Pigeon for Telegram Apple

Pigeon for Telegram

Feature-Rich Messaging Client

Features & Capabilities

Before the telegraph, Pigeons ruled the messaging industry. Today, a little pigeon lives on your watch, bringing your messages across Telegram.

That little pigeon, is none other than this app!

Pigeon is a Telegram messaging client, built just for the Apple Watch platform.

WORKS BY ITSELF Pigeon runs directly on your Watch, without a companion iPhone app, so that if you have a cellular plan, you can chat anytime, anywhere, with just the watch alone.

PRIVACY FOCUSED Messages are communicated and received via Telegram’s official API, TDLib, to ensure the same level of secure communications, expected of the Telegram platform. None of your personal information is collected, so that you can chat with confidence.

FORMATTED MESSAGES Pigeon receives not just plain old text messages. Formatted messages such as those with bolded, italics, underlined or strikethrough are presented as your friend had intended.

SUPPORTED MESSAGE TYPES Pigeon also shows you the GIFs, stickers, photos, videos, contacts, location, voice and video notes, as well as documents* that your friend or channel had sent, while also allowing you to send* text, GIF, stickers, voice, photo^ and location^ messages to your friends too!

You can even zoom in on the photos, and interact with the polls and quizzes!

Currently supported document types includes png, jpeg, pdf, mp4, txt, rtf, md, gpx^ and more.

DYNAMIC TYPE The interface scales according to your Dynamic Type settings, to better fit your needs!

SIMPLE SIGN IN Signing in, is just 2 or 3 simple steps.

  1. Using the official Telegram app, scan the QR code displayed on the watch.
  2. If you have enabled Two-Step Verification, you will have to enter your password. Otherwise, you’re in!

Alternatively, you may also sign in via your phone number, if it isn’t convenient for you to scan a QR code.

TOPICS^ Pigeon supports topics in group chats, for better chat organisation.

REACTIONS, REPLIES AND DELETE You can also send* reactions, reply to, forward messages, or even delete them, directly in the app! You can also edit your messages. Long-press on any message to view these options.

CHANNEL COMMENTS^ View and interact with other commentators in a channel

WEB LINK PREVIEWS Did your friend send you a link? View it in app.

NOTIFICATIONS Receive notifications with image, sticker or voice attachments^, and reply directly, without the need of your iPhone nearby! You can also mute chats directly in the app!

FOLDER SUPPORT If you prefer to arrange your chats on the official Telegram app via folders, Pigeon can sync and filter accordingly too!

START NEW CHATS^ You can start new chat conversations from your synced contacts, directly from Pigeon.

SIRI AND SHORTCUTS^ Send Telegram messages using your voice via Siri.

SEARCH Search for contacts and public groups and channels directly in app.

PARENTAL CONTROLS^ Restrict certain functionality if deemed unsuitable for the user.

MORE FEATURES FOR THE FUTURE Pigeon is in active development, with more features to come, in future.

— *Some features requires an active subscription. With a subscription, you would be able to go to the next page of the chat list, view older messages, send messages, reactions and replies, future feature updates, as well as to support the development efforts to keep Pigeon going!

^Feature requires watchOS 10 and above. — Pigeon is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way connected to Telegram Messenger.

Note: In order to use the app without an iPhone in close proximity, an active and direct cellular or Wi-Fi connection is required for the Apple Watch.

Privacy Policy: https://pigeonwatch.app/privacy Terms (Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Documentation: https://support.pigeonwatch.app/notes

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Vincent Neo
Version:
1.9 Last updated: 2026-05-24
Version code:
885741434
Creation date:
2023-03-14
Compatible devices:
Size:
120.08MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-03
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Apple app. Please use these information below to contact the Apple app developer.
Developed by:
Vincent Neo
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/ng/app/pigeon-for-telegram/id1671939892
Website:
https://pigeonwatch.app

User Reviews

Users praise Pigeon for Telegram on Apple Watch and its feature-rich, generally reliable experience. The main drawbacks are the pricing model (subscription-only, no lifetime option) and performance issues (lag and slow message loading).
Pros
  • Apple Watch support lets you use Telegram on your wrist and stay connected without your phone.
  • Feature-rich experience with actions like opening links, deleting messages, reacting, playing videos, and UI customization.
  • Generally reliable and does what it promises.
Cons
  • Pricing model is subscription-only with annual fees and no lifetime purchase option.
  • Laggy performance and slow loading/refresh of conversations.
Recent reviews
Only good for getting notifications and seeing past texts if you are on the free plan. Please update with at least quick responses free! Thank you. Edit: okay, i know it isn’t official and Apple makes people pay $99 per year to publish apps, but come on! At least let us text for free.
by re*****, 2026-01-21

Хочу купить подписку, но при попытке оплатить- на часах выдает ошибку, можно ли как-то купить её на iphone?
by je*****, 2025-07-30

Pigeon is the only game in town if you want to leave your phone behind and keep using telegram while out and about. It is really great and feels pretty feature complete. I do wish conversation loading could happen a little faster and also wish there was a lifetime purchase option (even if it was 5x the annual or something).
by Ne*****, 2025-02-23
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