A Mac app for keeping conversations

Some words are worth keeping forever.

TextVault turns years of text conversations into a beautiful book you can save, print, and pass down. The jokes, the good-mornings, the last “love you.”

Buy for $24.99 Once. No subscription.Download for Mac Coming soon

❦ Works offline. Your messages never leave your Mac.

Mom · 2014–2026

Illustration · fictional example data

How it works

Three steps, one afternoon.

i.

Choose a conversation

TextVault reads the message history already on your Mac. Pick a person, a group, or a span of years.

ii.

Make it yours

Add a title and a dedication. Keep photos inline, skip the “ok”s, choose a book or a records layout.

iii.

Save it for good

Export a print-ready, searchable PDF and an archive folder. Print it, bind it, back it up, hand it down.

Contents · Export formats

Made to be printed, and to outlast your phone.

  • Keepsake PDFBook layout, dates as chapter marks, photos inline
    i
  • Records PDFTimestamped, paginated, every sender and time shown
    ii
  • Archive folderOriginal photos, videos, and audio messages you kept, organized by date
    iii
  • Plain text & CSVFor search, spreadsheets, and safekeeping
    iv
Privacy

Your conversations stay at home.

  • Runs on your Mac and exports offline
  • One network call: the optional update check, which you can turn off. Your license is verified offline
  • No account, no cloud, no upload
  • No analytics on your messages, ever
  • TextVault keeps no copy of your messages
STAYS
ON YOUR
MAC

Our promise,

Some of these messages are the last words someone you love ever wrote to you. They don't belong on anyone's server, including ours.

So TextVault never sees them. It reads the history already on your Mac, builds the book right there, and saves it wherever you choose. That's all it does.

— TextVault
Who it's for

For the conversations you can't replace.

In memory

A parent's voice

Keep years of a loved one's messages in one bound volume, in their own words.

Example scenarioHer texts read just like she talked.
A gift

Our story, printed

An anniversary book of how two people texted their way into a life together.

Example scenarioFrom ‘who is this?’ to ‘we're home.’
For records

Proof, in order

Timestamped PDFs for landlords, custody, HR, or court, with every sender and time shown.

Example scenarioClean, dated, and easy to hand over.
Before you switch

Nothing left behind

Changing phones or clearing space? Archive the whole history before anything gets lost.

Example scenarioTwelve years, saved in one afternoon.
Pricing

Pay once. Keep it forever.

No subscription and no tiers. The things you save shouldn't depend on a monthly bill.

TextVault for Mac · Lifetime
$24.99
  • Unlimited conversations & exports
  • Keepsake & Records PDF layouts
  • Free updates for all 1.x releases
  • 14-day refund, no questions asked
ADMIT ONE · KEEP FOREVER
Questions

Asked & answered.

Is there a subscription?

No. $24.99 once, and it's yours.

Are my messages uploaded anywhere?

Never. Everything happens on your Mac; TextVault doesn't need an internet connection to export.

Why does it ask for Full Disk Access?

macOS protects your message history. That permission lets TextVault read your own history so it can export it. Nothing more.

Which messages does it work with?

Any conversation synced to the Messages history on your Mac, including iMessage and SMS threads, with the photos and attachments that are downloaded to your Mac.

Can I print a real book?

Yes. The Keepsake PDF is laid out for 6×9 printing, with presets for popular print-on-demand services.

Will the PDF work for legal records?

The Records layout shows full timestamps, senders, and page numbers. Ask your attorney what your case needs.