WhatsApp Wrapped tools compared: year filters and image exports

For a private group-chat recap, the important choice is which dates are counted and what you can download. A year label on a card does not necessarily mean the tool filtered a multi-year export.

Tera Chat Wrapped fits when you want to choose a calendar year and save one 1080×1920 PNG on your phone. For a sequence of cards, square output or other presentation options, another tool may fit better. Tera does not offer a multi-card ZIP or an arbitrary date-range picker.

This comparison was checked on 2 November 2026. Tera Chat publishes it, so the authors have an interest in one of the options. We distinguish direct checks from vendors’ documentation. This is not a security audit or a speed benchmark.

Compare the output before choosing

Tool	Year selection	Image output	Evidence
Tera Chat	Years present in the file, or All years	One 1080×1920 PNG	Fictional two-year file checked; actual saved image below
10015	Year menu, including All time	Individual PNG or nine-card ZIP	Live controls inspected; export workflow documented, not completed in our check
TryMyPost	No selector found in the chat/look controls inspected	Nine cards; individual PNG/all-card ZIP controls, free branding	Fictional file parsed; downloads not tested
Talk & Tool	Year selection documented	Story and square cards; optional names	Vendor documentation only
WhatsAnalyze	Behavior not verified	Story recap; HD and PDF described as Pro	Vendor documentation; headline still referred to 2025

All five describe browser-side processing for their core recap. For the external tools, that is a vendor claim, not independent network verification. Optional sharing can behave differently: WhatsAnalyze describes encrypted share links. Saving an image to your phone is separate from creating a hosted link.

A two-year export makes the distinction visible

Use our fictional group export before choosing a private conversation. It contains 14 messages: two on 31 December 2025 and 12 on 29–31 October 2026. Every name and message is invented.

In Tera Chat, select the file and compare the choices:

Selection	Messages	Sender counts
2026	12	Mira 6, Noah 3, Zoe 3
2025	2	Noah 1, Zoe 1
All years	14	Mira 6, Noah 4, Zoe 4

The selection changes the statistics and saved card. This is the actual PNG generated by Tera, not a design mockup:

In our TryMyPost check, the same file produced 14 messages, three people and four active days, covering 31 December 2025 to 31 October 2026. We inspected its chat and appearance controls without finding a year selector. This is a dated observation of the controls available in this session, not a claim that the product can never add or expose another filtering path. Do not label that all-history result a 2026-only recap.

We inspected 10015’s year menu and download choices but did not complete its file-selection flow. Its filtering is documented and visible in the interface, rather than verified against our sample. We did not run the sample through Talk & Tool or WhatsAnalyze.

Make a year-specific recap without editing the transcript

For Tera, export the group from the WhatsApp phone app, save the TXT or ZIP, open Wrapped and choose the file. Select 2026, then Save as image. This filters the file locally; it does not depend on a WhatsApp Web custom-date export or manually deleting old lines.

On a supported phone, saving can open the share sheet; otherwise the browser downloads the PNG. Review it before sending it. The image can contain participant names, a top word and activity statistics even without the message transcript.

If 2026 is missing from the menu, inspect the file’s dates. A label cannot manufacture absent messages. Our sample covers only three October days in 2026. Similarly, a recap made on 2 November can only be year-to-date, and a truncated phone export may cover less. Keep your original export when experimenting.

The same chat can produce different awards

Counting rules may differ between tools. Tera’s daily summary divides by active days. Reply gaps count consecutive messages from different senders less than 24 hours apart; the fastest-replier tile needs at least three qualifying gaps. Conversation starts use a separate six-hour threshold, plus the first message in the selected period.

These rules describe timestamps, not a group’s meaning. An apparent answer could address an earlier message. Check the worked reply-time calculation before interpreting an award as a personal judgment.

For a participant table, emoji ranking and activity grid, use the group-statistics example. Choose the destination that produces the result you need.