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title: "Free WhatsApp tools"
description: "Free WhatsApp tools that run in your browser: format bold and italic text, make a QR code or wa.me link, count characters, and turn voice notes into text."
canonical: "https://kaptionai.com/tools/"
lang: "en"
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# Free WhatsApp tools

> Free WhatsApp tools that run in your browser: format bold and italic text, make a QR code or wa.me link, count characters, and turn voice notes into text.

Canonical: https://kaptionai.com/tools/

Every tool runs in the visitor's browser, with no account, no API key and nothing uploaded. Each page ends with an optional link to install Kaption (the WhatsApp Web extension and desktop app).

## The tools

- [WhatsApp text formatter](https://kaptionai.com/tools/whatsapp-text-formatter/): add bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace, quotes and lists, with a live WhatsApp preview.
- [WhatsApp QR code generator](https://kaptionai.com/tools/whatsapp-qr-code/): turn a number and an optional message into a QR code that opens a WhatsApp chat; download it as a PNG.
- [WhatsApp link generator](https://kaptionai.com/whatsapp-link-generator/): make a wa.me link that opens a chat with your number, with an optional ready-typed message.
- [WhatsApp character counter](https://kaptionai.com/tools/whatsapp-character-counter/): count characters, words and emoji, and check text against WhatsApp's published limits.
- [WhatsApp voice note to text helper](https://kaptionai.com/tools/whatsapp-voice-note-to-text/): answer two questions and get the quickest way to read a voice note as text on a phone or computer.

## Questions

### Are the tools free?

Yes. There is no sign-up, no usage limit and no watermark.

### Is what I type sent to Kaption?

No. The tools work inside the page in your browser.

### Do I need the Kaption extension to use them?

No. Kaption is the extension and desktop app for bigger jobs: transcribing voice notes, summarizing chats and scheduling messages in WhatsApp Web.