Knock: for one person

Knock puts one person on your Home Screen. Their face sits among your apps, and you can see at a glance whether they're free and what time it is where they are. Tap it, and their phone buzzes once. That's the whole message: I was thinking of you. No feed, no inbox, no chat archive. A knock happens and is gone. NEW IN 1.5 A little picture, just for them. Add one photo to a note, with an optional caption. Pro to send, free to open. Unavailable photos offer Retry. A place, for a little while. Share One place or Live for 15 minutes or one hour, or ask your person. Each person chooses independently; sharing back is optional. One shared map shows your consented pins. With two valid shared positions, see approximate distance and direction relative to north. Accepted place sharing is free. Stop is always within reach. Live can continue while locked or in the background, subject to iOS, GPS and connectivity. When you return to Knock, Live reconnects automatically if Location access is allowed. The original expiry stays fixed; an offline partner may keep the last place until sync or expiry. Photos and places need support on both phones. A little more time to read. When-seen notes get up to ten seconds from first visibility in the updated app. Unfinished words and a prepared photo can stay encrypted on this device for 24 hours from creation, without being sent. Saved notes retry without extending their lifetime. Your connection, clearly dated. On Knock since shows the automatic Knock connection date, separately from shared knock days and streaks. Compare the rolling last 24 hours with your all-time pattern. ALSO IN KNOCK A photo behind their face, with Pro. Choose a photo backdrop for the app and widget. It expires after a day, and either of you can remove it earlier. Days together, and days in a row. See shared knock days and streaks that account for time zones. One grace day a month helps with a missed day. With Pro, restore one eligible missed streak-day per person each month. Busy without saying so. After an hour without knocking or opening Knock, your people see you as busy. Opening the app clears it without overriding a status you chose. Busy also lives in Control Center and can be your Action button. Asleep in your quiet hours. Your people see you asleep unless you choose otherwise. A knock arrives silently; their face still lights up on your widget. A note brought back. Restore an eligible expired note for fifteen minutes. Once a day, twice with Pro. Leave up to three notes per person in a rolling fifteen minutes. A longer knock says more, not louder. Hold your finger down and the words change; their widget stays lit longer in your colour. Their phone still buzzes exactly once. Behind their face, leave an emoji or a drawing. It expires within a day. Expired content is cleaned up when the app or widget next processes it. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION Paired content is end-to-end encrypted before sharing. Safety reports contain readable names and information you choose to include. Knock also stores limited account activity, app version and language data. No app account to create. Delivery uses iCloud. Both people must accept a pairing, and there is no directory or suggestions. No ads, cross-app tracking or third-party app SDKs. Privacy Policy: https://knock-app-website.vercel.app/privacy WHAT IT COSTS One person is free. Knocks, text, drawings, accepted places and photo opening are free. One payment unlocks up to eight people, every emoji and colour, alternate icons, unlimited saved drawn stickers, photo backdrops, photo-note sending, a second daily recall and eligible streak restoration. No subscription. Restore Purchases is in Settings and the paywall. Knock is made by one person. It is small on purpose, and nothing in it is built to keep you here.