
Instead, all you need to do is create a username and password and generate a Threema ID, which you can receive by starting the app and tapping around on the main screen.

Unlike platforms like WhatsApp or Telegram, you’re not required to provide your phone number, email, or any personal information during setup. Setting up your Threema account is a simple process. You can also access Threema on your desktop simply by scanning a QR code with your mobile. Threema is available on Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store as well as in the Threema Shop.

Threema’s interface is clean and simple (Image credit: Threema) Interface and in use Beyond these simple tools, however, Threema’s team communication features pale in comparison to screen sharing features and basic project management tools offered by team chat apps like Slack or Discord. You can use them to ask a question and quickly get an idea of what others in the group might feel about it. In terms of professional team communication, Threema offers useful features like polls and agree/disagree tools. But if you’re uncomfortable with this feature, you can always choose not to activate it. Because image recognition is carried out locally, the images never leave your devices. This saves you the trouble of sieving through the endless scroll of images on your device. The media gallery is also equipped with image recognition so that you can search for images by entering certain keywords. You can even add captions and edit the photos right from the app to crop, add text, or apply a filter to your image.


A media gallery will appear and you can select the photos you wish to send. On Threema’s integrated media gallery, users can conveniently send images and videos by tapping on the paper clip icon in a chat. Threema’s media library features a useful image search tool (Image credit: Threema)
