Group & one-to-one chat
Pins, reactions, read receipts and push notifications, for your invited family only.
Talk in the Kunbaa app
Family Chat & Calls
Voice and video calls only your family can place: one-to-one, or, on Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, a group of up to 6. No phone number is handed out, and a call starts from a relative's page on the family tree. Beside them, a private chat where plans and photos stay findable.
- One-to-one calls free on every plan
- No phone number handed out
- Everyone in the family joins free
- 6 on Plus and Ultravoice + video in a group call
- Freechat and one-to-one calls, for everyone
- Pins + reactionsin every family chat
- Kunbaa appwhere chat and calls live
Chat that stays in the family
Your household's group made from your tree, the groups you start, and a direct line to each relative.
One-to-one calls are free
Call any family member from inside the app, free: voice or video, one-to-one. Group calls come with Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, and anyone in the family can join one.
Nothing worth keeping gets lost
Pin what matters, post milestones as Announcements, and keep the photos in the family archive with the people they belong to.
How a family uses it
One Sunday, four small moments.
Plans in the family chat, a word with Mum, then everyone on one screen.
Chats
Every family chat in one place.
Your household's group, made from your tree and kept in step with it, the groups you start, and a direct line to each relative. Invite-only: nobody outside the family can join.
A direct line
A quiet word with Mum.
Photos, pins, reactions and read receipts, so you know when Mum has seen it.
Call
Voice or video, from inside the app.
Call any relative from their chat or their page on the family tree. One-to-one calls are free for everyone, and nobody hands out a phone number, so no stranger, sales call or scam call can arrive on it.
Everyone on one screen
Both sets of grandparents, a sibling or two, and you.
Up to six people on one call with Kunbaa Plus. Start it from a family group chat, or tap Add during a call. See plans.
New to calls on Kunbaa? The first-time guide walks through chats, groups and calls, and calls troubleshooting covers locked-down networks.
Call the people you miss
A line only your family can ring
Call your mother in Delhi or your brother in Toronto from inside the app. Voice or video, one-to-one and free, for every member of the family. Nobody hands out a phone number, so no stranger, sales call or scam call can arrive on it.
On Kunbaa Plus or Ultra, bring in up to five more from a family group chat or by tapping Add during a call. Anyone in the family can join the call.
Talking vs keeping
A chat app is built for talking, not for keeping.
A chat compresses the photo and, on WhatsApp, keeps it on the servers only for a limited period. So a two-year-old photo can fail to re-download.
Let the group carry the talking; the wedding photos, the baby news and the video of the speech belong in the family archive, with the names and the date beside them.
Private, plainly
Invite-only. No strangers. Nobody's data sold.
The chat, the photos and the tree are shared only with the family. No public feed, no discovery, and private family content is not used for third-party ad targeting.
Chat and one-to-one calls are free for the whole family; one person can pay for Kunbaa Plus, the space that holds the archive, and everyone else stays free.
A private chat for the family, beside the group you already have
Most families talk in one big WhatsApp group, and Kunbaa's chat isn't trying to replace it. It's the room next door: private and invite-only, where the plans, photos and news that matter stay connected to the people, events and memories they belong to.
What family chat includes
- Group chat and one-to-one chats, with pins, reactions and read receipts.
- Push notifications.
- Voice and video calls: one-to-one from the top of any chat, or a group call from a family group chat.
- Invite-only: nobody outside the family can ever join, and nobody's data is sold.
Voice and video calls: one-to-one is free, and group calls come with Kunbaa Plus and Ultra
Call a parent overseas from inside the app. No separate calling app, no cost, no phone number handed out. A call can only come from a relative in your family space, and it starts from their page on the tree, so the photo she is about to ask about is already on screen. One-to-one calls are free for everyone; group calls of up to 6 come with Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, and anyone in the family can join one. On some locked-down networks a call may not connect; the calls help guide covers what to try.
Worth knowing about chat apps and photos
WhatsApp compresses media substantially and stores it on its servers only for a limited period, so an old photo can fail to re-download if the sender no longer has the original, which is why the things worth keeping belong in the family's archive, beside the family tree.
Chat and one-to-one calls are free for every family member in the Kunbaa mobile app. Kunbaa Plus changes how long what you send is kept: chat photos and videos are kept for a year on the free plan, and for as long as the family is on Kunbaa Plus. See pricing.
Frequently asked questions
More questions? Read the full FAQ or the help centre.
Do we have to leave our WhatsApp group?
No, that's where the day's chatter lives. Kunbaa keeps and calls: the photos, plans and news worth finding again live in the family archive with the names and dates written down, and the call to your mother comes from her page on the family tree, not from a phone number anyone can dial.
Are calls really free?
Yes, one-to-one, for every family member on the free plan, unlimited, unmetered, no credit card needed. Voice or video: one-to-one calls are free for everyone; group calls of up to 6 come with Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, and anyone in the family can join one. On some restrictive networks a call may not connect.
Can we make a group call?
Yes, voice or video. Group calls of up to 6 come with Kunbaa Plus and Ultra, and anyone in the family can join one. Start one from a family group chat, or tap Add during a call. Six is what a phone carries well on home Wi-Fi, and with five or six on the call every camera steps down a notch to stay smooth.
Is Kunbaa chat end-to-end encrypted?
Invite-only, no public feed, nobody's data sold, and everything is shared only with the family. We don't claim end-to-end encryption. The 'How private is Kunbaa?' guide in Help explains what private means here.
Can I chat from the website?
Chat and calls live in the Kunbaa mobile app. The website is where you build the family tree, keep memories, photos and events, choose who sees each post (on Kunbaa Plus and Ultra), set member permissions, and import a GEDCOM file or a WhatsApp group.
What does family chat cost?
Nothing: chat and one-to-one calls are free for everyone in the family, unlimited and unmetered, and nobody else ever needs a credit card. A chat send is never blocked by a full archive. Kunbaa Plus at $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr on kunbaa.com or in the app changes one thing about chat: how long what you send is kept.
How long are photos and videos sent in chat kept?
On the free plan, a year from sending, then let go. A placeholder says so, and in the last month anyone who runs the family can tap Keep this to save a copy of one to the family archive for good. On Kunbaa Plus they stay in the chat for as long as the family is on Plus, and anything kept under Plus never expires afterwards.
Your family is one call away.
Everyone in the family joins free. Start your family space, invite them, and the next call is from inside the app.