Use cases
What people use Naven for
The situations Naven was built for: mixed devices, no phone numbers, nothing to install, and a safety story a parent can read in ten seconds.
Family group chatHouseholds with a mix of iPhones, Android phones, laptops and a school Chromebook.
Teen messaging parents can live with13–17 year olds and the adults deciding what they are allowed to use.
Schools and librariesTeachers, librarians and IT staff running managed Chromebooks or locked-down desktops.
Friends and family abroadPeople whose friends and family are in different countries, on different networks, changing SIMs.
Clubs and small communitiesAnyone organising a book club, running club, study group, band or society.
Messaging without a phone numberAnyone unwilling or unable to hand a phone number to an app or a group.
Messaging with nothing to installPeople on work laptops, school Chromebooks, borrowed computers, or phones with no storage left.
Communities without an algorithmic feedPeople tired of engagement-ranked feeds but still wanting communities and news.