Silent Phone
Secure Calling & Messaging
Free
6.14.3for iPhone, iPad and more
7.3
79 Ratings
Silent Circle, LLC
Developer
88.9 MB
Size
Sep 1, 2023
Update Date
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Category
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About Silent Phone
Silent Phone provides enterprise-grade encrypted voice, video, and messaging. Our end-to-end security protects your business, its reputation, and its valuable intellectual property from spying eyes. With Silent Phone, your team can discuss important matters across continents with the same confidence as if you were all in the same room. Silent Phone is developed by Silent Circle, the world leader in enterprise privacy solutions.
Features:
- Privacy and security trusted by businesses and governments around the world
- Simple "zero-touch" deployment across your organization
- Integrated enterprise user management with Silent Manager
- Secure voice and video calls with our unique Security Words
- Secure high-definition conference calling and group messaging
- Burn commands destroy all copies of sent messages
- Burn timers automatically redact old messages
- Voice memos speed communication and replace insecure voicemail
- Read receipts and delivery receipts give your teams situational awareness
- Securely send documents, videos, images, and other files
- Silent World offers calling to/from traditional phone numbers with enhanced security
- Standards-compliant Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Scheduled training available for your teams
Features:
- Privacy and security trusted by businesses and governments around the world
- Simple "zero-touch" deployment across your organization
- Integrated enterprise user management with Silent Manager
- Secure voice and video calls with our unique Security Words
- Secure high-definition conference calling and group messaging
- Burn commands destroy all copies of sent messages
- Burn timers automatically redact old messages
- Voice memos speed communication and replace insecure voicemail
- Read receipts and delivery receipts give your teams situational awareness
- Securely send documents, videos, images, and other files
- Silent World offers calling to/from traditional phone numbers with enhanced security
- Standards-compliant Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Scheduled training available for your teams
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What's New in the Latest Version 6.14.3
Last updated on Sep 1, 2023
Old Versions
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
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Version History
6.14.3
Sep 1, 2023
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.14.2
Mar 15, 2023
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.14.1
Jan 27, 2023
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.14
Jan 12, 2023
Features:
- All file types can now be shared with Silent Phone.
- Silent Phone can now be used when your phone is connected with an Ethernet adapter.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
- All file types can now be shared with Silent Phone.
- Silent Phone can now be used when your phone is connected with an Ethernet adapter.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.13
Jul 26, 2021
Features:
- Dark theme support.
- French localization.
- Select multiple photos or videos to share at once.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
- Dark theme support.
- French localization.
- Select multiple photos or videos to share at once.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.12.1
Apr 27, 2021
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.12
Mar 15, 2021
Features:
- You can now share links and images from anywhere in iOS using Silent Phone share extension.
- When you burn a message while offline, a placeholder is shown until the burn command can be sent.
- You can copy the username / phone number shown in the user information view to clipboard.
Improvements:
- Removing your avatar image from the side updates avatar image correctly.
- Groups with explicit names sync properly.
- Fixes several issues where the main conversation view wasn't updated correctly on new messages.
- Address book contacts are now reliably linked with conversations, if needed.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
- You can now share links and images from anywhere in iOS using Silent Phone share extension.
- When you burn a message while offline, a placeholder is shown until the burn command can be sent.
- You can copy the username / phone number shown in the user information view to clipboard.
Improvements:
- Removing your avatar image from the side updates avatar image correctly.
- Groups with explicit names sync properly.
- Fixes several issues where the main conversation view wasn't updated correctly on new messages.
- Address book contacts are now reliably linked with conversations, if needed.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.11.2
Jan 5, 2021
Improvements:
- Better support for iOS 14.
This is the minimum version that will support sending or receiving attachments after 22 March 2021 due to upcoming changes in server certificates.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
- Better support for iOS 14.
This is the minimum version that will support sending or receiving attachments after 22 March 2021 due to upcoming changes in server certificates.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.11.1
Oct 23, 2020
This release adds support for iOS 14.
6.11
Jul 9, 2020
Features:
- When on a call, we show an LED that flashes as packets are received. We now also show this LED for each participant in a conference so you can tell if someone in your conference has fallen off the Earth.
Improvements:
- If a voice memo is burned while you're playing it, we now stop playing the memo immediately.
- For dialing normal landline and mobile numbers with Silent World, we offer a dial helper that lets you dial using the normal convention for your country. For this helper, we now support Brazil and St. Pierre & Miquelon, and we now sort the list of countries better.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
- When on a call, we show an LED that flashes as packets are received. We now also show this LED for each participant in a conference so you can tell if someone in your conference has fallen off the Earth.
Improvements:
- If a voice memo is burned while you're playing it, we now stop playing the memo immediately.
- For dialing normal landline and mobile numbers with Silent World, we offer a dial helper that lets you dial using the normal convention for your country. For this helper, we now support Brazil and St. Pierre & Miquelon, and we now sort the list of countries better.
Every release of Silent Phone, including this one, has important fixes and enhanced performance.
6.10
Apr 16, 2020
- Faster and better than ever
6.9.3
Feb 21, 2020
- Fix bugs
6.9.2
Feb 20, 2020
- Fix bugs
6.9.1
Feb 10, 2020
- Fix bugs
6.9
Jan 29, 2020
- Introduces new tutorial screens on the chat view.
- Shows the total number of unread messages on the call screen.
- Status messages no longer display (null) in some rare cases.
- Incoming message sounds play back correctly when a voice message is active.
- Burn slider is now dismissed when tapping anywhere outside its area.
- The current version of a Live Photo is used when sending it as an attachment.
- Live Photos saved as videos can now be sent correctly.
- Various improvements regarding avatar generation.
- App appearance is now reset correctly when contact selection view is dismissed.
- Address book contacts are now linked consistently with conversations.
- Improves message shown in the Conversations view when certain types of attachments are received.
- Addressed a number of iOS 13 related issues.
- Burn notices are sent even if the app is terminated.
- Contact cells are now properly highlighted on selection.
- Keyboard no longer flashes from opaque to transparent.
- Fixes rare issue where preferences weren't being stored correctly.
- Fixes rare issue where burning the last message of a conversation could lead to a crash.
- Fixes rare issue where quickly tapping on the new group chat button could lead to a crash.
- Fixes minor issue regarding link selection on the chat view.
- Fixes a number of minor design related issues on the chat view.
- Fixes a number of issues regarding the behavior of the app when the device screen was locked.
- Performance improvements & optimizations.
- Shows the total number of unread messages on the call screen.
- Status messages no longer display (null) in some rare cases.
- Incoming message sounds play back correctly when a voice message is active.
- Burn slider is now dismissed when tapping anywhere outside its area.
- The current version of a Live Photo is used when sending it as an attachment.
- Live Photos saved as videos can now be sent correctly.
- Various improvements regarding avatar generation.
- App appearance is now reset correctly when contact selection view is dismissed.
- Address book contacts are now linked consistently with conversations.
- Improves message shown in the Conversations view when certain types of attachments are received.
- Addressed a number of iOS 13 related issues.
- Burn notices are sent even if the app is terminated.
- Contact cells are now properly highlighted on selection.
- Keyboard no longer flashes from opaque to transparent.
- Fixes rare issue where preferences weren't being stored correctly.
- Fixes rare issue where burning the last message of a conversation could lead to a crash.
- Fixes rare issue where quickly tapping on the new group chat button could lead to a crash.
- Fixes minor issue regarding link selection on the chat view.
- Fixes a number of minor design related issues on the chat view.
- Fixes a number of issues regarding the behavior of the app when the device screen was locked.
- Performance improvements & optimizations.
6.8
Oct 4, 2019
- Support iOS 13
- Handle simultaneous calls between users automatically
- Allow creating 1-on-1 conversation from group members list
- Improve handling of attachments sent while offline
- Improve synchronization of burn timers when messages are read offline
- Improve reliability of delivery receipts
- Improve behavior of notifications and badges
- Show upload progress on error report submission screen
- Handle simultaneous calls between users automatically
- Allow creating 1-on-1 conversation from group members list
- Improve handling of attachments sent while offline
- Improve synchronization of burn timers when messages are read offline
- Improve reliability of delivery receipts
- Improve behavior of notifications and badges
- Show upload progress on error report submission screen
6.7
Mar 26, 2019
- Show when conversation partners add or remove devices
- Show progress when loading many contacts
- Scroll more smoothly when sending and receiving messages
- Fix bugs
- Show progress when loading many contacts
- Scroll more smoothly when sending and receiving messages
- Fix bugs
6.6.1
Jan 28, 2019
- Fix bugs
6.6
Jan 18, 2019
- Allow selecting multiple messages at once
- To burn, forward, copy, or resend one or more messages, tap and hold
- Allow recording voice messages using Apple AirPods
- Add haptic feedback when starting or canceling voice messages
- Notify only once when receiving many offline messages
- Upload and download attachments at the same time
- Automatically cancel attachment downloads
- Remove "poof" sound and animation when burning messages
- Improve look of login screen
- Improve quality of avatars displayed on call screen
- Fix passcode screen on iPhone XS Max devices
- Fix marking messages as read when on conversation info screen
- Fix handling of too-big attachments
- Fix call screen on iPad devices
- Fix avatars sometimes not displaying on group status events
- Fix countdown on short burn times
- Fix inadvertent display of "Now" burn time
- Fix duplicate message seen when forwarding
- Fix animation seen when turning on location sharing
- To burn, forward, copy, or resend one or more messages, tap and hold
- Allow recording voice messages using Apple AirPods
- Add haptic feedback when starting or canceling voice messages
- Notify only once when receiving many offline messages
- Upload and download attachments at the same time
- Automatically cancel attachment downloads
- Remove "poof" sound and animation when burning messages
- Improve look of login screen
- Improve quality of avatars displayed on call screen
- Fix passcode screen on iPhone XS Max devices
- Fix marking messages as read when on conversation info screen
- Fix handling of too-big attachments
- Fix call screen on iPad devices
- Fix avatars sometimes not displaying on group status events
- Fix countdown on short burn times
- Fix inadvertent display of "Now" burn time
- Fix duplicate message seen when forwarding
- Fix animation seen when turning on location sharing
6.5
Nov 29, 2018
- Add high definition audio for calls on mobile networks
- Add support for iOS 12 Grouped Notifications
- Add support for replying to messages directly from notifications
- Add detailed network information to in-call advanced info screen
- Add support for conversations with self for note taking or file transfer
- Send forwarded messages and messages from other apps automatically
- Improve power efficiency in background while on calls
- Improve handling of concurrent attachment uploads and downloads
- Improve handling of failed network requests
- Improve generic attachment preview images
- Improve and update translations
- Fix audio playback view sometimes not appearing when opening audio messages
- Fix tapped notifications sometimes not opening while viewing an attachment
- Fix caller information from address book sometimes not being displayed on call screen
- Fix unprompted video when call is started directly from search results
- Fix pending sent attachments sometimes becoming stuck after force-quit
- Fix newly-created empty conversations showing wrong time after force-quit
- Fix placement of action menu for long press on pending attachments
- Fix actions available for long press on sent group messages
- Fix voice-over actions available for group status messages
- Fix ZRTP details sometimes being displayed on PSTN calls
- Fix rare UX issues that may happen immediately after provisioning
- Fix crash when recording voice messages while sibling leaves group
- Fix rare crash when uploading debug log files
- Fix rare crash on conversations with users without avatars
- Add support for iOS 12 Grouped Notifications
- Add support for replying to messages directly from notifications
- Add detailed network information to in-call advanced info screen
- Add support for conversations with self for note taking or file transfer
- Send forwarded messages and messages from other apps automatically
- Improve power efficiency in background while on calls
- Improve handling of concurrent attachment uploads and downloads
- Improve handling of failed network requests
- Improve generic attachment preview images
- Improve and update translations
- Fix audio playback view sometimes not appearing when opening audio messages
- Fix tapped notifications sometimes not opening while viewing an attachment
- Fix caller information from address book sometimes not being displayed on call screen
- Fix unprompted video when call is started directly from search results
- Fix pending sent attachments sometimes becoming stuck after force-quit
- Fix newly-created empty conversations showing wrong time after force-quit
- Fix placement of action menu for long press on pending attachments
- Fix actions available for long press on sent group messages
- Fix voice-over actions available for group status messages
- Fix ZRTP details sometimes being displayed on PSTN calls
- Fix rare UX issues that may happen immediately after provisioning
- Fix crash when recording voice messages while sibling leaves group
- Fix rare crash when uploading debug log files
- Fix rare crash on conversations with users without avatars
6.4
Sep 26, 2018
- Add animated GIF attachment feature
- Add support for diacritic-insensitive contact search
- Continue conference audio between participants when host is on an external call
- Improve attachment upload speed
- Improve UI performance when decrypting attachments
- Fix send button not appearing correctly when forwarding a message
- Fix mistaken display of `Unknown` conversations
- Fix crash when phone receives incoming call before login
- Add support for diacritic-insensitive contact search
- Continue conference audio between participants when host is on an external call
- Improve attachment upload speed
- Improve UI performance when decrypting attachments
- Fix send button not appearing correctly when forwarding a message
- Fix mistaken display of `Unknown` conversations
- Fix crash when phone receives incoming call before login
6.3
Aug 21, 2018
- Add feature to send any file using the Document Picker
- Add feature to start a call directly from contact search
- Add feature to mute a conversation
- Add feature to block a conversation
- Add feature to quickly start an audio recording within a conversation
- Add feature to select and delete multiple conversations at once
- Add feature to create a group when sharing a file
- Add an audio tone when trying to make a call
- Add an information view for single and group conversations
- Increase minimum iOS version support to 11.0
- No longer save generated avatars in the Address Book
- Remove redundant forward button while a message is being sent
- Remove redundant re-send option when an attachment is uploading
- Improve Silent Phone service connectivity
- Improve device contact discovery and integration
- Improve contact saving process
- Improve UX when changing a group name
- Improve conference call UI
- Improve system audio handling with Silent Phone calls
- Improve handling and updating of avatar images
- Improve conversation titles for Silent World calls
- Improve cleanup of attachment files
- Improve UX when trying to call without microphone permission
- Improve UX when trying to start a call or conversation without a network connection
- Improve translations
- Improve various strings
- Fix crash with and improve attachment preview downloading
- Fix crashes related to group conversations
- Fix crash when muting a conversation on an iPad
- Fix crash related to FaceID
- Fix issue with attachment previews flickering
- Fix UI issue with burn slider
- Fix UI issues with message texts and labels
- Fix UI issues with crypto view during Silent World calls
- Fix various typos and grammatical errors
- Add feature to start a call directly from contact search
- Add feature to mute a conversation
- Add feature to block a conversation
- Add feature to quickly start an audio recording within a conversation
- Add feature to select and delete multiple conversations at once
- Add feature to create a group when sharing a file
- Add an audio tone when trying to make a call
- Add an information view for single and group conversations
- Increase minimum iOS version support to 11.0
- No longer save generated avatars in the Address Book
- Remove redundant forward button while a message is being sent
- Remove redundant re-send option when an attachment is uploading
- Improve Silent Phone service connectivity
- Improve device contact discovery and integration
- Improve contact saving process
- Improve UX when changing a group name
- Improve conference call UI
- Improve system audio handling with Silent Phone calls
- Improve handling and updating of avatar images
- Improve conversation titles for Silent World calls
- Improve cleanup of attachment files
- Improve UX when trying to call without microphone permission
- Improve UX when trying to start a call or conversation without a network connection
- Improve translations
- Improve various strings
- Fix crash with and improve attachment preview downloading
- Fix crashes related to group conversations
- Fix crash when muting a conversation on an iPad
- Fix crash related to FaceID
- Fix issue with attachment previews flickering
- Fix UI issue with burn slider
- Fix UI issues with message texts and labels
- Fix UI issues with crypto view during Silent World calls
- Fix various typos and grammatical errors
6.2.1
May 1, 2018
- Fix error that sometimes prevented detecting when the messaging security association had been lost with partner, leading to undecryptable messages
- Fix crash at provisioning when many sibling devices exist
- Fix crash when coming to foreground while receiving multiple attachments
- Fix issue potentially causing crash in background
- Fix issue causing conversation view to sometimes freeze
- Fix issue where attachment sent while offline fails when sent once online
- Fix issue potentially causing a newly selected group avatar image to update incorrectly
- Fix issue in conference call, where host user audio is heard by conference and outgoing call when answered
- Fix issue where conference call UI is not updated appropriately when call is placed on hold
- Fix outgoing call event burn time not displaying countdown
- Optimize avatar generation logic to reduce unnecessary image updates
- Fix other crashes that would have appeared to happen randomly
- Update certificate authority pinning
- Fix crash at provisioning when many sibling devices exist
- Fix crash when coming to foreground while receiving multiple attachments
- Fix issue potentially causing crash in background
- Fix issue causing conversation view to sometimes freeze
- Fix issue where attachment sent while offline fails when sent once online
- Fix issue potentially causing a newly selected group avatar image to update incorrectly
- Fix issue in conference call, where host user audio is heard by conference and outgoing call when answered
- Fix issue where conference call UI is not updated appropriately when call is placed on hold
- Fix outgoing call event burn time not displaying countdown
- Optimize avatar generation logic to reduce unnecessary image updates
- Fix other crashes that would have appeared to happen randomly
- Update certificate authority pinning
6.2
Mar 14, 2018
- Allow creating group when forwarding messages or attachments
- Add feature on call screen to show detailed cryptographic information
- Enhance privacy with secure splash screen in system multi-task view and launch image
- Show account information in left side menu
- Add option for whether to store calls in native recent call list
- Improve UI/UX of incoming message alerts
- Support iPhone X Face ID for application lock screen
- Identify parties who change the burn time in group conversations
- Show creator of group to other members when it is formed
- Add upload progress bar to message bubble when sending group conversation attachments
- Improve UI and graphic design of left side menu and group conversation events
- Add localization support for burn timer
- Fix crash that occurred on launch
- Fix bug that froze the UI and caused a crash
- Fix crash when changing group burn time
- Fix rare crash when processing malformed message data
- Fix bug that caused group members to involuntarily leave group conversations
- Fix auto-scroll to last unread message in conversation threads
- Fix bug that prevented receipt of first message after coming online
- Fix bug that prevented forwarding of text messages
- Fix rare bug which created orphaned group conversations after sibling sync failure
- Fix sent message not appearing on sibling device
- Fix back to call strip sometimes being hidden when returning from background
- Fix incoming message incorrectly marked as read while on call screen
- Fix group creation status events displayed out of order
- Fix messages synced to sibling devices sometimes incorrectly not marked as read
- Fix message status on sibling devices to update from Synced to Delivered
- Fix accessibility bugs in conversation thread view
- Fix bug preventing badge updates for unread messages in conversation list
- Fix display of user name in group conversations when sharing location
- Fix bug causing burn timer to be stuck to zero
- Fix status stuck on Preparing... on incoming messages with an attachment
- Fix disparity in burn time resolution between sender and receiver in group messages
- Fix proximity sensor remaining engaged after navigating away from call screen
- Fix contacts search to prevent matching on non-English locale numbers
- Fix thumbnail not rotated to landscape in video call on iPad
- Fix layout issue in conversation thread view after dismissing keyboard
- Fix graphic artifacts in left side menu animation on iPhone X
- Fix minor graphic display issue in menu button
- Remove unencrypted message text from debug log that is stored when enabled
- Improve robustness during conference calling
- Improve side menu accessibility
- Improve UI responsiveness when opening group members view
- Improve error reporting to sender when attachments fail to send
- Improve attachment thumbnail display and compatibility across all platforms
- Restrict debug log files, when enabled, to 7 days and 30MB of storage
- Improve German and Spanish translations
- Improve general responsiveness
- Add feature on call screen to show detailed cryptographic information
- Enhance privacy with secure splash screen in system multi-task view and launch image
- Show account information in left side menu
- Add option for whether to store calls in native recent call list
- Improve UI/UX of incoming message alerts
- Support iPhone X Face ID for application lock screen
- Identify parties who change the burn time in group conversations
- Show creator of group to other members when it is formed
- Add upload progress bar to message bubble when sending group conversation attachments
- Improve UI and graphic design of left side menu and group conversation events
- Add localization support for burn timer
- Fix crash that occurred on launch
- Fix bug that froze the UI and caused a crash
- Fix crash when changing group burn time
- Fix rare crash when processing malformed message data
- Fix bug that caused group members to involuntarily leave group conversations
- Fix auto-scroll to last unread message in conversation threads
- Fix bug that prevented receipt of first message after coming online
- Fix bug that prevented forwarding of text messages
- Fix rare bug which created orphaned group conversations after sibling sync failure
- Fix sent message not appearing on sibling device
- Fix back to call strip sometimes being hidden when returning from background
- Fix incoming message incorrectly marked as read while on call screen
- Fix group creation status events displayed out of order
- Fix messages synced to sibling devices sometimes incorrectly not marked as read
- Fix message status on sibling devices to update from Synced to Delivered
- Fix accessibility bugs in conversation thread view
- Fix bug preventing badge updates for unread messages in conversation list
- Fix display of user name in group conversations when sharing location
- Fix bug causing burn timer to be stuck to zero
- Fix status stuck on Preparing... on incoming messages with an attachment
- Fix disparity in burn time resolution between sender and receiver in group messages
- Fix proximity sensor remaining engaged after navigating away from call screen
- Fix contacts search to prevent matching on non-English locale numbers
- Fix thumbnail not rotated to landscape in video call on iPad
- Fix layout issue in conversation thread view after dismissing keyboard
- Fix graphic artifacts in left side menu animation on iPhone X
- Fix minor graphic display issue in menu button
- Remove unencrypted message text from debug log that is stored when enabled
- Improve robustness during conference calling
- Improve side menu accessibility
- Improve UI responsiveness when opening group members view
- Improve error reporting to sender when attachments fail to send
- Improve attachment thumbnail display and compatibility across all platforms
- Restrict debug log files, when enabled, to 7 days and 30MB of storage
- Improve German and Spanish translations
- Improve general responsiveness
6.1.1
Dec 19, 2017
- Add support for German and Spanish language and localization
- Add support for iPhone X
- Fix crash when saving received video to Photo Library
- Fix crash when deleting device in devices view
- Fix crash when sharing received location in map view
- Fix crash when receiving incoming call while on a video call
- Fix issue where music playing on device does not pause when starting to record audio message
- Fix display name of incoming call from SSO user while on a video call
- Fix bug reporting error when creating new directory
- Fix tutorial screen header view layout issue for devices running iOS 10
- Fix avatar background view not resizing correctly on iPad after screen rotation
- Add support for iPhone X
- Fix crash when saving received video to Photo Library
- Fix crash when deleting device in devices view
- Fix crash when sharing received location in map view
- Fix crash when receiving incoming call while on a video call
- Fix issue where music playing on device does not pause when starting to record audio message
- Fix display name of incoming call from SSO user while on a video call
- Fix bug reporting error when creating new directory
- Fix tutorial screen header view layout issue for devices running iOS 10
- Fix avatar background view not resizing correctly on iPad after screen rotation
Silent Phone FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Silent Phone.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Silent Phone supports English, French, German, Spanish
