Fariin means message

Say it to them,
and only them.

Messages, voice and video for people who live far from the people they love.

--:--Where you are
--:--Muqdisho

Your phone locks the message and theirs opens it, so nothing in between can read it.

01Messages

The ordinary things, done properly.

Nothing here is new. It is how families already talk, except that only the person you sent it to can open it.

  • 01Photos, video, voice notes, files and GIFs
  • 02Replies, reactions, edits and delete for everyone
  • 03Disappearing messages, when a conversation should not outlive itself
  • 04Family groups with admins, invite links and polls
02Voice and video

Calls that survive the network you actually have.

Calls ring through the lock screen like a normal phone call. When two phones cannot reach each other directly, the call is relayed through a server close to you rather than one on the other side of the world.

MuqdishoRelay
DjiboutiRelay
NairobiRelay
--:--East Africa, now
  • 01One to one and group calls
  • 02Video with picture in picture
  • 03Encrypted the same way your messages are
  • 04It opens and sends on a slow connection, not just a fast one
03Privacy

We cannot read your messages. That is the design, not a promise.

Your message is locked on your phone and unlocked on theirs. In between it is noise. It crosses our servers the way a sealed envelope crosses a post office, and we hold no key that opens it.

No ads, ever

Nothing about you is for sale, because nothing about you is readable in the first place.

Your contacts stay yours

We do not upload your address book to work out who you know.

Delete means delete

Close your account and your messages, photos and profile go with it.

Read the privacy policy for what is actually stored, who else touches it, and how to get rid of all of it.

04Why we built it

Half of us live somewhere our family is not. Fariin is for that half.

One person makes it, for the people he calls at odd hours because of the time difference. That is why the calls matter as much as the chat. It is also why a group has to hold a whole family instead of a few friends, and why it cannot assume a fast connection.

05Get Fariin

Try it before everyone else.

Fariin is in testing on iPhone. Write to us and we will send you an invite.

Currently in TestFlightRequest an invite