A 2000s-style chat app for your phone
Y2K Chat is a messenger for Android and iPhone that works like the instant messengers of the 2000s: a buddy list that shows who's online, nudges, away messages, sign-in sounds and the song you're playing under your name. It's free, and it's only for friends you add yourself.
Why people miss 2000s chat
Chatting used to feel like an event. You signed in, saw who else was around, set an away message when you left, and nudged a friend who wasn't answering. The apps that did this are gone: Windows Live Messenger closed in 2013, AIM in 2017 and Yahoo Messenger in 2018.
What Y2K Chat offers
- A buddy list that shows which friends are online, away or offline, with their personal message and the song they're playing.
- Nudges that shake your friend's chat window, with a sound.
- Away messages: a preset like "Be right back" or your own words.
- Sign-in chimes when a friend comes online, mutable per friend.
- An answering machine: if nobody's online, leave a voice message on the "tape".
- Circles: small group chats of up to 10 friends.
And what's left out: no AI, no ads, no feeds, no strangers, no photos or videos. Messages delete themselves after 30 days. It has its own original look and sounds, and it's free.
Get Y2K Chat
On iPhone there's no App Store download: open y2kchats.com in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. It opens from your home screen like any other app.
Questions
Is there a 2000s-style chat app for iPhone?
Yes. Y2K Chat works on iPhone without the App Store: open y2kchats.com in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android it's on Google Play.
What can you do in Y2K Chat?
See which friends are online, away or offline, send nudges that shake the chat window, set away messages, hear a chime when a friend signs in, chat in small circles of up to 10 friends, and leave voice messages on an answering machine when nobody's around.
What happens to my messages?
Messages and voice messages delete themselves after 30 days. Your data is never sold, and there are no ads.