Certain Media Labs

03/22/2024

If you hadn't noticed, we're going through some rebranding and revamping as we start to support and deploy a more diverse set of apps on the App Store. We will also be starting some new Beta trials soon for some new apps.

For anyone looking for the WhyChat website, you can find it here:
https://certainmedialabs.com/web/WhyChat/v1/

More to come soon!

WhyChat? Because now you can chat with other people from any nearby place that other iOS users exist. WhyChat is similar to other chat messaging applications, but the major difference is that no information is stored or transmitted to the cloud. All messages are sent directly between iOS devices wit...

12/27/2019

‪Want to use WhyChat on your next flight or trip but want to download it for free??? Well, now you can! For a limited time, WhyChat is now available as a free download. Happy Holidays! ‬

12/16/2019

‪For those people who have asked for password protection for your private chat groups, it’s on the way! It’s should be available in the 1.3 release this week. You can rest assured that no will be allowed to connect to your device if they don’t know both the connection group name and password you have set in the settings.

As a side note, your connection group password is stored securely using your login credentials. Like your login password, it’s stored in a way that is not reversible. So if you’re unsure the correct password is set, then you can just simply set it again (by overwriting what is currently set) with what is known to be the password shared with everyone.

12/14/2019

WhyChat just got easier! The 1.2 updates were just released on the App Store. Now you can just select “Connect to Anyone” in Settings and WhyChat will start searching for other nearby users who have also enabled Connect to Anyone. ‬ http://whychat.app/download

12/12/2019

‪The WhyChat 1.1 release is now on the App Store. Hablamos español ahora! WhyChat can now be used with Spanish text.‬

12/07/2019

The latest WhyChat 1.1 Beta was released last night. This version supports the Spanish language! WhyChat habla español ahora! You can also delete users profiles and all the messages from those users by swiping left on the Connections tab. Want to join the Beta? Want to help with translations? Drop me a message.

12/04/2019

WhyChat is now on Instagram and Twitter! Go checkout our pages and follow us…

http://instagram.com/whychatapp
https://www.twitter.com/whychatapp

The latest Tweets from WhyChat (). WhyChat? Because now you can chat from anywhere. No cellular connectivity? No internet connection on your Wi-Fi? Work Wi-Fi restrictions? We got you covered!. San Francisco Bay Area

12/04/2019

In case you're curious how you got invited to this page, you might know Matt Certain. Matt is the Founder of WhyChat who created, designed, and implemented the WhyChat app for iOS. You can find out more on our website.

WhyChat? Because now you can chat with other people from any nearby place that other iOS users exist. WhyChat is similar to other chat messaging applications, but the major difference is that no information is stored or transmitted to the cloud. All messages are sent directly between iOS devices wit...

12/04/2019

WhyChat is now on sale for holidays in the App Store. Go check it out today and share the link with all of your friends so that they download it too.

12/04/2019

WhyChat? Because now you can chat with any nearby iOS users regardless of whether you have cellular or broadband connectivity. So how does it work? Well, WhyChat is an ad-hoc chat messaging application that allows you to form a local chat group over Wi-Fi whether you have access to a Wi-Fi router or not. When you don't have access to a Wi-Fi router, you just directly connect with other iOS devices using Wi-Fi connections that don't require a router. And what's even better, you don't need to set up anything besides your chat group name. The app sets everything else up for you. All you need to do is tap the Connect button after logging in and selecting your chat group name.

The primary time when WhyChat is useful is when there is no cellular connectivity or no internet connectivity on your Wi-Fi network. One of more common times when this happens is when traveling on an airplane with friends, family, or business colleagues. With WhyChat, you could be seated anywhere on the plane and still be able to chat with each other and NOT need to pay for the airlines internet service since everything is local. On top of that, everything is really fast since you don't need to send your messages and file attachments off the plan and to cloud first. Your data never actually leaves the plane. Ok, so the airplane thing us useful, but you could literally use it anywhere: home, school, work, lab environments, mancaves in basements, remote resort/camping areas, regions of the world with poor cellular coverage, etc.

So now you're connected, then what? Well, once you have established links to the other nearby users in your chat group, WhyChat works similar to other chat messaging applications, but the major difference is that no information is stored or transmitted to the cloud. All messages are sent directly between iOS devices with end-to-end encryption. All of your login information, messages, and file attachments are also stored in an encrypted format on your device once received.

So what does it cost? With WhyChat, you only need to pay the one-time fee to purchase the app and you're good to go. Everything is transmitted locally either directly device-to-device OR device-to-router-to-device, so messages and attachments are sent quite quickly. It's all local! And yes, you won't find these features in other chat messaging applications. All of the major messaging applications typically require a backend cloud server to store and transmit your messages to other users as well as to gather analytics on your usage and serve up ads to you. That's another way that we're a little different. No ads and no parsing your personal data for revenue. The revenue we generate for the hard work we put into the app comes from your purchase of the app.

More details on other use cases for the app and the user guide with more photos of the app in use can be found at

WhyChat? Because now you can chat with other people from any nearby place that other iOS users exist. WhyChat is similar to other chat messaging applications, but the major difference is that no information is stored or transmitted to the cloud. All messages are sent directly between iOS devices wit...