Everything your export needs.
Chat Archive turns a WhatsApp export ZIP into a readable chat on iPhone, with search, media, voice messages, PDF export, and local processing.
Start with a WhatsApp export
Chat Archive opens ZIP files created by WhatsApp's Export Chat feature. Export with media when photos, videos, documents, and voice messages matter.
How to export a chatCore features
Open the ZIP and work with the chat again.
Readable chat view
Messages appear in order as a conversation, with dates, participants, chat bubbles, and exported attachments.
Search
Find names, dates, places, phrases, receipts, and available voice transcripts across the imported chat.
Media gallery
Browse exported photos, videos, documents, audio, and files without digging through the ZIP.
Voice messages
Play voice messages in the archive and transcribe them on iPhone so spoken details become searchable.
PDF export
Preview a readable PDF with chat bubbles, images, voice transcripts, message IDs, and attachment previews.
Local processing
Imported chat content is processed on your iPhone while you read, search, review, and export.
What stays together
The value is context. Chat Archive keeps messages, media, files, voice notes, dates, and participants together so the export feels like a chat again.
Messages and dates
Read the conversation in sequence instead of scanning a large text file.
Photos and videos
Review exported media alongside the messages where it belongs.
Documents and files
See attachment previews and file details with the surrounding conversation.
Voice notes
Keep audio with the chat and search transcribed speech when you need a detail later.
Good for
Use Chat Archive when an exported chat should stay readable outside WhatsApp.
Personal chats
Keep a conversation you may want to revisit later.
PDF records
Save a readable copy for reference, sharing, or printing.
Large chats
Review the export before deciding what to clear from WhatsApp.
Shared copies
Open an export sent by another participant if they still have the chat.
Good to know
Short answers about what these features do and do not mean.
What file does it open?
Chat Archive opens ZIP files created by WhatsApp's Export Chat feature.
Does it connect to WhatsApp?
No. It opens exported files you choose. It does not sync live messages or connect to a WhatsApp account.
Can it save a PDF?
Yes. You can preview a readable PDF before saving, sharing, or printing.
Can it transcribe voice messages?
Yes. Chat Archive can transcribe voice messages on iPhone and make them searchable.
Where are messages processed?
Imported chat content is processed on your iPhone.
Works from exported files
Chat Archive does not connect to a WhatsApp account, sync live messages, or restore WhatsApp backups. It opens the export ZIP you choose.
Export or backup?