Moving from Session to AChat
A messenger with fully anonymous account creation, where a recovery password restores your Account ID on a new device. Choose Session if you want no identifier tied to you and your messages sent through onion routing. Choose AChat if you want communities with threads, and rooms people can join by link.
Last checked 2026-11-07. The full comparison is on AChat and Session.
How to move across
- Sign in to AChat and pick a username. It asks for no phone number.
- Tell the people you talk to on Session your username, or send them your link or QR code (personal chats and contacts).
- Save your recovery key somewhere only you can reach (devices and recovery). It's what brings your history back if you lose every device.
- Keep Session open until the people you need have moved. AChat doesn't import chats from other apps.
How they differ
| Feature | AChat | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Sign up without a phone number | Yes | Yes (their page) |
| End-to-end encryption on personal chats | Yes | Yes (their page) |
| History comes back on a new device | Partly | Partly (their page) |
AChat has no voice or video calls. Your encrypted history comes back only with another linked device or your recovery key. Lose both, and nobody can restore it, including us.
Check it yourself: Session website.