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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before making your film.

What is twoofus.ai?

twoofus.ai turns a WhatsApp conversation into a cinematic short film — chapter by chapter, in your own words. Upload a chat export, and in under two minutes you'll watch your shared story become a quiet, beautifully titled film set to music.

It's not a summary. It's not a data dashboard. It's a film about two people, made from the actual words they used with each other.

Is this only for couples?

Not at all. The name says two of us — and that means any two people who matter to each other.

People have made films from chats with their fathers, their siblings, their oldest friends, their mothers. The relationship doesn't need to be romantic for it to be worth remembering. Some of the most moving films come from the most unexpected pairs.

What kinds of relationships work well?

Any close two-person relationship with history. The more time and texture in the chat, the richer the film.

Partners and spouses. Parents and children. Brothers and sisters. Close friends who've been through things together. A mentor and the person they shaped. Long-distance relationships where WhatsApp was the relationship for stretches of time.

What works less well: very short chats, mostly-media chats with little text, or conversations that are purely transactional with no personal texture.

What does the film actually look like?

A quiet, dark-screen experience — chapter by chapter, with a title, a date, and the actual words from your conversation appearing on screen set to ambient music.

The AI reads your conversation, finds the emotional arc, names the chapters, and selects the moments that reveal who these two people are to each other. It doesn't invent anything. Every word on screen came from the chat.

A typical film runs around 90 seconds to 3 minutes depending on how many chapters the AI finds.

How does twoofus.ai understand the relationship?

It reads the conversation itself — how you address each other, the topics you return to, the texture of your familiarity. It doesn't ask you to fill out a form or select a category.

After reading, it tells you what it found and gives you a chance to confirm or correct it before the film is made. If it gets it wrong, you can tell it in your own words.

What happens to my messages?

Your full conversation is processed entirely in your browser — the complete chat file is never uploaded anywhere.

To generate the film, a carefully selected sample of messages is sent from your browser to our server, and from there to the AI (Claude, by Anthropic). This sample contains actual message text — it has to, because that's what the film is made from. It is used only to generate your film and nothing else. It is not stored, not logged, not shared, and not used to train any AI model.

No account is required. Nothing persists after your session ends. If you close the tab, everything is gone.

Can I delete my data?

Yes. There's a Delete everything button on the film screen. One tap clears all session data immediately.

Because your full chat never leaves your browser in the first place, there's nothing on our servers to delete. The button clears the film data from your current browser session.

What format does the chat export need to be?

WhatsApp .txt or .zip export — both work, and you don't need to unzip anything.

To export from WhatsApp:
  1. Open the conversation
  2. Tap the contact or group name at the top
  3. Scroll down → Export Chat → Without Media
  4. Save the file and bring it here

The Without Media option is important — twoofus.ai works with text only, so media files aren't needed and will just make the export larger.

Why text only? What about photos?

A deliberate choice, not a limitation.

When photos are present, the eye goes to the image and the words become captions. twoofus.ai is built on the belief that the words are the story. "Dad, I miss you.." lands harder than the photo would. The imagination fills in what the image would show — and usually does it better.

Text-only also means your photos never pass through any server, which is better for privacy — especially for intimate conversations.

Can I use a group chat?

twoofus.ai is made for conversations between two people — where the intimacy, the shorthand, the rhythm of just the two of you lives.

Group chats don't have that. The dynamic is different, the story is harder to find, and the film loses the quality that makes it worth keeping.

If you want to make a film from a specific relationship within a group, export a one-on-one chat with that person instead.

Who can see my film?

Nobody but you, unless you choose to share it.

The film is yours. twoofus.ai doesn't host it, publish it, or make it accessible to anyone else. When you download it, it lives on your device.

twoofus.ai is designed for films you keep, not films you post. Some people share their film with the other person in it — a gift, a message, something to watch together. That's between you and them.

What does the watermark mean?

Films include a small twoofus.ai mark — tasteful, not intrusive, placed at the edge of the frame.

This is how twoofus.ai grows — not through ads, but through films that find their way to people who didn't make them. If someone watches your film and wants to make one of their own, they know where to go.

How long does it take?

Usually under two minutes. The AI reads your conversation and writes the script in about 30–60 seconds. The film then renders directly in your browser.

Rendering takes 10–15 seconds on Chrome and Firefox, which use a fast video encoder built into the browser. On Safari it runs in real time — closer to the length of the film itself, typically 90 seconds to 3 minutes.

If your chat is very long — years of daily conversation — the AI step may take a little longer. The processing screen will keep you company while it works.

Is this a subscription?

No. One film, one payment. No account, no recurring charge, nothing to cancel.

What languages does it support?

The AI reads conversations in any language. Films from English, Hindi, Spanish, Hinglish, Spanglish, and regional language chats all work — the chapter titles and narrative will follow the dominant language of the conversation.

If the chat mixes languages freely, the film will too. That's usually a feature, not a problem.

The relationship inference felt off. What do I do?

Tap It's different — let me say on the confirmation screen and describe the relationship in your own words. A few words is enough: "uncle and niece", "college friends who lost touch", "mother and son". The AI will use that to shape the film correctly.

Can I make multiple films?

Yes. Each film is a separate upload and a separate payment. There's no limit to how many you make.

Many people come back with a different relationship after watching their first film. That's the point.

Some stories take years to write. Two minutes to feel.

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