A friend of a friend
Two weeks ago, at your friend Jonas's birthday, you and Elif talked for ten minutes by the kitchen about the green 1970s road frame she was restoring.
With Elif · 3 decisions · message thread
Start A friend of a friendTexting practice
Each situation is a message thread with a fictional adult. You see what she wrote and when, choose what to send, and see what comes back. Afterward a coach explains how well your message matched what the thread showed, and a ledger shows who carried it.
How this works
- You are scored on calibration, not on whether she answers or says yes.
- Reply time and message length are cues, and one cue tells you little. Her usual pace is given, so a slow replier's slow reply is not news.
- Sending nothing for now is always a choice, and it is never marked as a failure.
- Not every thread goes well. Sometimes the best message is a short one, or none.
- Your runs stay on this device.
Situations
Three weeks of emoji
Tessa, a teacher who throws pottery on weekends, followed you after a mutual friend shared your canal-walk photos.
With Tessa · 4 decisions · message thread
Start Three weeks of emojiReplying to her story
Last Tuesday, at the climbing gym's social evening, you and Ana were on neighboring routes and talked for a few minutes between climbs.
With Ana · 3 decisions · message thread
Start Replying to her storyThe evening after coffee
Yesterday afternoon you had coffee with Ana near the climbing gym.
With Ana · 3 decisions · message thread
Start The evening after coffeeThe morning after the first date
You and Mei had dinner last night and walked to the tram stop afterward.
With Mei · 3 decisions · message thread
Start The morning after the first date"Maybe! Busy week though"
Priya joined your board-game group two weeks ago, and you've texted most evenings since.
With Priya · 3 decisions · message thread
Start "Maybe! Busy week though"A first message to a match
You and Marisol matched on a hiking-and-travel app yesterday.
With Marisol · 3 decisions · message thread
Start A first message to a matchShe cancels an hour before
You and Dara planned to meet for dinner tonight at seven.
With Dara · 3 decisions · message thread
Start She cancels an hour beforeA reply full of exclamation marks
You've been going to the same climbing gym for a month and joined its group chat.
With Zainab · 3 decisions · message thread
Start A reply full of exclamation marksHer birthday, and her request
Three months ago Sofia ended the relationship, and she asked you not to contact her.
With Sofia · 2 decisions · message thread
Start Her birthday, and her requestYour ex found your jacket
You and Lea broke up four months ago, on good terms, after a year together.
With Lea · 2 decisions · message thread
Start Your ex found your jacketAsking Ana to meet
You met Ana at the climbing gym's social evening a few weeks ago.
With Ana · 3 decisions · message thread
Start Asking Ana to meetA conversation that has gone flat
You and Hana have been texting for a week.
With Hana · 3 decisions · message thread
Start A conversation that has gone flatSilence after a good week
You met Rania at a friend's board-game night two weeks ago.
With Rania · 2 decisions · message thread
Start Silence after a good weekYou liked it more than you can tell
Last night you and Camille had a first date: dumplings, then a long walk home by the river.
With Camille · 3 decisions · message thread
Start You liked it more than you can tellA kind no after a first date
On Saturday you had a first date with Elif: a gallery, then a drink.
With Elif · 2 decisions · message thread
Start A kind no after a first date"As friends"
Tess runs with your club on Sunday mornings.
With Tess · 2 decisions · message thread
Start "As friends"The first message after the number
You and Noor sit at neighboring wheels in a Thursday beginners' pottery class.
With Noor · 4 decisions · message thread
Start The first message after the numberA third plan after two maybes
You and Ingrid have texted for a month.
With Ingrid · 3 decisions · message thread
Start A third plan after two maybesArranging the second date
You and Lena had a good first dinner on Sunday and have traded messages since.
With Lena · 3 decisions · message thread
Start Arranging the second dateNo reply after a follow-up
On Monday you sent Noa a photo of a bookshop you thought she'd like.
With Noa · 3 decisions · message thread
Start No reply after a follow-up