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Identity
No phone. No email. Nothing tied to you.
Your tel-a identity begins anonymous. Use a generated presence and decide what, if anything, you share with someone new.
Beta is liveAnonymous. Local. Free.
Anonymous local chat. Marketplace and dating.
Stay unknown while you meet nearby people. Tel-a puts you in control of local chat, the marketplace, dating, and the conversations you choose to let in.
End to end encrypted No tracking 18+
Your signal
Anonymous by default
01The difference
What do Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram have in common?
They all want your phone number. Tel-a wants nothing.
You should not have to trade your identity for a conversation. Tel-a gives you a private local layer without turning you into a profile.
02
Distance
Choose 20, 40, or 80 miles.
Meet people, enter rooms, and browse the marketplace within the range you choose. No map, no pins, and no exact address.
03
DMs
Screenshot protected conversations.
Direct messages are built for private conversation. Screenshot protection adds another boundary around the things you say.
04
Built in
Classifieds, dating, and missed connections.
The reasons people want to connect are already inside tel-a. There is no need to hand your identity to another service first.
05
Messages
Encrypted messages that disappear on your terms.
Choose how long a message lives after it has been read. Your conversations, your timing, your control.
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Favorites
Keep your people close, from anywhere.
Add family and friends to favorites and stay in touch wherever they are, while discovery with new people remains distance protected.
02Your control center
Your identity. Your distance. Your terms.
There is no map of you. New people see a broad distance band like “less than 5 mi away,” never a location pin, address, or exact distance. You decide how near discovery reaches.
20 mi40 mi80 miWorldwide beta
Discovery
New people, your boundary
No real identity
Generated presence. You decide what you reveal.
No map
Distance bands only. Nothing precise to trace.
Ghost mode
Disappear from discovery while your chats continue.
Consent first
Media stays gated until both people agree.
Worldwide connection is here during beta while the community grows. Add family and friends to favorites from anywhere, then keep your local discovery boundary exactly where you want it.
03Private by design
Stop giving your data to big tech. Shield it with Tel-a.
When a conversation matters, you should decide its boundary. Tel-a gives you encrypted messaging, private media controls, disappearing messages, and a profile that does not start with your phone number.
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Private conversation
Encrypted channel
You decide who gets close.
And how long this stays.
No screenshots. No tracking.
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04Messaging made easy
Speak your language. Understand theirs.
Tel-a starts in English, then supports Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Set the language that feels natural to you and messages from other people are automatically translated into your selected app language.
No copying text into another tool. No worrying about translation. Just talk.
EN
English
Default language
ES
Español
Spanish
中
中文
Chinese
VI
Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese
Translation preview
Your language, right in the chat
Español · Original
¿Quieres hablar?
English · Auto translated
Would you like to talk?
中文 · Original
你好
English · Auto translated
Hello
Translation follows the language set in your Tel-a app.
Beta is live
Anonymous. Local. Free.
Get Tel-a now. Early users can connect worldwide while the local network grows. When you are ready, use your chosen distance to meet local without giving up who you are.
05Install the native app
Join Android beta testing Or download the Android APKNative Android APK and native iOS TestFlight install. This website is not the app.
Clear answers
No mystery. No fine print.
Do I need a phone number or email?
No. tel-a does not ask for a phone number or email to create your identity.
How does local discovery work?
You choose 20, 40, or 80 miles. People are shown inside a broad distance band, not on a map or at a precise location.
What happens during beta?
Worldwide connection is available while the community grows. Local discovery remains the long term home of tel-a, and favorites work from anywhere.
Are conversations encrypted?
Messages, voice notes, and calls are end to end encrypted. You control who gets access, what you share, and when you disappear from discovery.