MessageBinder

Read your exported WhatsApp chat on screen, photos in place.

Add the file WhatsApp’s “Export chat” gave you and read the whole chat here, with the photos where they were sent.

  • Nothing uploaded
  • Free to read · PDF US$14.99 once
  • iPhone, Android or computer

Everything happens in your browser: load the page, turn off Wi‑Fi, and it still works. See a finished PDF. (opens in a new tab)

Step 1 · Add your file

Add the exported chat here to read it The .zip or .txt from “Export chat”, one or several. Not sure where it is? See the steps below.
Where is the file? How to find it
  1. 1
    Find the export you already have
    It is a .zip (iPhone) or a .txt, often with photo files next to it (Android), named “WhatsApp Chat with …” or “WhatsApp Chat - …”. Look in Files › Downloads or iCloud Drive on an iPhone, in Files or Google Drive on Android, in your email if you sent it to yourself, or in Downloads on a computer.
  2. 2
    Add it here
    Tap Choose file and pick the .zip or .txt. Several chats at once is fine. If Android gave you a .txt plus photos, select them all together so the photos show.
  3. 3
    Pick a chat and read it
    Every chat in the file is listed with its message count and dates. The messages appear as bubbles, your side on the right, with the photos, the date and the time of each; every message is free to read.
  4. 4
    Keep it, or just close the page
    Reading is free. To keep the chat as a dated, page-numbered PDF with the photos in place, plus a spreadsheet and the original files, pay once (US$14.99). Or simply close the page: nothing was uploaded, so there is nothing to delete.

No export yet? In WhatsApp, open the chat, tap the name at the top (iPhone) or ⋮ › More (Android) and choose Export chat; the WhatsApp to PDF page has every step for each phone.

What you get

A page of a finished PDF, made by this page from a made-up WhatsApp export.Page 1 of a finished PDF (made-up messages). Your free sample looks the same, with a SAMPLE watermark.

A page of a finished PDF, made by this page from a made-up WhatsApp export.

  • The date above each day and the time on every message
  • Photos in place, in the order they were sent
  • One PDF per chat or group, with page numbers; long chats come in parts
  • One spreadsheet: every message, sortable.
  • Your original files: photos, audio, documents.

Open a finished example PDF (opens in a new tab)

Use it to keep a chat with someone who matters, to print a dated selection for an application file, or to read a long chat as a document.

Pricing

Free
  • Read every conversation in full, on screen
  • Photos, dates and times in place
  • A sample PDF: the first 20 messages, watermarked
  • No account, no email
US$14.99once · all three tools
  • Every conversation as a dated, page-numbered PDF
  • A spreadsheet of every message, plus the original files
  • 5 devices · works or your money back (30 days)
  • Sales tax, VAT or GST is added at checkout where it applies

Charged in US dollars. Payment and receipt by Dodo Payments, the payment company that also emails your license key.

Before you pay

  • Made by Jin Kim, an independent developer. Questions and refunds: help@voicebinder.com.
  • Your messages never leave your browser: load the page, turn off Wi‑Fi, and it still works.
  • What is sent: your license key, to Dodo Payments’ license check, when you enter it; and an anonymous count of which step was reached, with nothing about your messages or your key.
  • Checkout and receipt happen on Dodo Payments’ own secure page, in a new tab; your card details never reach this site.
  • Works or your money back: if the full export doesn’t work for your files, email within 30 days of buying for a full refund (see Terms).
What exactly is sent and stored
  • Made by Jin Kim, an independent developer. Questions and refunds: help@voicebinder.com.
  • Your messages are read and turned into PDFs inside your browser. The message content, names, numbers and files are never sent anywhere: load the page, turn off Wi‑Fi, and it still works.
  • What does leave your browser: when you enter a license key, the key and a short device label (for example “MessageBinder web (MacIntel)”) go only to Dodo Payments’ license service, which checks the key; later checks also send the activation number Dodo gave this browser. The page also tells this site which step was reached (opened, file added, preview, sample, unlock, back to this tab after opening the checkout, key accepted, export, and when a key is not accepted, only the kind of problem: empty, partial, not recognized, device limit, no longer active or no connection) as a plain count, with no identifier and nothing about your messages or your key (see Privacy). Nothing else is sent.
  • Checkout opens on Dodo Payments’ own secure page, in a new tab. Dodo handles the payment and the receipt and emails you the license key. Your card details never reach this site, and your key and email address are never part of this site’s web addresses. The Paste button next to the key box reads your clipboard only when you tap it, only to put the key in the box, and sends nothing.
  • This browser keeps your license key, its activation number and the time of the last check in its own storage so you don’t retype it, and for 30 days a note if a key was found no longer active. When you open the checkout, this tab also notes the time, so the steps to finish your purchase are ready if you come back within an hour; that note stays only in this tab and is removed once your key is accepted. Nothing else is stored.
  • Works or your money back: if the full export doesn’t work for your files, email within 30 days of buying for a full refund (see Terms).

Find the export and read it

1 min · any device
  1. 1
    Find the export you already have
    It is a .zip (iPhone) or a .txt, often with photo files next to it (Android), named “WhatsApp Chat with …” or “WhatsApp Chat - …”. Look in Files › Downloads or iCloud Drive on an iPhone, in Files or Google Drive on Android, in your email if you sent it to yourself, or in Downloads on a computer.
  2. 2
    Add it here
    Tap Choose file and pick the .zip or .txt. Several chats at once is fine. If Android gave you a .txt plus photos, select them all together so the photos show.
  3. 3
    Pick a chat and read it
    Every chat in the file is listed with its message count and dates. The messages appear as bubbles, your side on the right, with the photos, the date and the time of each; every message is free to read.
  4. 4
    Keep it, or just close the page
    Reading is free. To keep the chat as a dated, page-numbered PDF with the photos in place, plus a spreadsheet and the original files, pay once (US$14.99). Or simply close the page: nothing was uploaded, so there is nothing to delete.

No export yet? In WhatsApp, open the chat, tap the name at the top (iPhone) or ⋮ › More (Android) and choose Export chat; the WhatsApp to PDF page has every step for each phone.

Questions

What is MessageBinder?

MessageBinder is a web page that turns a WhatsApp “Export chat” file into dated PDFs with the photos in place, plus spreadsheets and the original attachments, entirely in your browser: nothing is uploaded. Reading every message on screen is free; the PDF export is US$14.99 once, with no subscription.

How do I open a WhatsApp chat .txt file?

Add it here and tap the chat. The .txt opens in Notes or Notepad too, but as one long block where every line starts with a date and the photos are missing; here each message is its own bubble, in order, with the photo where it was sent. In an export made without media, a short label such as [Photo] marks where the picture was.

Is my chat uploaded when I view it?

No. Your messages are read and turned into PDFs inside your browser; they are never uploaded. Once the page has loaded, you can turn off Wi‑Fi and it still works. The page only fetches its own files (the page, its code and fonts) and, if you bought a license, asks our payment company whether your key is valid: when you enter it and each time you open the page again. It also sends the anonymous step counts described under “Before you pay”.

Why pay instead of screenshots or “print to PDF”?

Screenshots are fine for a few messages; a whole chat means hundreds of cropped images with no searchable dates. WhatsApp’s own export is a text file with the photos as separate files, and printing it from a browser loses the photos and the layout. MessageBinder puts names, times and photos back in place, one PDF per chat (long chats come in parts), plus a spreadsheet you can filter by month. The preview and the 20-message sample are free.

Is reading really free? What costs money?

Reading is free: open the file, list the chats and read every message of every chat, photos included, with no account and no email. Money changes hands only if you want the chat as a file: one payment of US$14.99 gives the dated, page-numbered PDF of each chat, a spreadsheet of every message and the original photos and files, for every chat you add, on 5 devices.

Does it show the photos?

Yes, when the export included them (“With all media” on an iPhone, “Include media” on Android): each photo appears in its bubble and opens full size. Voice notes and videos play on the page when the browser can play them (Chrome and Android play WhatsApp voice notes; an iPhone may show them as a labelled line instead); documents show as labels. All of them come as files in the full export. If your export came without pictures, the guide to exporting again with media explains why and what to do.

Can I view a chat that someone else exported and sent me?

Yes. Any “Export chat” file works, whoever made it. The page asks which name is you so that your messages sit on the right; pick the person whose phone made the export, or whoever you like.

Can I search inside the chat?

Yes. In an open chat, tap Search and type a word: every match is highlighted and the arrows move from one to the next. The list of chats can also be filtered by name, and the spreadsheet in the full export (messages.csv) opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets for sorting.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes: open this page in the phone’s browser and pick the file from Files (iPhone) or Files or Drive (Android). A computer works the same way; if the export is on the phone, save it to iCloud Drive or Google Drive first and open this page on the computer.

What about group chats, or several chats at once?

A group chat shows each person’s name above their messages. You can add several export files in one go; each chat is listed on its own.

How do I export the chat from WhatsApp?

Open the chat in WhatsApp, tap the name at the top (iPhone) or ⋮ › More (Android), choose Export chat, then “With all media” or “Include media” if you want the photos, and save the file. The WhatsApp to PDF page has the steps for each phone.

How is this different from the WhatsApp to PDF page?

Same reader, different starting point. This page is for an export you already have and want to read; the WhatsApp to PDF page starts with exporting from WhatsApp and is written around the finished PDF. A license works on both.

What does the viewer cost?

Nothing to read: open the file, list the chats and read every message with the photos; no account, no email. The PDF, the spreadsheet and the files are one payment of US$14.99, no subscription, which also covers Google Voice and phone texts, on 5 devices. If the full export does not work for your files, email us within 30 days for a full refund.