Feature
Three-state check indicator with timestamps. Per-recipient breakdown in group chats. Same icons WhatsApp uses.
Sent: message left your device. Delivered: receiver's device acknowledged. Read: receiver opened the chat. Played: voice notes specifically, set when the receiver hit play. Chat Hoarding app renders the same single/double check icons WhatsApp uses, plus a microphone glyph for played voice notes.
In a group chat, WhatsApp's UI hides the per-recipient receipt detail behind a long-press. Chat Hoarding app exposes the underlying receipt_user rows directly: one row per recipient, with the four state timestamps. The popover sorts by progress (read > delivered > nothing).
Disputes about 'I never read that' or 'I didn't receive it on time' often hinge on the per-recipient receipt detail. Native screenshots strip these. Chat Hoarding keeps every receipt row WhatsApp stored. Whether a given archive is treated as evidence in a specific legal or workplace process depends on the rules of that process; Chat Hoarding preserves the underlying data, not the legal standing.
FAQ
What about messages where WhatsApp never received a receipt?
Receipts are best-effort. If the recipient was offline for a long time or has read receipts disabled, the receipt simply isn't there, and Chat Hoarding app renders the same 'not yet' state WhatsApp does.
Used in
Individuals preserving messages for a pending matter, and the professionals they hand the archive to
Preserve WhatsApp messages for a pending dispute
Reporters, fact-checkers, investigative editors
Source-grade preservation for working journalists
Anyone keeping a personal record of important conversations
A chat you might need years from now
Other capabilities
Decrypts the Crypt15 backup locally
AES-256-GCM decryption with your 64-digit key. msgstore.db.crypt15, the only database WhatsApp writes to the user-accessible backup folder. Keys never leave the Mac.
Easy, Medium, Advanced: get the backup off the phone
Companion app over wireless share, USB drag-drop via OpenMTP, or fully automatic adb pull bundled inside Chat Hoarding for Mac.
The whole conversation, not just the words
Voice notes, photos, videos, calls, locations, group history, and deletion markers with sender attribution.
Names instead of phone numbers
Auto-fills from your device address book (vCard exported by Chat Hoarding for Android, or pulled via adb), or manually per JID. Handles @lid privacy IDs.
.tarc, one file, lifetime archive
Bundles manifest, decrypted msgstore.db, an optional contacts.json (imported address book) and manual_contacts.json (your in-app renames), and the media folder, all inside a macOS package. Double-click to open. Survives the phone.
Two network calls. That's it.
Decryption, browsing, archive creation: fully on-device. Companion has no INTERNET permission. Chat Hoarding for Mac's only outbound calls are license activation and the update check.
Signed updates that install themselves
New versions arrive automatically. Each one is cryptographically signed; Chat Hoarding app refuses anything that doesn't match, even if the update feed were tampered with.
Search across every chat, jump to every hit
Substring search across the whole archive: cross-chat hit counts in the sidebar, in-chat match counter with cycling. Same .tarc, instant results.
WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business, same archive
Chat Hoarding scans both com.whatsapp and com.whatsapp.w4b paths. Either backup, either app, same Crypt15 pipeline, one .tarc file.
Bold, italic, @mentions, replies — preserved as they were sent
Markdown markup (*bold*, _italic_, ~strike~, `code`), inline links, @mentions resolved to display names, reply-to threading rendered above each bubble.
Save your WhatsApp history forever.
$99 one-time. 2 Macs, revocable. 14-day refund.
