of-service history, and there's no business data-residency story. Good for power messengers who want everything in one place, provided you go in knowing the product is in transition.
What people say
Texts started as an independent universal-messaging app from Kishan Bagaria and drew attention for cramming a long list of networks into one tidy, keyboard-driven client. The ownership story is now the headline. Automattic (WordPress.com's parent) acquired Texts in 2023 for a reported $50M, then bought rival Beeper in 2024 for a reported $125M, and through 2025 merged the two teams, codebases, and products under the Beeper brand. Coverage from TechCrunch and Daring Fireball frames the combined effort as roughly a 30-person team, with the apps reported as about 99% integrated.
On capability, the pitch is consistent across sources: one inbox spanning iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Slack, and Discord DMs, plus quality-of-life touches like scheduled send, snooze, stealth mode, and heavy keyboard shortcuts. The AI layer is three features: automatic conversation summaries to catch up on busy threads, ChatGPT-powered draft replies, and message translation.
Privacy is a deliberate selling point. The company positions itself as making money from subscriptions rather than user data, with messages handled off its own servers, and the merged roadmap has talked up on-device storage and encryption plus multi-account support per network.
The real caveat for a prospective buyer isn't quality, it's identity. Because Texts is being consolidated into Beeper, new users are effectively steered toward Beeper, and the standalone Texts experience is winding down; existing Texts subscriptions are honored as Beeper Plus. Beyond that, any app that bridges third-party networks inherits their fragility, iMessage bridging in particular has a history of breakage and platform pushback, so reliability can wobble when a provider changes something. For an individual juggling many chat apps it remains a strong idea; the practical advice is to evaluate the current Beeper app rather than expecting a long independent life for Texts.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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