diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index b1c27c759a..4d6aa8e62e 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ func chatRecvMsg() throws -> ChatResponse {
 }
 
 func apiGetActiveUser() throws -> User? {
+    let _ = getChatCtrl()
+    sleep(1)
     let r = try chatSendCmd(.showActiveUser)
     switch r {
     case let .activeUser(user): return user
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/Contents.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/Contents.swift
index 1b54844630..991679a8b4 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/Contents.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/Contents.swift
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ for match in matches {
     let url = input[range]
     print(url)
 }
+
+let r = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^\\+?[0-9\\.\\(\\)\\-]{7,20}$")
+
+print(r.firstMatch(in: "+44(0)7448-736-790", options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: "+44(0)7448-736-790".count)) == nil)
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/timeline.xctimeline b/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/timeline.xctimeline
index 522d23c91f..ad2411a0b9 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/timeline.xctimeline
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground/timeline.xctimeline
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    version = "3.0">
    <TimelineItems>
       <LoggerValueHistoryTimelineItem
-         documentLocation = "file:///Users/evgeny/opensource/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground#CharacterRangeLen=88&amp;CharacterRangeLoc=91&amp;EndingColumnNumber=0&amp;EndingLineNumber=7&amp;StartingColumnNumber=3&amp;StartingLineNumber=6&amp;Timestamp=665788560.47885"
+         documentLocation = "file:///Users/evgeny/opensource/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/apps/ios/Shared/MyPlayground.playground#CharacterRangeLen=88&amp;CharacterRangeLoc=91&amp;EndingColumnNumber=0&amp;EndingLineNumber=7&amp;StartingColumnNumber=3&amp;StartingLineNumber=6&amp;Timestamp=665873333.107271"
          selectedRepresentationIndex = "0"
          shouldTrackSuperviewWidth = "NO">
       </LoggerValueHistoryTimelineItem>
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/TextItemView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/TextItemView.swift
index 43c0c399bc..78f875d0e1 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/TextItemView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/TextItemView.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 import SwiftUI
 
+private let emailRegex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[a-z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?)*$", options: .caseInsensitive)
+
+private let phoneRegex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^\\+?[0-9\\.\\(\\)\\-]{7,20}$")
+
 struct TextItemView: View {
     var chatItem: ChatItem
     var width: CGFloat
@@ -17,22 +21,25 @@ struct TextItemView: View {
         let sent = chatItem.chatDir.sent
         let minWidth = min(200, width)
         let maxWidth = min(300, width * 0.78)
-        return VStack {
-            messageText(chatItem.content.text, sent: sent)
-                .padding(.top, 8)
+        let meta = getDateFormatter().string(from: chatItem.meta.itemTs)
+
+        return ZStack(alignment: .bottomTrailing) {
+            (messageText(chatItem.content.text, sent: sent) + reserveSpaceForMeta(meta))
+                .padding(.top, 6)
+                .padding(.bottom, 7)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 12)
                 .frame(minWidth: minWidth, maxWidth: maxWidth, alignment: .leading)
                 .foregroundColor(sent ? .white : .primary)
                 .textSelection(.enabled)
-            Text(getDateFormatter().string(from: chatItem.meta.itemTs))
+            Text(meta)
                 .font(.caption)
-                .foregroundColor(sent ? .white : .secondary)
-                .padding(.bottom, 8)
+                .foregroundColor(sent ? Color(uiColor: .secondarySystemBackground) : .secondary)
+                .padding(.bottom, 4)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 12)
-                .frame(minWidth: minWidth, maxWidth: maxWidth, alignment: .trailing)
+                .frame(minWidth: minWidth, maxWidth: maxWidth, alignment: .bottomTrailing)
         }
         .background(sent ? .blue : Color(uiColor: .tertiarySystemGroupedBackground))
-        .cornerRadius(10)
+        .cornerRadius(18)
         .padding(.horizontal)
         .frame(
             minWidth: 200,
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ struct TextItemView: View {
         )
     }
 
-    private func messageText(_ s: String, sent: Bool = false) -> Text {
+    private func messageText(_ s: String, sent: Bool) -> Text {
         if s == "" { return Text("") }
         let parts = s.split(separator: " ")
         var res = wordToText(parts[0], sent)
@@ -55,14 +62,22 @@ struct TextItemView: View {
         return res
     }
 
+    private func reserveSpaceForMeta(_ meta: String) -> Text {
+        Text(AttributedString("   \(meta)", attributes: AttributeContainer([
+            .font: UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .caption1) as Any,
+            .foregroundColor: UIColor.clear as Any,
+        ])))
+    }
+
     private func wordToText(_ s: String.SubSequence, _ sent: Bool) -> Text {
+        let str = String(s)
         switch true {
         case s.starts(with: "http://") || s.starts(with: "https://"):
-            let str = String(s)
-            return Text(AttributedString(str, attributes: AttributeContainer([
-                .link: NSURL(string: str) as Any,
-                .foregroundColor: (sent ? UIColor.white : nil) as Any
-            ]))).underline()
+            return linkText(str, prefix: "", sent: sent)
+        case match(str, emailRegex):
+            return linkText(str, prefix: "mailto:", sent: sent)
+        case match(str, phoneRegex):
+            return linkText(str, prefix: "tel:", sent: sent)
         default:
             if (s.count > 1) {
                 switch true {
@@ -78,6 +93,17 @@ struct TextItemView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    private func match(_ s: String, _ regex: NSRegularExpression) -> Bool {
+        regex.firstMatch(in: s, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: s.count)) != nil
+    }
+
+    private func linkText(_ s: String, prefix: String, sent: Bool) -> Text {
+        Text(AttributedString(s, attributes: AttributeContainer([
+            .link: NSURL(string: prefix + s) as Any,
+            .foregroundColor: (sent ? UIColor.white : nil) as Any
+        ]))).underline()
+    }
+
     private func mdText(_ s: String.SubSequence) -> Text {
         Text(s[s.index(s.startIndex, offsetBy: 1)..<s.index(s.endIndex, offsetBy: -1)])
     }
@@ -88,8 +114,10 @@ struct TextItemView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
         Group{
             TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(1, .directSnd, .now, "hello"), width: 360)
             TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(2, .directSnd, .now, "https://simplex.chat"), width: 360)
-            TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(2, .directRcv, .now, "hello there too"), width: 360)
+            TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(2, .directRcv, .now, "hello there too!!! this covers -"), width: 360)
+            TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(2, .directRcv, .now, "hello there too!!! this text has the time on the same line "), width: 360)
             TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(2, .directRcv, .now, "https://simplex.chat"), width: 360)
+            TextItemView(chatItem: chatItemSample(2, .directRcv, .now, "chaT@simplex.chat"), width: 360)
         }
         .previewLayout(.fixed(width: 360, height: 70))
     }
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleX.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/apps/ios/SimpleX.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 0cdc584e18..05920d4a65 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleX.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleX.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
 				CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES = YES;
 				CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = "SimpleX (iOS).entitlements";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 3;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 4;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = 5NN7GUYB6T;
 				ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;
 				ENABLE_PREVIEWS = YES;
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(PROJECT_DIR)/Libraries";
 				"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "$(PROJECT_DIR)/Libraries/ios";
 				"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "$(PROJECT_DIR)/Libraries/sim";
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 0.2.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 0.2.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = chat.simplex.app;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = SimpleX;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@
 				CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES = YES;
 				CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = "SimpleX (iOS).entitlements";
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 3;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 4;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = 5NN7GUYB6T;
 				ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;
 				ENABLE_PREVIEWS = YES;
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = "$(PROJECT_DIR)/Libraries";
 				"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "$(PROJECT_DIR)/Libraries/ios";
 				"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]" = "$(PROJECT_DIR)/Libraries/sim";
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 0.2.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 0.2.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = chat.simplex.app;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = SimpleX;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;