Meet Cove.
Clear, Private, Global.
One private home for your family and closest friends: a calm photo Board, chat and voice drops, and free private calls anyone can join from a link. Locked on your phone, so only the people you invite can ever see it.
Now in private beta. No phone number needed. Web today; iPhone and Android coming soon.
- ads or trackers
- 0
- for a guest to join a call
- <1s
- people on free group calls
- 15
- of private storage, free
- 5 GB
Space
Family Circle
Lounge · Sofia & Jon
Join
Grandpa's story · 0:48
Landed in Lisbon!Everything a close circle needs. Nothing it doesn't.
No ads, no feeds, no algorithm deciding who sees what. Just the people you chose, and the tools to stay close.
ChatVoice notesPhoto albumsVideo callsMeetingsFamily framein one private app
Private chat & voice notes
Leave a voice note when it suits you. Missed a few? They play back to back as one catch-up, at 1.5× if you like.
Group video calls & meetings
Up to 15 people free and 50 on paid plans, with no time limit. Only the people on the call can see or hear it.
Guest links, nothing to install
Send a link and Grandma joins from her browser in about a second. No app, no account.
A private Board
Photo dumps, voice stories and trip albums in the order they happened, at full quality. No feed deciding what you see.
On-device memories
On this day, recaps and photo search run on your phone. Your pictures train nobody's AI.
Easy sign-in, safe recovery
Sign in with your face or fingerprint, no password. Lost your phone? A recovery kit or trusted family brings everything back.
Cove Frame & home-screen widgets
Turn an old tablet into a live, encrypted family photo frame with tap-to-call, or keep the newest Board photo on your home screen.
Meet Cove.
Privacy-first calling & private boards.
Family Circle
Drop-In Lounge
6 here
Dad & kids
Maya
Jon
Lin
Sofia
HD video · 12:48
From a quick hello to the whole reunion.
One-to-one calls, family video nights and proper meetings, over Wi-Fi or data. No phone number, no time limits, and nobody listening in: only the people on the call can see or hear it.
- Group video, no time limitVideo for up to 15 people free, and up to 50 in HD on paid plans. Family video night or the whole reunion, for as long as you like.
- Meeting tools, built inScreen sharing, a waiting room and a lock, plus HD screen share and recording on paid plans. Ready for the school committee or the club meeting.
- The Drop-In LoungeAn always-on room at the top of every Space. See who's there and hop in without ringing anyone.
- Guest links for anyoneShare covespaces.my/c/sunday and anyone joins in a browser, no app or account. You decide who comes in.
Background noise removed on your deviceEveryone sees when a call is recordedA short code to check a call is private
A private visual space for the moments worth keeping.
No ads. No algorithms. Just your circle. The Board keeps photo dumps, voice polaroids, recipes and trip plans in order, at full quality, and locked before they ever leave your phone.
Voice polaroid
Leo & Ana: “our rock-pool summer”
Mormor's cardamom buns
Recipe · 12 steps
Trip itinerary
Lisbon, 4 days
Alfama · Belém · Sintra
9Every photo in its place. Every comment in context.
Open a post and the conversation sits right beside it: reactions, comments and voice replies, seen only by the people in your Space. Download a whole album of originals in one tap.
Family Circle
Board · newest first
Maya
Summer at the bay · 42 photos
The last one should be framed!
- 0:09
We can't see your photos. Not "won't". Can't.
Everything you share is locked on your phone before it leaves, and only the people in your Space hold the key. We just carry sealed boxes we can't open, so there's nothing to sell, leak or hand over.
Your familyWhat your family sees Our serversWhat Cove's servers seeStep 1
You share a photo
It's locked on your phone the moment you post it.
Step 2
Cove carries it
Our servers only ever hold the locked version. We don't have the key.
Step 3
Your family opens it
It unlocks on their phones and tablets, and nowhere else.
at Cove who can open your photos, messages or calls
0 people
in your recovery kit, so a lost phone isn't lost photos
24 words
locks made on your phone: the strength approved for top-secret files
256-bit
Open and audited, before launch. Our encryption code will be open source and independently audited before launch. No ads, no tracking, no AI training, ever.
For the technically curious: end-to-end encryption on the MLS standard, AES-256 for photos and video, and keys that are made on your device and never leave your circle.
Private AI, on your device.
Cove's smart features run on your phone or computer, not in someone's data centre. Your memories are never sent to a server to be analysed, and they never train anyone's model.
3 years ago today
Autumn walk in the hills
On this day & recaps
Yesterday's moments, resurfaced gently. Yearly and trip recaps are rendered right on your device.
- beach
Photo search
Find "beach 2024" or "Grandma" in seconds. The search index is encrypted like everything else.
- 4 drops · 6:12
Jon's flight lands Friday at 6. Mum is making the cardamom buns.
Voice-drop transcripts
Long catch-ups become a short summary you can skim, transcribed without leaving your phone.
No cloud AI to opt out of. It never leaves your device.
Join the private betaSimple, honest plans.
Free for most families. Pay only for more space and bigger calls, never with your data.
Free
Everything you need to bring your people together.
$0forever
No card needed.
- Join unlimited Spaces, create 3
- 5 GB private storage
- Unlimited 1:1 calls, groups up to 15
- Guest links for up to 15
- On this day
- 1 Cove Frame and widgets
- Most loved
Plus
For the one who keeps everyone's memories safe.
$4.99/ month
Or $49.99 a year and save 17%
- Unlimited Spaces
- 200 GB private storage
- Group calls up to 50 in 720p, recording
- Keep originals at full quality
- Recaps, photo search, time capsules
- 3 Cove Frames, priority support
Circle
The whole family on Plus, up to six people.
$14.99/ month
Or $149.99 a year and save 17%About $2.50 per person a month
- Everything in Plus, for up to 6 people
- 1 TB shared family vault
- Legacy contacts and family admin
- 6 Cove Frames
- Priority support
Prices in USD before tax. Paid plans open when Cove leaves private beta.
Questions, answered
Is Cove really free?
Yes. Free includes unlimited 1:1 calls, group calls up to 15, three Spaces of your own and 5 GB of private storage. Paid plans add space, bigger calls and originals. We never show ads or sell data to make up the difference.
When can I pay for Plus or Circle?
Paid plans open when Cove leaves private beta. Until then, everyone in the beta uses Cove for free.
Does my family need to install anything?
No. Guests can join a call from a link in their browser, and a Cove Frame runs on an old tablet's browser. Cove works on the web today; iPhone and Android apps are coming soon.
What happens if I lose my phone?
Sign in with your passkey on a new device, or use your 24-word recovery kit or trusted family contacts. Your photos come back, still encrypted.
Who is behind Cove?
Cove is made by Sansa Group AB in Sweden and follows the GDPR. Questions go to support@covespaces.my.
Join Cove today.
Privacy is your new home.
Cove is in private beta on the web. Start free, invite your circle, and be first in line when the apps arrive.
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