Questions, answered.

AI Reply Assistant is a Singapore-built iOS app that connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and Messenger directly from your device, bringing them into one secure inbox. Messages go straight from your phone to the network. Apple Intelligence is built in through on-device processing. With Claude, you get even more expertise to handle more complex requests — bring your own API key.

Four today: WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and Messenger. Each connects directly from your device — messages go straight to the network, and nothing routes through our servers. WhatsApp connects via Whatsmeow and Telegram via TDLib, both preserving end-to-end encryption; Instagram and Messenger connect through the Messagix bridge. The four platforms are not identical — Instagram, for example, does not accept document sends and polls are group-only on Meta — so check the feature table for the specifics. AI Reply Assistant is a messaging app; voice and video calls are not supported. More platforms are on the roadmap.

AI Reply Assistant runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or later, and on Apple Silicon Macs (M1 and later) as the iPad app on macOS Tahoe 26. Apple Intelligence features need an Apple Intelligence-capable device — iPhone 15 Pro and later, or any iPad or Mac with an M1 chip or A17 Pro and later. Not available on Apple Vision Pro, Android, or the web.

Yes — AI Reply Assistant supports all major Telegram bot features:

• Bot commands — Type / in a bot’s private chat to see its available commands in a scrollable autocomplete menu. Tap a command to send it instantly. In non-bot chats, typing / triggers Quick Reply instead (see the Quick Reply section below).
• Inline keyboards — Interactive buttons below bot messages (URL, callback, login auth, switch inline, payment, and more)
• Reply keyboards — Custom keyboards with bot-defined answer options (one-time, persistent, resizable)
• Mini Apps (Web Apps) — Full Telegram Web App JS bridge with theme sync, haptic feedback, native popups, and data exchange
• Inline mode — Type @botname to query inline bots and send results (articles, photos, GIFs, videos, stickers)
• HTML5 games — Play button opens games in a WebView with score tracking
• Dice and emoji rolls — Dedicated dice bubble for 🎲🎯🏀🎳⚽🎰
• Invoices and payments — Pay with Telegram Stars directly from invoice bubbles
• Paid media — Unlock photos and videos behind a Stars paywall
• Deep linking — Open t.me/botname?start=param links to launch bots with parameters
• Bot description panel — See the bot’s description and Start button in empty chats
• Peer selection — Share users, groups, or channels with bots via filtered picker
• Attachment menu bots — Add approved bots to the attachment menu for quick access

You interact with bots as a regular Telegram user — you cannot log in as a bot account.

Yes. Writing Tools are available right in AI Reply Assistant's input bar — proofread your text, rewrite different versions until the tone and wording are just right, and summarize selected text with a tap. Available nearly everywhere you write.

Quick Reply presets are available as a Home Screen widget and in Control Center — so you can fire off "On my way" or "Got it" without opening the app.

Email contact@flowbie.sg — we read every one.

WhatsApp and Telegram use on-device connections; Instagram and Messenger connect through the Messagix bridge — either way, messages go straight from your device to the network. Most everyday features work everywhere, but the four platforms are not identical. Telegram exposes its whole bot ecosystem (inline keyboards, Mini Apps, payments, and more) and a few options like silent sending and forward controls are Telegram-only. On the Meta side, Instagram does not accept document/PDF sends and cannot set a disappearing-message timer; polls on both Instagram and Messenger are limited to group chats; neither has continuous live location; and location and contact shares reach the recipient as a maps link and a formatted text message rather than the native cards WhatsApp and Telegram use. The table below is verified feature by feature.

Yes. Long-press any message to see a quick reaction bar with six default emoji (👍 ❤️ 😂 😮 😢 🙏), or tap the + button to pick any emoji. Reactions sync with the platform — recipients see them in their native WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, or Messenger app.

Pin important messages to keep them at the top of a chat. A glass-effect banner appears at the top of the conversation showing the pinned message — tap it to scroll to the original. If multiple messages are pinned, you can navigate between them with arrows. Pins support expiry durations (24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days) and can be unpinned with a quick action.

Star any message to save it for later. The Starred Messages view gives you a searchable, scrollable list of everything you have starred — with sender avatars, timestamps, and "Starred by you" labels. You can swipe to unstar, or enter bulk edit mode to multi-select and unstar in batch.

Yes. Quick filter chips at the top of the chat list let you show All, Unread, Groups, or Favourites in one tap. You can also create custom folders (Telegram-style) for more granular organisation. Pin your most important chats, archive ones you want out of the way, and lock sensitive conversations behind Face ID.

Yes — animated emoji are a first-class feature throughout the app. Send a single emoji and it plays as a full Telegram-style Lottie animation with a fullscreen overlay effect and haptic feedback — tap it to replay. Long-press any message and the reaction bar shows animated emoji that play as the bar appears.

Animated Lottie emoji render anywhere they appear — reaction bubbles, the reaction detail overlay, sticker pack thumbnails, emoji category tabs, and forum topic icons — falling back gracefully to static text when unavailable. Supported formats: TGS (Lottie), animated WebP, and WEBM, alongside static PNG and JPEG stickers.

Telegram sticker packs and premium custom emoji sync automatically into the unified sticker picker — send them in both Telegram and WhatsApp chats. Mask sticker packs sync too and appear in the photo editor, where Vision-powered face detection auto-positions masks on detected faces (multiple faces supported, with manual drag, scale, and rotate).

WhatsApp has no automatic sticker sync, but you can import packs shared in WhatsApp chats and then use them across both platforms.

Animations render off the main thread for smooth scrolling and can be toggled on or off in Chat settings.

Mask stickers are a special Telegram sticker type designed to be placed on faces in photos — think sunglasses, hats, moustaches, and other face accessories. Your installed Telegram mask packs sync automatically to AI Reply Assistant and appear in the photo editor when you tap the Sticker tool. Select a mask sticker and AI Reply Assistant uses the Vision framework to detect faces in your photo. If one face is found, the mask auto-positions using the sticker’s anchor point (forehead, eyes, mouth, or chin). If multiple faces are found, you’ll see a numbered overlay — tap the face you want. After placement, drag, pinch, and rotate to fine-tune. Mask stickers are separate from regular stickers and don’t appear in the chat sticker picker.

Yes. Videos can play in a draggable picture-in-picture window that persists as you navigate between chats. It snaps to screen corners, supports tap-to-expand, and auto-hides controls after 3 seconds. Circular video notes (Telegram-style) are supported too.

AI Reply Assistant generates rich link previews with adaptive layouts. Social media and photo links get a large top thumbnail. Articles get a compact side thumbnail. YouTube and Vimeo links show a video card with a play overlay. Thumbnails are cached and space is reserved during loading so the chat does not jump.

Yes. Long-press a message, tap Forward, and pick multiple recipients from your contacts or chats. You can add an optional message before forwarding. AI Reply Assistant tracks each recipient’s delivery individually. For Telegram, you can also toggle Hide Sender (sends as a copy without the “Forwarded from” attribution) and Remove Caption (strips media captions) before forwarding.

Yes. Edited messages show an "edited" label. Tap it to see the edit count and when the last edit was made.

Open any conversation’s info panel to browse all media shared in that chat — photos, videos, documents, voice messages, and more — organised by category with lazy-loaded thumbnails. It is a fast way to find that photo or PDF someone sent weeks ago.

Yes. Open a contact’s info panel and scroll to "Groups in Common" to see every group you both belong to, with member counts and avatars. Tap any group to jump straight to it.

Birthday sync matches your Telegram, WhatsApp, and device contacts to each other by phone number (last 8 digits). Tapping Sync Birthday in the contacts list first pulls the latest birthdays from your iOS Contacts app, then fills in any contact still missing a birthday using the date from their Telegram profile.

The same sync also adds contact photos: when a WhatsApp or Telegram contact has an avatar and the matching device contact has none, that photo is written into your iOS Contacts app — so your address book finally shows pictures. It only ever fills in blanks; an existing birthday or photo is never overwritten.

Edits you make to a device contact’s birthday or name in AI Reply Assistant are written back to iOS Contacts, keeping both in sync. Pull to refresh the contacts list to re-sync at any time.

When it’s a contact’s birthday, a celebration banner appears at the top of your chat. Tap it and AI Reply Assistant drafts a birthday greeting placed in your input field — you can review and edit before sending. You can also filter your contacts list by upcoming birthdays to see who is celebrating soon.

Yes, for Telegram live locations. When a contact shares their live location on Telegram, you can set a distance threshold and AI Reply Assistant monitors in the background, sending you a local notification when that person comes within range — useful for knowing when a friend is nearby or a delivery is approaching. WhatsApp doesn’t deliver live-location updates to linked apps (it keeps live location on your primary phone), so a WhatsApp live location shows its starting point with a prompt to open the WhatsApp app for live tracking. You can still share and view static location pins on WhatsApp. Instagram and Messenger have no continuous live location at all, so there is nothing to monitor there — a shared location arrives as a one-time map link.

Yes. When a contact’s security code changes (for example, after reinstalling the app on a new device), AI Reply Assistant shows a highlighted inline notification in the chat — similar to WhatsApp’s native security alert. Tap it for details about the identity change.

Yes. When you delete a message, a 5-second undo toast appears at the bottom of the screen. Tap "Undo" to restore the message instantly before the deletion syncs to the server. If you navigate away or the timer expires, the delete is committed permanently.

Long-press the send button to see send options. Tap "Send Silently" to deliver the message without triggering a notification on the recipient’s device. This is ideal for late-night messages or non-urgent updates. The option appears only in Telegram chats (WhatsApp does not support silent delivery).

Yes. If you are a group admin on Telegram, long-press any member’s message and tap "Moderate User" in the context menu. From there you can delete the message, delete all messages from that user, restrict them (mute for 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or permanently), or ban them from the group. On WhatsApp groups you can remove the member.

When you open a private or secret chat with someone who isn’t in your contacts, a contextual action bar appears at the top of the chat. Depending on the situation, it offers quick actions like Report Spam, Block, Add Contact, Share Phone Number, or Unarchive. For new contacts, it also shows account information such as when the user registered and their phone number’s country. The bar updates in real-time and disappears automatically after you take an action.

The context menu includes entity-specific actions when the message contains tappable content. For URLs you get Copy Link and Open in Safari. For phone numbers you get Call and Copy Number. For email addresses you get Copy Email. These appear alongside the standard message actions like Reply, Forward, and Copy.

No. If your recording is longer than 1 second, AI Reply Assistant shows a confirmation dialog asking whether to discard or keep the recording. This applies to voice messages, video notes, and the advanced voice recorder with trimming. Recordings under 1 second are discarded immediately since they are likely accidental.

It depends on the platform. On WhatsApp, disappearing messages are fully supported. On Telegram, they work in regular chats, but secret-chat support is limited. On Messenger, a disappearing-message timer can only be set in end-to-end encrypted chats. On Instagram, it is not available at all — Instagram’s Vanish Mode is a manual toggle inside Instagram with no timer a third-party client can set.

In Telegram supergroups with slow mode enabled, a countdown badge appears on the send button showing when you can send your next message. This matches the native Telegram behaviour for rate-limited groups.

No. AI Reply Assistant is a messaging app — voice and video calls are not supported on any connected platform (WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, or Messenger). Use the official app for calls.

AI Reply Assistant provides comprehensive Telegram bot support: bot commands menu with autocomplete, inline keyboards (URL links, callback buttons, login auth, switch-to-inline, copy text, payment, and more), reply keyboards with one-time, persistent, resize, and placeholder text options, full callback query round-trips, Mini Apps (Web Apps) with the complete Telegram Web App JavaScript bridge, bot menu buttons, inline mode (@bot queries) with real-time results, HTML5 games with score tracking, dice and emoji rolls, invoice and payments with Telegram Stars, peer selection buttons, deep linking (bot start parameters), bot description panels, paid media behind a Stars paywall, and attachment menu bots.

Yes. Lock any conversation behind Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID. Locked chats are hidden from the main conversation list and moved to a dedicated Locked Chats folder that requires biometric authentication to access. Notifications for locked chats hide message previews automatically.

Yes, for WhatsApp and Telegram. AI Reply Assistant gives you granular control over platform-specific privacy — last seen, profile photo visibility, read receipts, typing indicators, online status, group add permissions, and more. You can manage exception lists (allowlists and blocklists) for each setting, all without leaving the app. Instagram and Messenger do not expose an equivalent privacy-settings interface to third-party clients, so those are managed in Meta's own apps.

Open Appearance settings to access the theme gallery with preset colour schemes, or create a fully custom theme — pick bubble colours, gradients, shadows, corner radius, and opacity. You can also set a wallpaper from solid colours, gradients, your photo library, or AI-generated art. A live chat preview updates in real time as you make changes.

Yes. Choose between Light, Dark, or Automatic (follows your device setting). You can also enable Auto-Night Mode to schedule dark mode for specific hours or switch automatically at sunset based on your location.

Yes. Appearance settings let you choose from a range of font families with a live pangram preview, and set text size across five levels from Extra Small to Extra Large. You can also toggle "Use System Text Size" to follow your device accessibility setting, and enable High Contrast for better readability.

In Chat settings you can independently enable or disable Smart Replies (quick AI suggestions), Skill (full message drafts), and Analyze (thread summarisation). Apple Intelligence is the built-in default through on-device processing. With Claude, you get even more expertise — pick between Haiku and Sonnet to handle more complex requests.

You get a master toggle plus granular controls for message previews, sounds, badge count, and alert style. In-app notifications have separate settings for sounds, haptics, and preview banners. Quiet Hours lets you silence everything on a schedule while still allowing critical alerts.

Quiet Hours silences all AI Reply Assistant notifications during a time window you set — for example, 10 pm to 7 am. You can allow critical alerts to break through, and optionally enable an automatic mode that adjusts based on your device location.

Data Management settings show a visual breakdown of your storage usage. You can set media retention periods (1 week to forever), configure auto-download rules per media type (photos, audio, video, documents) and per network (Wi-Fi only or always), set a cache size limit, and enable Auto-Clean to clear the cache automatically when storage runs low.

Yes. Data Management offers two export options: Export All Data saves your full SwiftData store as a JSON file, and Export Messages CSV exports your message history as a spreadsheet. Both can be shared via the system share sheet for backup or review.

Beyond the headline options, Chat settings let you fine-tune:

• Emoji behaviour — skin tone, large emoji mode, auto-convert emoticons, animated stickers
• Auto-play — GIFs and inline videos
• Default platform — which messaging service new messages use
• Apple Intelligence content actions — inline translation prompts on foreign-language messages, summary indicators, transcription buttons (voice messages, videos, video notes, audio files), and Visual Intelligence

Yes. Alongside solid colours, gradients, and photos from your library, AI Reply Assistant lets you create fun, original wallpapers with Image Playground — entirely on-device. Pick a style and concept, and the image is created on device without any data leaving your phone.

Yes. In Appearance settings, tap Accent Color to open a colour picker and choose any colour for buttons, links, and highlights throughout the app. It applies instantly across the entire interface.

Yes. Enable Contact Sync in Privacy settings to import contacts from your device address book. This makes it easier to find recipients when sending messages. AI Reply Assistant requests the standard iOS Contacts permission and shows the current authorisation status so you always know what access has been granted.

Yes. Enable Low Data Mode in Data Management to automatically compress media before uploading on cellular. You can also set Upload Quality (High, Standard, or Compressed) and configure per-media-type auto-download rules — choosing between Never, Wi-Fi Only, or Always for photos, audio, videos, and documents separately.

Yes. Each settings section — Privacy, Chat, Appearance, Notifications, and Data Management — has its own Reset button at the bottom. Resetting one section restores its defaults without affecting the others, so you can experiment freely.

Yes. In Account settings you can change your display name and upload a new profile picture from your photo library. Your profile is stored locally on your device.

Use the search bar at the top of the Settings screen. Every option across all sections is indexed, so you can type a keyword — like "emoji", "badge", or "wallpaper" — and jump straight to the right setting without scrolling through menus.

No. AI Reply Assistant uses on-device connections for WhatsApp and Telegram, and connects Instagram and Messenger through the on-device Messagix bridge — either way, messages go straight from your device to the network and nothing routes through a Flowbie server. Apple Intelligence is integrated through on-device processing — nothing leaves your phone. You control when Claude is used, and even then it goes directly to Anthropic, not through Flowbie.

On-device connections mean messages are sent directly from your device to the network. Your Skills, settings, and message history live only on your device. Apple Intelligence sessions are isolated and capped per Apple's privacy guarantees.

The minimum needed for the app to run — basic crash diagnostics and your subscription state if applicable. We do not collect message contents. Full details in the Privacy policy.

Yes. Your API key is stored in the iOS Keychain, never sent to Flowbie, and used only by your device when you trigger a Claude reply.

No. Cloud Model is off by default and is a setting you turn on per feature — Smart Reply and Skill — after connecting your own Anthropic key. Even then, only the conversation you actively ask Claude to draft in is sent, directly from your iPhone. Conversations you never request a cloud draft in stay on-device only — Claude never sees them.

Any AI that reads untrusted text is exposed to prompt injection. AI Reply Assistant only sends a conversation to Cloud Model when you ask it to draft there, and never sends messages or files automatically — every reply is reviewed and sent by you. We treat incoming text as untrusted input and do not let it issue commands to the model.