Moving from Wire to AChat

Messaging with end-to-end encryption on every plan, priced per person and free for teams of up to 5. Choose Wire if you're buying for a business team. Choose AChat if you're chatting with friends and family, and want anonymous rooms by link.

Last checked 2026-11-07. The full comparison is on AChat and Wire.

How to move across

1. Sign in to AChat and pick a username. It asks for no phone number.
2. Tell the people you talk to on Wire your username, or send them your link or QR code (personal chats and contacts).
3. Save your recovery key somewhere only you can reach (devices and recovery). It's what brings your history back if you lose every device.
4. Keep Wire open until the people you need have moved. AChat doesn't import chats from other apps.

How they differ

Feature	AChat	Wire
Sign up without a phone number	Yes	Not stated on the pages we checked
End-to-end encryption on personal chats	Yes	Yes (their page)
History comes back on a new device	Partly	Not stated on the pages we checked

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.

What they charge

Plan	Price	Source
Wire for Free	Free	their page
Wire for SMB	€7.45 per person a month, billed yearly	their page
Wire for SMB	€8.94 per person a month, billed monthly	their page

AChat's plans are on the pricing page.

Check it yourself: Wire website.