What do you want to do, and which feature does it?
Most feature lists are written from the product's side: here is a button, here is what it does. This one runs the other way. Find the thing you want to do in the left column, and the table tells you which tool does it and which screen to look on.
Rules are kept off this page on purpose. What is free, how a call is counted and how to stay safe each have a page of their own, linked where they come up.
From what you want to the feature that does it| You want to… | Use | Look on |
|---|
| See who is around before saying anything | Who's online | The online list |
| Look at people from one country | The country view of Who's online | The online list |
| Write to one particular person | Message | That person's profile |
| Ring one particular person | Video call | That person's profile |
| Be handed someone without choosing | Random Match, video | The match screen |
| Talk without being seen | Random Match, voice | The match screen, with the type set to voice |
| Get a tricky sentence across during a call | Typing in the call | The call screen |
| Read a message written in another language | Automatic translation of written messages | Any message thread, and messages typed in a call |
| Talk to the same person again tomorrow | Follow | Their profile |
| Pick up more free matches | Reward Center | The top of the match screen |
| Stop hearing from someone, or flag what they did | Block and Report | The options for that person |
Prefer to see these in the order you meet them? That is the job of how Dinchat works.
Which feature fits which moment?
The same person uses different tools on different days. Six common moments, and the feature that tends to suit each.
You have five minutes and no plan
Random Match. One tap and you are in a conversation, with no list to read first. It suits a short break precisely because it asks nothing of you beforehand.
You care who it is
Who's online. Scroll, open a profile or two, and write to the person you would actually like an answer from. Slower than a match, and you start with a face, a name and a country to talk about. Choosing well is covered in meet new people online.
You are in yesterday's T-shirt
A voice match, or a written message. Neither involves a camera. Voice gives you a real person's laugh; a message lets you answer while doing something else. The differences are set out in random voice chat.
The two of you share about forty words
Type. Written messages are translated, spoken words are not, so typing the hard sentence in the middle of a call is often what rescues it.
That went well and you would hate to lose them
Follow, before the call ends or straight after. A random match gives you no other way back to the same person.
Something felt wrong
End the conversation first, then use Block or Report. When to use which, and what to write in a report, is in the safety tips.
How do the features hand over to each other?
No single feature does much alone. They are built to pass you along, and three routes show how.
- 1
List → profile → message → follow
The careful route. You pick a person from Who's online, write to them from their profile, and follow them once the replies are worth coming back for.
- 2
Match → type → follow → profile call
The spontaneous route. Chance picks, you talk, you type the words that will not come out right, and a follow turns a one-off into someone you can ring on purpose next time.
- 3
Voice → follow → message → video
The gradual route. You hear someone first, keep in touch in writing, and switch the camera on for a person you already like.
All three end at Follow for a reason. It is the hinge between meeting someone and knowing them, and it is the easiest one to forget on a first visit.
Which features matter on day one, and which can wait?
You can ignore most of this page on a first visit. Two things are enough to begin with: Who's online, so you can see that people are there, and either a message or a match, so you can talk to one of them. Everything else earns its place later.
By the second or third visit, Follow starts to matter, because by then there is someone you would like to find again. Typing in a call and translation show their worth the first time you meet a person whose language you do not share. The country view of the list is for when curiosity about one particular place sets in.
The Reward Center and coins belong to the stage after that, when you match often enough for free matches to become something you keep an eye on. Where the free part ends is laid out on the is Dinchat free page, and how to claim is on the coins and Reward Center page.
An account comes last of all. You begin as a guest, and an account is what keeps the people you follow with you if you change browser or phone. What a guest shows to other people is on the anon chat page.
Do the features change between phone and computer?
No. Dinchat runs in a browser, so the list, the match screen, profiles and calls are the same set of tools wherever you open it. What differs is comfort. A phone is easier for voice and for a quick match on a break; a computer gives you a bigger picture on video and a proper keyboard for long messages.
The one device-specific step is giving the browser permission to use your camera and microphone, which each device words a little differently. That, and putting Dinchat on your home screen, is covered on the Dinchat app page. If you are weighing Dinchat against things you would install from a store, see apps to meet new people.
