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CatchApp

A desktop tool that filters your chosen WhatsApp groups down to the few messages that matter, in your language.

Type
AI · Desktop app
Timeline
Built 2026
Role
Design & build, end to end
Status
Alpha release · In daily use
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🔔 CatchApp
32 things today
from 140+ messages
Hebrew → English
📌Talia · Camp — pencil case, lunch, water, salad kit
📌Noah · Daycare — a pack of wet wipes
📌Talia · Maths Club — sign up + reading books
The problem

School and parent WhatsApp groups never stop. The one message that matters is buried in hundreds. Miss it and you've missed the trip form, the sick day, the change of plan.

Reading every group in full, every day, is the only safe way. That's a lot of noise for a few real messages.

The approach

So I built something that reads the groups for me and only speaks up when it counts.

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Watches only the groups you choose, and ignores everything else

02

Ignores all other chats and groups to maintain privacy

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Judges which messages matter, to keep running costs low

04

Translates the ones worth seeing into your language

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Sends scheduled daily summaries while pushing urgent info through faster

The part I love

It decides what matters without reading everything at full price

The clever bit is spotting which messages count without sending every one to an AI, which would be slow and costly. So it filters hard first, then translates the important stuff into the language you want.

The outcome
3 months
of daily use and now building user base
100s
of irrelevant messages filtered out
3 kids
in the right place, at the right time, with the right stuff

I open one place and see the handful of messages that need me, in English. No scrolling 15 busy groups to find what's important.

AIDesktop

Built for my own family's groups, so I keep names and chats private. Ask and I can show you on a safe example.

Let's build

Have a problem worth solving?

I usually reply within a day.