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WACompanion

Everything WACompanion does for WhatsApp Web.

I got tired of scrolling for things I already had: account details, prices, the copy we agreed on, the reply I owed three days ago. WACompanion is what I built to stop doing that. It runs on your own computer, with no account and no upload.

Free Chrome extension Pro Windows desktop app

Organize every chat

See who needs you at a glance, in colors you recognize.

The Lists menu with All, Unread, Favorites and your own Lists, plus the Needs Reply and Awaiting Reply filters.
Your Lists in a real menu, with Needs Reply and Awaiting Reply built in.
Chats pinned as tabs along the top of the desktop app, above the WACompanion ribbon with a New tab button.
Pin chats as tabs and switch in one click.

Colored Lists

Free

Your WhatsApp Lists appear in a side rail, each with its own color, with a flyout that shows the full names. The extension colors up to 5 Lists. Pro has no cap.

Needs Reply and Awaiting Reply

Free

Two smart filters WhatsApp does not have: chats waiting on you, and chats waiting on them.

Chat tabs

Pro

Pin your most-used chats as tabs along the top and jump between them in one click. Unread badges show, and drafts are kept per chat.

Capture what matters

Mark the details you will need later the moment they arrive.

The Tag this message menu with Credential, Instruction, Pricing, Feedback and Add to Notes, beside a highlighted message.
Tag a message from its Actions button.
The Tags panel listing Credential, Instruction, Pricing and Feedback with Rename and Remove, and a New tag button.
Rename, recolor or add your own tags.
The Sticky Notes panel with a note titled Saved messages and a formatting toolbar.
Notes live beside each chat.
The Tagged Messages drawer showing one message with a Feedback tag and a search box.
Every tagged message for the chat, in one drawer.

Message tagging

Free

Tag any message as Credential, Instruction, Pricing or Feedback, or make your own tags with custom names and colors. The extension allows 10 custom tags. Pro has no cap.

Tagged messages drawer

Free

Every tagged message for the chat you are in, in one place.

Sticky notes

Free

Several notes per chat, each with a title, a saved date and a short preview. Bold, italic, bullets, numbers, checklists and quotes, in the style of Google Keep.

Add to Notes

Free

Save a message into the chat’s “Saved messages” note.

Smart copy

Pro

Copy just the email, phone number or link from a message with one click. Phone numbers come out in a clean, dialable form.

Right-click menu on messages

Pro

Right-click any message to tag it, copy it or add it to notes.

Actions highlight

Pro

The message you are about to act on is outlined in soft blue while the Actions button is showing.

Reply faster

Stop retyping the same message, and stop forgetting to follow up.

The Message Templates dialog with a template called Daily Check In and a Create button.
Save a reply once, then insert it any time.
The reminder dialog with a date and time picker and a Set Reminder button.
Set a reminder on any chat.
The right-click menu in the message box with Insert Template and Create Template.
Right-click the message box to insert or create a template.
A Speech to text button above the message box, with its tooltip.
Speech to text types what you say. You press Send.

Message templates

Free

Saved replies inserted into the compose box. They are never sent automatically. The extension holds 10 templates. Pro has no cap.

Chat reminders

Free

Set a due time on a chat and get a system notification. The extension allows 5 active reminders. Pro has no cap.

Speech to text

Pro

A button beside the mic turns your voice into English text on your own computer and only inserts it. You press Send. It is not a voice message.

Right-click in the compose box

Pro

Spelling suggestions, Cut, Copy, Paste, Insert Template and Create Template.

Private by design

Share your screen without sharing your chats.

Privacy settings with options to blur names, profile pictures, previews, message text and media, and reveal on hover.
Choose exactly what to hide. Alt+Shift+Y turns it on or off.
The PIN lock panel with Lock now, Auto-lock after 5 min, Change PIN and Remove PIN.
Lock the app with a PIN. Alt+Shift+L locks it at once.
The WACompanion lock screen with a steam engine illustration and a PIN field.
The screen you see when the app is locked.

Privacy mode

Free

Choose what to hide: the whole chat list, names, profile pictures, previews, message text, photos and videos, or the message box. Optional reveal on hover. Toggle it with Alt+Shift+Y.

Local-only storage

Free

No account and no server. Nothing is uploaded.

PIN lock

Pro

A 4 to 6 digit PIN locks the app when it opens, after you have been idle, or on demand with Alt+Shift+L. Wrong PINs get a growing delay.

Never miss what matters

Let the important people through, even when the chat is muted.

The VIP notifications panel with a sound picker, Stay on screen until dismissed and Notify even if the chat is muted.
VIP chats get a star and a sound, and stay on screen.
The Overlay widget settings with size and position options.
Bubbles stay on screen while WhatsApp is minimized.

VIP notifications

Pro

Up to 5 chosen people and groups get a star, a sound of your choice, and stay on screen until dismissed, even if the chat is muted.

Overlay widget

Pro

While WhatsApp is minimized, small bubbles stay on your screen: one per VIP and one for everyone else. Click a bubble to read the latest messages. With the PIN lock on, you see counts but not names or text.

Runs in the tray

Pro

Close the window and reminders still fire.

Starts with your computer

Pro

Opens quietly in the tray.

Your data, your devices

Move your history between your own computers. No cloud account in the middle.

The Multi-Device Sync dialog with a sync chat step and a passphrase step.
Encrypted sync between your own devices.

Sync between your devices

Free

Carries your captured message history between your own devices through WhatsApp itself, encrypted with your passphrase. The app only fills the compose box. You press Send.

Sync by file

Free

Export and import an encrypted file of that history from the same panel.

Export and import everything

Free

Full backup and restore from Settings.

Built to feel native

Every feature in one tidy place, following your theme.

Text size sliders for the chat list and for messages, beside the Settings ribbon.
Separate text size for the chat list and for messages.

Side rail with themes

Free

One tidy rail for every feature, with 7 color presets or your own colors, and a live preview.

Floating ribbon

Pro

Every feature sits in a see-through bar that floats over the conversation. Hover it and it turns solid and drops down labelled buttons. It never moves or resizes WhatsApp.

Follows WhatsApp light and dark

Free

The look switches with WhatsApp’s own theme.

Settings page

Free

Manage tags, List colors, theme and data counts.

Text size

Pro

Separate sliders for the chat list and for messages.

Windows 11 look

Pro

The standard Windows 11 title bar with no old-style menu bar. Light or dark follows Windows.

Native app window

Pro

No browser tab and no browser clutter.

Global shortcut

Pro

Alt+Shift+Y toggles Privacy Mode from anywhere on your computer.

Resync button

Pro

Fixes a stalled connection from the side rail in one click, after a confirmation.

Crash recovery

Pro

The app reloads itself if the page crashes, instead of staying blank.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when the caps get in your way.

The extension is free forever. The desktop app removes every limit and adds the Pro features.

Free

Chrome extension

$0forever

  • 10 custom tags, 10 templates
  • 5 colored Lists, 5 active reminders
  • Notes, global search, privacy mode
  • Sync between your devices
Add to Chrome, free

Pro

Windows desktop app

$3.99/month launch price$4.99

or $34.99/year (about $2.92 a month). Save 41% vs the regular monthly price.

  • No caps on tags, templates, Lists or reminders
  • Search in plain language, smart copy
  • VIP notifications, overlay widget, tray
  • Chat tabs, PIN lock, speech to text
  • 7-day free trial on the yearly plan (card required)
Desktop app details

Taxes are added at checkout. 14-day money-back guarantee. Pro checkout is not open yet, so start with the free extension; it is the same product with caps.

Frequently asked questions

Wait, I thought WhatsApp did not have Lists?

It does. Click the arrow next to Groups above your chat list, then “New list”. WhatsApp built the feature but gave it no color and a cramped dropdown. WACompanion makes WhatsApp’s own Lists visible, colorable and reachable from a real sidebar.

Is my chat data ever sent to a server?

No. Tags, notes, templates, reminders, colors and your captured message history are stored on your own computer. The desktop app’s plain-language search runs on your hardware too.

What is the difference between Free and Pro?

Free is the Chrome extension. It has the core features with caps: 10 custom tags, 10 templates, 5 colored Lists and 5 active reminders. Pro is the Windows desktop app. It removes those caps and adds the desktop-only features: plain-language search, smart copy, chat tabs, VIP notifications, the overlay widget, PIN lock, speech to text and more. The feature list above marks each one.

How does Pro pricing work?

$3.99 per month at the launch price (regularly $4.99), or $34.99 per year, which is about $2.92 a month and 41% less than the regular monthly price. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial and needs a card. Taxes are added at checkout, which is handled by Creem.

Do I need an account?

No. Install the extension and it works straight away. There is no sign-up, no email and no profile.

Can this get my WhatsApp account banned?

WACompanion does not automate your account. It sends no messages on its own, replies to nothing for you and does nothing in bulk. It only adds organization on top of the page you already use. Every message is sent by you.

What does WACompanion not do?

It does not hide read receipts or typing, recover deleted messages, translate, send bulk messages or sync through a cloud service. Some other tools sell those. We chose not to build them.

What is your refund policy?

14 days money-back. Email hello@cleverworkaround.com and we will sort it out. The full wording is on the Refund Policy page.

Which browsers and computers does it run on?

The extension runs in Chrome, and also works in Edge and Brave. The desktop app is for Windows.

Is WACompanion affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta?

No. WACompanion is an independent, unofficial extension and desktop app. WhatsApp is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc.

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