A voice messaging app with an ending
Say it,
then let it go.
Modern social media makes communication permanent, performative and endless. Nampa makes it private, spoken and finished.
No feed. No AI transcription. No archive by default. No doomscrolling.
Most apps ask for another minute. Nampa gives it back.
Texts get polished, forwarded, screenshotted and kept forever. Feeds are built so you never reach the bottom.
We wanted something simpler. You say what you mean, someone you care about hears it, and that's the end of it. Nothing piles up behind it, and nothing is waiting underneath to pull you back in.
There is no doomscrolling because there is no bottomless feed.
You don't sound like a text message.
So much of what we type now gets autocorrected, suggested, or written by something that isn't the person sending it. Back in 2022, Europol's Innovation Lab projected that up to 90% of online content could be synthetically generated by 2026. Well, it's 2026. Your voice is still yours. People can hear when you're smiling, or tired, or when you nearly didn't say it.
Hold, talk, let go.
- Hold the button and talk. Anything from a second to a minute. You can't edit it and there's no take two, so what they hear is what you meant.
- Send it to one person, or a few. Most notes go to one person. A circle is a small group of people you actually talk to. There's no feed and no audience, just the people you picked.
- They hear it once, and get one replay. Then it's deleted. If they never play it, it's deleted after 24 hours anyway.
- A ring shows how long is left. There's no countdown to read. The ring around someone's photo slowly empties, and turns red in the last hour.
Say something. Hear it once.
Hold the button and talk for a few seconds. You'll hear it back once, you get one replay, and then it's gone.
Hold to talk
Your recording stays in this tab. We don't upload it or save it, and it's deleted after the replay.
Encrypted before it leaves your phone.
Voice notes are encrypted on the sender's device. Nampa stores encrypted audio and is designed so our systems cannot play your private notes.
Each note has its own key, kept apart from the audio and deleted when the note ends. Screenshots come out blank, and there's nothing to save or share.
Read the security overview and privacy policy.
Questions people ask
What is Nampa?
Nampa is a voice messaging app with an ending. You hold a button and talk, anything from a second to a minute, and send it to one person or a small circle. They hear it once, get one replay, and then it's deleted. There's no feed, no AI transcription and no archive.
How long do Nampa voice notes last?
Until it has been heard and replayed once. After the replay the note is deleted. If nobody plays it, it's deleted 24 hours after it was sent.
Is there a feed or doomscrolling on Nampa?
No. There is no doomscrolling because there is no bottomless feed. There isn't a feed at all, only the notes people sent to you. Once you've heard them, you're done.
Does Nampa use AI?
No. We don't transcribe, summarise, score, rank or train on anything you say. There's no assistant and no recommendation engine. People built it so people can talk to each other.
Does Nampa analyse my voice or emotions?
No. We never transcribe your voice, read your tone or try to guess how you feel. The person you send it to hears it exactly as you said it, and then it's deleted.
Is Nampa private?
Voice notes are encrypted on the sender's device. Nampa stores encrypted audio and is designed so our systems cannot play your private notes. Each note's key is kept apart from the audio and deleted when the note ends, and after that the note can't be opened anywhere, backups included. Our full security overview explains what this protects against and what it doesn't.
Is Nampa end to end encrypted?
Not in the strict sense, and we won't call it that. Notes are encrypted on the sender's phone and our storage only holds encrypted audio, but while a note is alive its key is held by a separate Nampa service so the recipient can open it. We keep that service apart from the audio and delete each key when the note ends. The security overview sets out exactly where the limits are.
Can people screenshot a Nampa voice note?
The playback screen is blocked from screenshots and screen recording on iOS and Android, and there's no way to share, export or save a note. Someone could still hold up a second phone and record it. We'd rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.
How do I get a Nampa invite?
Nampa is invite only. Every member gets three codes a month, and each invite traces back to the person who sent it. You can't skip the queue or pay to get in.
Why voice instead of text?
Typed messages go through autocorrect and suggestions, and more and more of them are written by software. They also lose the breath, the pauses and the timing that tell you how someone really feels. In 2022 Europol's Innovation Lab projected that up to 90% of online content could be synthetically generated by 2026. A voice note still needs a real person to say it.
Is Nampa free?
Yes. Version one has no paid plan and nothing to buy, not even extra replays or invites.
Hear each other again.
Somewhere along the way, talking to people online stopped feeling like talking. What we said stayed up forever, got counted, and sat in a feed next to things designed to keep us scrolling.
Nampa is our attempt at the opposite. A real voice, heard by someone who matters, and then let go. Fewer feeds and more conversations. Nothing to catch up on, nothing piling up, so you can put the phone down.
Someone has to let you in.
Everyone on Nampa is here because someone wanted to hear from them. Ask a friend who's already in for one of their codes, or email us and we'll send you one when we can.