Create private chat rooms using the iPhone Notes app collaboration feature with instant messaging capabilities and full control over conversation privacy.

Send secret messages on your iPhone using the built-in Notes app. Share and collaborate on notes for private, real-time chats—no extra apps or tools required.

The Notes app in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 makes it easy to add an audio recording to a note, and create a written transcription of it if desired. Here's how to do it.