SWITCH FROM BEEPER
Beeper to Calisto Inbox
Inbox puts your WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, TikTok, SMS and website chat in one list, on your phone and your desk.
Feature by feature
Calisto Inbox beside Beeper
- 28 In both
| 28 features | Calisto Inbox | Beeper |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts | ||
| Every Network in One InboxCalisto: WhatsApp (your own number too), Instagram, Messenger, TikTok, SMS on your own number and your website chat, in one list.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Add an Account From the AppCalisto: Add Account opens over whatever is on screen, with each network’s card and its connection state.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Several Accounts on One NetworkCalisto: each number, WhatsApp number or page is its own account in the rail, side by side.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| One Account’s Chats on Their OwnCalisto: All Accounts, or one account picked in the rail, with its own folders and unread count.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| See a Disconnected Account and ReconnectCalisto: an account whose network signed Calisto out says so in the rail with Reconnect under it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Bring In Chat HistoryCalisto: your own WhatsApp number brings in up to 180 days of its one-to-one chats and its contacts.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Organizing | ||
| Pin ChatsCalisto: Pin keeps a chat at the top of your Inbox, marked with a pin, until you unpin it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Archive Until Something New ArrivesCalisto: Archive puts a chat away, and a new message brings it back to the Inbox.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Mute a ChatCalisto: Mute keeps a chat in your Inbox, marked as muted, and it sends you no notification.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Low PriorityCalisto: Low Priority moves a chat out of your Inbox into its own view in the rail, silenced, until Move to Inbox.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Mark as Read or UnreadCalisto: Mark as Read or Unread on a chat, several at once, or from a notification.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Remind Me LaterCalisto: Snooze puts a chat away until the time picked and brings it back to the Inbox.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| LabelsCalisto: Labels in their colors on chats, each a view in the rail, the same Labels as Mail, Voice and Live.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Unread and Unanswered FiltersCalisto: Unread and Unanswered are views in the rail; Unanswered lists the chats where the other person wrote last.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Select Many ChatsCalisto: check several chats and close, snooze, mark read, label or archive them at once.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delete a ChatCalisto: Delete Chat removes one of your own chats and its messages for good; files it carried stay in your Depot.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Rename a ContactCalisto: a contact’s name and details are edited beside the chat, and the change shows everywhere.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Writing | ||
| Send LaterCalisto: a message to one person is scheduled for a time; Scheduled lists what is waiting to go.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Start a New ChatCalisto: New Conversation starts an SMS from your number or a WhatsApp chat (WhatsApp’s first message is an approved template).Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reactions That Reach the Other PersonCalisto: a reaction on a customer's WhatsApp, Messenger or Instagram message shows on their app (Instagram takes a heart), and theirs shows in Inbox on the message they reacted to.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Delivered and Read TicksCalisto: a sent message shows delivered and read, as the network reports them.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Search | ||
| Search Every ChatCalisto: search finds chats by name and messages by their words, across every account.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Search Filters by Account, Sent or Received, and FilesCalisto: search narrows by channel, by sent or received, and by images, videos, links or files.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Notifications and Phone | ||
| New Message NotificationsCalisto: a notification for each new message, with Reply and Mark as Read on it.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Unread BadgeCalisto: the app’s icon carries the unread count.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Swipe Actions You ChooseCalisto: each swipe direction closes, snoozes, marks read or unread, archives, mutes or does nothing, chosen in Settings ▸ This Device.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Keyboard ShortcutsCalisto: j and k move through chats, Enter opens, e closes, u marks read or unread, r replies, / searches, and ? lists every key.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Home Screen Widget and ShortcutsCalisto: an Unread Conversations widget, and shortcuts to New Message, Snoozed, Scheduled and Accounts.Checked Nov 2, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Beeper
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Beeper and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Beeper can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Beeper
Questions about switching
Does my WhatsApp keep working on my phone?
Yes. Your own WhatsApp number joins Inbox and stays in the WhatsApp app too, with up to 180 days of your existing chats brought in.
Is email in Inbox?
No. Email is Calisto Mail, a mail app of its own; Calisto Connect shows mail and chat together, by person.
Can my team answer some of these chats?
A business’s lines are Calisto Threads, kept apart from your own accounts; you see the shared inboxes you answer beside them.
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