# Hearthen — Reach out. Stay close. > Reach out. Stay close. (iPhone/iPad app by Magic Grits LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hearthen/id6796380811 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Magic Grits LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796380813) - Category: Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 36 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-26 - Data updated: 2026-10-29 ## What is Hearthen? What is Hearthen? Hearthen is an app created to get people talking to each other again. It encourages communication to strengthen personal relationships — a tool on your screen designed to get you out into the world and away from the screen. How does it work? It makes reaching out easy and fast. Every contact gets a profile detailed enough to be meaningful. A coach suggests a rhythm for each relationship, drawing on research into how closeness is kept (roughly — a compass, not a formula), and when the time comes, messages that sound like you are ready — send one as it is, or make it your own. When a message isn't enough, a card is a few taps away: send it by text or email, or have us print and mail it for you. Remembering to reach out stops being on you, and busy stops being the reason. You can go from reminder to message, or even to a custom card, in seconds. What makes Hearthen unique? You can call, text, WhatsApp or send a card to your people, and each one adds a piece to a canvas that shows how the relationship grows — something you can see, and share with that person and with your family. Each piece can carry a note and a picture (the movie, the dinner, the coffee), so the canvas becomes a scrapbook of the relationship, kept on your device. Put that canvas on the front of a custom greeting card, with your pictures and moments inside, and you have a gift only you could give — meaningful and special. Is it practical? Parents use it to keep the week organized (the game, the recital); professionals and sales reps use it to stay on top of key relationships — the calendar, the events, the next steps. And there's more in it for having fun with your friends, or with that special someone. Is your information safe? We couldn't access it if we wanted to. Everything you enter stays on your own device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. Hearthen has no account and no sign-up, and no ads — ever. What does it cost? Everything is free for the first month. After that, keep the free version for as long as you like — five people, with the coach, the messages, the cards and the canvas — or go Premium for unlimited people, every message voice, every card cover, every canvas style, the calendar and Follow-ups. A Family plan is one subscription for the whole family: five people, all Premium, each on their own phone. The free month doesn't turn into a subscription on its own — you're only billed if you choose Premium. English and Spanish throughout. Hearthen Premium: $19.99/year or $2.49/month. Premium Family: $49.99/year, up to 5 people. Billed through your Apple account only if you subscribe; renews automatically unless cancelled 24+ hours before the period ends. Privacy Policy: https://hearthenapp.com/Privacy.dc.html Terms of Use: https://hearthenapp.com/terms.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Hearthen Premium | $19.99 | per year | | Hearthen Premium | $2.49 | per month | | Hearthen Premium Family | $49.99 | per year | ## Is Hearthen safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Hearthen. ## Is Hearthen legit? Hearthen has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hearthen is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.2.3 — 2026-10-03 Bug fixes and improvements. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-28 New card prices: $7 a card, less when you send several, plus postage. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-19 Fixes an issue where picking from Contacts asked for permission, and where Premium purchases, iCloud backup, and the family plan could fail to work. ### 1.2 — 2026-09-18 Printed cards. Design a card in seconds — your photos in a layout, a background, a frame — and send it by text or email, or have it printed on quality card stock and mailed for you. History & next steps. Log what happened with each person, hang dated next steps on it, and see them on the calendar, in reminders, and all together in Follow-ups. Send a next step as a handwritten note. Export a person’s history as a PDF, or everything as a spreadsheet. Also: the coach mentions an overdue next step (switch it off in Settings); "Always know" notes on every person; a sign-off that fits the relationship; hide the canvas for anyone; discard or move a saved message; clearer privacy wording, including how a printed card is handled. ### 1.1 — 2026-08-31 - The Canvas — every relationship becomes art: a garden, a rocket, a night sky - Family plan — one subscription, up to 5 people - Refer a friend — earn a free month - Full Spanish throughout ## Apps similar to Hearthen | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sienna App](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sienna-app/id1467880286) | 2.0 (20) | Free | Lifestyle | | [EchoLink](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/echolink/id350688562) | 3.9 (44) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Sanctuaire Notre-Dame Lourdes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sanctuaire-notre-dame-lourdes/id6456609432) | 4.9 (252) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Deako](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/deako/id1188799792) | 2.5 (137) | Free | Lifestyle | | [TownSq Community](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/townsq-community/id945419466) | 4.7 (11,505) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Hairstyle Try On](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hairstyle-try-on/id295436048) | 4.0 (6,907) | Free | Lifestyle | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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