Texting
Every word lands on them exactly as it left you.
No one in the middle
For two people who love each other
You talk to inbetween.
They talk to inbetween.
It knows both sides,
and helps you get each other.
The fun, safe, easy way to chat with the one you love. And inbetween is in between: nothing you say reaches them unless you allow it.
Fun
Games and blind questions, not only the hard talks.
Safe
Say the unfair version. You’re not saying it to them.
Easy
Say it messy. It helps you find the words.
inbetween is best on the app — notifications actually arrive.
I’m always the one who plans. I’m tired of it.
inbetweenStays with you. I’ll ask them the same, blind — neither answer moves until both are in.
Theirs, and you never see it
Asked them too
What it is
Not a chat. Not a chatbot.
Something in between.
You already know three ways to sort something out with the person you live with. Each one has the same hole in it.
Couples counselling
Same room, same hour. You are both performing a little.
Nothing is private
A chatbot
It only ever has your side — so it agrees with you.
One side only
inbetween
Two private lines, one mind — and no line between the two of you.
Both sides, privately
You are never talking to them. That’s why you can say the true thing. And because it hears you both, it’s the only one who can tell you what they meant. It doesn’t pass your words on. Nothing crosses unless you say so.
What happens
One evening,
start to finish.
Nothing here is a feature. This is just what it’s like to use it once.
Tuesday, 9pm
You’re annoyed, and you don’t want a fight.
So you tell inbetween instead. The real version, not the careful one. Nobody else is in the room.
Your side
I’m always the one who plans everything. I’m tired of it.
Only you can see thisA minute later
It doesn’t agree with you. It asks you something.
It isn’t here to take your side. It’s here to find out what’s really going on — and it’s asking them too.
Your side
When you say “always” — is it the planning you mind, or that nobody notices you did it?
The second one. Obviously the second one.
At the same time, on their phone
They get asked too. Nothing about you.
They never see what you wrote. They just get a question, in their own thread, the way you did.
Their side
Quick one: when the week gets planned, how does that usually happen?
Their answer. You won’t see it yet.
When you’ve both answered
You see each other’s answer in the same second.
Nobody goes first. Nobody gets to change their answer after reading yours.
Both answered
You saidI plan it because if I don’t, nothing happens.
They saidThey’re better at it and they like doing it. I’d only get it wrong.
And that’s the part that changes things
You were both wrong about each other.
You thought they didn’t care. They thought you wanted it. Nobody had to win — you just needed to know.
What you do now
Neither of you wanted this. Shall I write down who does next month, so it isn’t a question again?
Both said yesTry the thing itself
See what happens
when nobody goes first.
The same question goes to you both. Both answers stay shut until both are in. Try it.
What would a perfect Sunday actually look like?
Your answer
A long walk somewhere with a view, a big lunch, then absolutely nothing.
SealedTheir answer
Sleep in, coffee on the balcony, swim, read, swim again.
SealedYou both end the day the same way — with nothing asked of you. The argument was never about rest. It was only ever about where.
Why you can be honest
Say it however it comes out.
It doesn’t arrive that way.
You’re never talking to them. You’re talking to the one in between — so you can be unfair, or frightened, or furious, and none of it lands on them like that.
What you sayWhat could reach them
They never think about anyone but themselves.
I’ve been feeling left out of how we decide things. Can we make the next one together?
I do everything in this house and nobody notices.
I need what I do to be seen. Not thanked — just noticed.
I’m so angry I don’t even want to look at them.
I need a day before we talk about this. I’m not walking away.
And only if you say yes. You’re shown the exact sentence first, and nothing goes until you approve that sentence. On Private, nothing goes at all.
The whole loop
Watch one thing cross —
and come back different.
Two phones, and no line between them. What you send goes to the middle; what lands on their side is not what you typed. Their answer comes back the same way.
inbetweenyour thread
They never think about anyone but themselves.
Heard. Nothing of that goes anywhere. Can I ask them how decisions get made?
They thought you preferred deciding. They didn’t know you wanted them to ask.
inbetweentheir thread
Quick one — when something gets decided at home, how does that usually happen?
Honestly? They’re better at deciding. I assumed they wanted to.
Useful. I’ll take that back — not your words, just what you meant.
Why it’s safe to try
One switch, and a lock on every message.
You’re the only one who can move them.
That freedom needs a guarantee behind it. This is it — a switch at the top of every conversation, and a lock beside everything you write. What stays locked is never handed to their side at all.
Everything you write stays locked, with you
Asks before anything of yours goes across — and shows you exactly which messages
Sends anything you haven’t unlocked
The only four ways anything ever reaches them
- A roundThe same question to you both. Answers stay sealed until everyone has answered, then you all see all.
- Your yesA message of yours goes across only when it’s unlocked — by your switch, or by you tapping yes on exactly that message.
- A gameYou chose to play, and the result was always going to be shared.
What you get out of it
Three things,
and they’re all the same thing.
One
You finally say it.
The thing you’ve been swallowing for months. Said properly, once, to someone who won’t throw it back at you.
I’m tired of being the only one who plans
Only you can see thisNot at midnight. Not as an accusation.
Two
You find out what they meant.
Not what you assumed they meant. The actual reason, from someone who just asked them and has no side to pick.
If I don’t plan it, nothing happens.
They like doing it. I’d get it wrong.
Usually it’s kinder than you thought.
Three
And nothing goes behind your back.
Every message inbetween sends for you is shown in your thread and in theirs, word for word — the same record on both sides.
→ Sent to them
What you asked it to say, exactly
Shown to you both
Nothing is sent that you can’t see.
Both moods
For the talk you’ve been avoiding —
and the evening you just want back.
When it’s heavy
The thing that’s been going round for months. Said once, properly, to someone who won’t repeat it.
“I feel like I’m the only one holding this together.”“I was sharp last night and I don’t know how to start.”“We need to decide about the money and I keep postponing it.”
When it’s light
Same inbetween, completely different mood. Most weeks, this is the part people actually open.
“Ask us both something we’ve never asked each other.”“Tell them I noticed. I just can’t say it out loud.”“We’ve been too serious lately. Give us a game.”
What happens to what you say
And what you said
stays where you said it.
Never sold, never trained onWhat you say here isn’t a product and isn’t a dataset.
It checks itself before it speaksEvery reply is checked against what the other one told it in private.
It tells you what it didIf it passed something on, you’ll see that it did, and what it said.
Delete anything, leave anytimeYour side is yours. Take it back whenever you want.
Questions
The ones people
actually ask first.
Isn’t this just a chatbot with extra steps?
A chatbot only has your side, so it agrees with you. This one has both sides. That’s the whole difference — it’s why it can tell you something you didn’t already believe.
Do they have to be into this for it to work?
They just have to answer a question now and then. That’s it. And because nobody goes first, answering isn’t giving in.
What stops it from taking a side?
It isn’t trying to work out who’s right. It’s trying to get you both right about each other. If you’re unfair about them, it won’t agree — and it won’t tell them either.
What if I say something I’d never want repeated?
That’s what the switch is for. On Private, nothing crosses at all — what you said only changes the questions it asks you. Anything that does reach them comes through one of four doors, and three of them need you to say yes first.
Is this therapy?
No, and it won’t pretend to be. It’s for the ordinary stuff: who plans, who’s tired, what Sunday is for. If something needs a real professional, it’ll say so.
Who else can read it?
Nobody. Not your partner, not us, not a model being trained tomorrow. Your thread is shut to them, and each conversation is shut to every other one you have.
What it costs
Fourteen days, then choose.
14 days free
The 14 days are Talk a little — 30 messages a day, 300 in all. No card to start. They are yours alone: if you both join, you each get your own 14 days.
- Talk a little30 a day each · 600 a month together$9.99
- Talk a lot100 a day each · 1,200 a month together$19.99
- Talk all day250 a day each · 2,000 a month together$29.99
One plan covers you and everyone you talk with, so the other person never has to pay to answer you. Cancel whenever you like.
Get the app Start with your partner or start in your browserNo password — we email you a code.
Same conversation on your phone, and notifications actually arrive.
What have you not been saying?
It takes a minute. And you don’t have to convince them of anything — you just tell inbetween, which isn’t going first at all.