Chatcove 0.2.0 for Windows

Chatcove 0.2.0 for Windows

This is the first public Windows version of Chatcove, an early release. It does the same job as the Mac app: get your WhatsApp history off your iPhone cleanly and completely, with a fair buy-once price. Everything stays on your computer. The Mac app stays on 0.1.8; this release is for Windows only.

Download: https://chatcove.app/download (or chatcove-0.2.0-x64-setup.exe below).

Windows will warn you, because the installer is not signed yet

We are getting a code-signing certificate for Windows. Until it is in place, Microsoft Defender SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" when you open the installer (click More info, then Run anyway), and your browser may say the file "isn't commonly downloaded" (choose Keep). If Smart App Control is turned on in Windows 11, it blocks unsigned apps completely; we recommend waiting for the signed build rather than turning it off. Step-by-step guide: https://chatcove.app/windows-install

Only download Chatcove from chatcove.app or from this releases page. The installer's SHA-256 is listed on the guide page and next to the file below.

What works on Windows

• Detects your iPhone and guides the Trust prompt, and tells you when the Apple driver, the Apple Devices app or a pending restart is in the way.
• Encrypted backup with live progress, a calm "preparing" state while the iPhone asks for its passcode, locked-phone handling and a Cancel that stops cleanly.
• Browse chats, read conversations, see photos, videos and voice notes, and search across every message.
• Export to HTML, PDF, TXT and CSV, one chat or many at once with a folder per chat, then open the result in File Explorer.
• The backup password help from Mac 0.1.8: a plain explanation of what the backup password is, clear "Password needed", "Wrong password" and "Backup too old" cards, and recovery when a saved password no longer matches the iPhone or can no longer be read.
• Your backup password is stored protected by Windows.

Requirements

• Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11, 64-bit.
• The free Apple Devices app from the Microsoft Store (iTunes also works). It installs the driver Windows needs to talk to the iPhone. Chatcove tells you if it is missing and shows you how to get it.
• A USB cable and free disk space at least the size of your iPhone's backup.

License

• Buy once, no subscription. The same license key works on Mac and on Windows.
• A license covers 2 computers, Mac or Windows in any mix. Activation allows up to 3, so reinstalling or replacing a computer does not lock you out. To move a license, choose "Remove license" on the old computer.
• Without a license you can back up, browse and search everything. The free trial includes 3 exports of one chat each, with a small Chatcove line added to the export.

Updating

• This build cannot update itself until it is signed, so when a newer Windows version comes out, install it from chatcove.app over the old one. Your backups, settings and license stay.
• If you tested 0.2.0-beta.1 or 0.2.0-beta.2, install 0.2.0 the same way.

Known limits of this early version

• The installer is not code-signed yet (see above).
• Windows on ARM PCs run the x64 app under emulation; we have tested it, but most testing was on regular x64 PCs.

Files

File	SHA-256
chatcove-0.2.0-x64-setup.exe (Windows installer, 123,342,109 bytes)	104de682b1417ab948b6bc75cc4763619fccb0fb605c35937a9e744e40a635cc

Check it in PowerShell: Get-FileHash .\chatcove-0.2.0-x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

libimobiledevice-1.4.0-chatcove-source.tar.gz is the source of the LGPL iPhone library bundled in the Windows app, with our patches.

Mac users: the Mac files attached here (Chatcove-0.1.8-arm64.dmg, the .zip, its .blockmap and latest-mac.yml) are the same Chatcove 0.1.8 build as the 0.1.8 release, byte for byte. They are attached here so that Mac auto-update keeps working while Windows has the newest release. The Mac app stays on 0.1.8, and the source of its bundled LGPL library is on the 0.1.8 release.