There’re many exclusive Arattai features that’re not even available on WhatsApp or any other app like Telegram!
Let’s first go through the similar Arattai features like WhatsApp:
- You can send and receive messages, calls, video calls from your friends and family.
- You can share document
- You can save and share temporary status same as WhatsApp.
- You can have your own broadcast channel same as WhatsApp
- You can have a group call same as WhatsApp and share documents
- You have multiple privacy and security features to safeguard your app same as WhatsApp
What WhatsApp features you don’t have?
As of now I can see only one. And that’s End-to-End encrypted messages, which the makers has tweeted that they’re bringing as soon as possible to the platform.
End to end encryption keeps that data on the device only (no cloud storage, unless a backup is specified). So it is actually easier on our servers and lowers our cost to serve users. In case of back up, the encrypted device data is backed up but no server level features are…
— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) October 8, 2025
Let’s discuss exclusive Arattai features not available on WhatsApp!
1. Built in Video Conferencing similar to Google meet or zoom!
In WhatsApp, you can have group video calls, but as a professional meeting tool like google meet or zoom, you can’t schedule the meetings as of now. But that exclusive feature is available on Arattai.
There’s something special about Arattai Group meetings and calls. Although you can talk with strangers, schedule calls, but along with that, you can have your own custom branding for those calls like adding custom logos, themes, colors, with professional branding customization, and you can take up those calls on TV as well!
Ang some platforms like Google Meet or Zoom charges for call recordings, but whereas in Arattai you can record those group conversations and meetings and store them as well!
At a time you can connect with 250 attendees whereas in free platforms like Google meet and zoom there’re limits on how much time you can use meetings like for one on one there’s no such limits but if there’re more than two then you’re limited to 45 mins or 1 hour in Google Meet or Zoom, which I found a lot more handy and beneficial for the digital freelancers like us.
Some more meeting features in Arattai are meeting scheduling with agenda, passport protection, repeat meetings, screen sharing, waiting room features, meeting history, past meeting logs, guest users, without logging in or Arattai accounts, which is insane and uniquely only in this platform in all over the world!
2. Privacy and Security features
You can hide your IP during calls and route it through Arattai servers, which is lot more secure, yet there’s a chance of getting the meeting in a bit of compromised quality, as mentioned in their own app.
There’re multi-layer privacy options available in the app settings which are lot more beneficial for calls, chats, and privacy and peace of mind!
3. Pocket Features (My Favorite one!)
Generally, in WhatsApp, if I have to send something to myself for my future reference for work, I message myself from the contacts.
But in Arattai there’s a separate Pocket feature, which is much needed to store much needed data, message or documents or temporary messages for future reference or immediate storage requirement!
You can save notes (messages), photos, videos, documents, files, links, reminders, privately in your own pocket tab.
This is like a personal cloud storage.
4. No compression!
If you send any image file on WhatsApp, it gets compressed, and it’s disheartening. But in Arattai, I tried sending images, and those are sent crisp, clear and uncompressed!
5. In App Document Opening
The pocket feature that we discussed above, has an extremely unique and amazing feature which is in app document opening.
in WhatsApp, If you try to open any document generally it’ll be downloaded on your device, be it your phone or computer, but in Arattai, it gets opened in the app itself and it’s really great to see it.
It’s exactly the same way you read any pdf or any other document on web without downloading it. And this feature is really commendable because, the user experience of reading document in the app instantly is something really really important and gives so much user satisfaction.
Upcoming features!
1. Inter platform messaging
There’re tie-up with NPCI and planning for inter platform messaging features as it’s available on other UPI apps, where you can send the message from one app to another without switching to the another.
2. UPI Payments
They’re planning to bring UPI payments to this app, and trying to make it a super app, which will resonate similar to the We Chat app from China, which is really popular and prime app in China.
