Your island
Every question you answer, game you play and day you keep your streak levels your island up, starting with Ember at level one. Go quiet for a while and it levels back down.
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▲ Show up, level up▼ Go quiet, slip back
Now live on the App Store
closer is a few minutes a day that are only about the two of you. Questions, games, date ideas, cycle tracking, and an island that grows every day you show up for each other.
Free to download · iOS
Sound familiar?
It happens to good relationships too. A 2021 review covering about 165,000 people found satisfaction tends to dip over the first ten years together. closer helps you catch the slide early and keep the good years good.
- Most of your texts are about groceries and pickup times.
- The same argument keeps coming back in new words.
- One of you had a rough week and the other found out on Sunday.
- You’re on the same couch, both on your phones.
- A few minutes a day on closer, and you notice each other again.
What's inside
25 ways to stay close, sorted by what they do for you.
01 · Grow
Show up and your island levels up. Go quiet and it slips back, so you notice drift while it’s still small.
Streaks
Show up every day and the chain grows. Miss a day and it breaks.
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Achievements
Celebrate milestones together, from your first Spark to your 1,000th day.
First Spark
One Week
100 Days
Couple profile
One profile for the two of you, with your streaks, badges and milestones in one place.
02 · Show up
Know what kind of day they’re having before they have to say it.
Cycle tracking
Your partner sees which phase you’re in and what tends to help that week. They’ll know when to bring snacks and when to give you space, and the hard days get easier on both of you.
Period
Follicular
Ovulation
Luteal
This week: go gentle, plan a cozy night in, bring the snacks.
Live tracking
Their location, battery, weather, wifi and status on one screen. Know they got home safe, see when their phone is about to die, and send a ping that says I miss you.
Home
24%
12°
Wi-Fi
💌 Ping sent: I miss you
Heartbeat
Tap the heart at the same moment and it fires on both phones. A small way to say I’m here, from anywhere.
Daily check-in
Share how you’re feeling. See how your partner is doing. Neither of you has to guess.
😊
😌
😐
😔
😞
Love & Care
Log the little things you do for each other. The coffee, the long hug, the just-because flowers.
Made you coffee
Long hug
Just because
Care Score
See how your relationship is doing, week by week, and watch the number move.
03 · Hard days
Short lessons and honest quizzes for the weeks that feel heavier.
Micro therapy lessons
Five-minute lessons on how couples argue, make up and reconnect. Read one together and try it the same night.
5 minHow to argue without scorekeeping
5 minMaking up after a bad night
5 minListening so they feel heard
Care quizzes
Quizzes on how each of you gives and needs care, with results you can compare side by side.
Relationship insights
closer looks at how you two use the app and tells you what it notices. The longer you use it, the sharper it gets.
You two have your longest talks on Sunday nights. Maybe keep those free?
04 · Play
Something new to talk about or do together every night, for years.
Questions for every mood
Light ones for a Tuesday, deep ones for a long drive, and a few you’ll wish you’d asked years ago. It takes a long time to run out.
0+questions to ask each other
“What makes you feel most loved by me?”
Question packs
Pick a pack for the mood you’re in, and go as light or as deep as the night calls for.
Love Season
Golden Hour
Breaking the Ice
Daily Question
A new question every day, answered by both of you.
“What’s one thing I did this week that made you smile?”
Daily Sparks
A small thing to do together, and something to talk about while you do it.
Games
Quick games for two, for the nights you’d rather play than talk.
Date ideas
Fresh ideas on your Home tab, from a free night in to a proper night out.
New recipe night
Sunrise walk
Bowling
Shuffle
Too much to choose from? Hit shuffle and closer picks something for you both to do right now.
Cook together
Sunset walk
Their pick
05 · Remember
The moments worth keeping, saved where you can both find them.
Time capsule
Write something now, seal it, and open it together on a date you pick.
SealedOpens Feb 14, 2027
Timeline
Your relationship in order, from the first date to last weekend.
First date
Moved in
Last weekend
Shared memories
A private photo album only the two of you can see.
Together counter
Every year, month and day you’ve been together, counted.
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Calendar view
Your whole relationship, month by month. Every check-in, spark and milestone in one view.
See it in action
Getting started
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1Download closer
Free on the App Store. You'll have an account before the coffee brews.
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2Invite your partner
Send one link. They download the app, enter your code, and you're paired.
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3Start connecting
Answer today's question, play a game, keep the streak. Your island takes it from there.
No download needed
Eighteen free quizzes: the orange peel test, love languages, attachment styles, star signs. Take them solo or pass the phone.
Browse all quizzesThe closer effect
The closer effect: feel known
closer is the few minutes a day that keep you two in sync. The ping at 2pm that says I miss you. The heads-up that this week needs extra patience. The question that starts a conversation you've never had.
Feel known
Check-ins, cycle tracking and 4,500+ questions, so neither of you has to guess how the other is doing.
Get through the hard weeks together
Lessons, insights and a heads-up when a rough patch is coming, so you handle it as a team.
Watch it grow
Your island levels up as you do, and your timeline and time capsule keep every good moment.
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Download it free, invite your person, and start growing your island tonight.
Free to download · iOS · Premium features available