# Nearstep: No Contact Counter — Pause before you text your ex

> Pause before you text your ex (iPhone/iPad app by Arthur Barbosa.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nearstep-no-contact-counter/id6822081260 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Arthur Barbosa](https://appshunter.io/developer/6817809933)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 43 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-19
- Data updated: 2026-11-03

## What is Nearstep?

Want to text your ex? Give yourself a pause before deciding. Nearstep helps you keep track of no contact, write what you want to say without sending it, and prepare for the moments that feel harder. No account needed.

START WITH A PAUSE — FREE
• Take a ten-minute pause when you want to reach out, or use three questions before replying.
• Write privately and find your unsent words again later.
• See your no-contact days and keep the skies you reach. If you log reaching out or replying, the count restarts; your history stays. Necessary contact does not restart it.
• See your count on your Home Screen with the free widget. Choose from six app icons in Settings.

NEARSTEP PLUS — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
Make a plan on a calmer day: what to do first, and what to try if the urge stays. Find that plan at the top of your next pause. Prepare for hard dates and difficult encounters, and explore when urges tend to come.

Creating new Plus plans requires a purchase. Your saved personal results remain available to read and edit. Previous purchases of Nearstep Guided Tools include Plus. There is no trial or automatic renewal; see the local price before buying.

YOUR WORDS STAY ON YOUR PHONE
Your writing is encrypted locally. No account or cloud sync, and no AI reads your text. Export or delete your records in Settings. Store and purchase providers process the technical data needed for purchases and restoration, as explained in our privacy policy.

Reminders are optional and do not reveal your words or anyone’s name. Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian.

Nearstep is not therapy, medical care or emergency support. It does not promise recovery or reconciliation. In immediate danger, contact local emergency services.

Made by Ternmade, an independent app studio.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nearstep Plus | $14.99 | one-time |


## Is Nearstep safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Nearstep.

## Is Nearstep legit?

Nearstep: No Contact Counter has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nearstep is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.4 — 2026-11-02

Asking you to rate Nearstep now waits a few seconds after a pause, and comes at most once a week. Privacy: Nearstep now notes, anonymously and without your words, whether the Plus page was opened and from where, to learn if people find it. Details in the privacy policy.

### 2.2.3 — 2026-10-30

Your count and its sky, now in a free Home Screen widget for iPhone and iPad. Choose the small or medium size. No names or private writing appear on it.

### 2.2.2 — 2026-10-29

Find help more easily and return to your saved plans. Hard-date plans now open as a checklist. Clearer saving and reminder feedback, with a way to retry without losing your choices. Fixes for protecting older records and handling reminders.

### 2.2.1 — 2026-10-27

Saved plans and dates remain accessible without Plus. A clearer Plus example and access status. Fixes when editing reminders and reopening older records.

### 2.2.0 — 2026-10-24

Nearstep 2.2
• Your count now restarts when you reach out or reply. Your longest stretch and your skies stay.
• If the urge comes (Plus): a plan made on a calm day, waiting at the top of the pause.
• Pause before their profile: keep the pause next to the app where you see them.
• What I didn’t send: your unsent words, each with its day of your count.
• Notifications, only if you want: your next milestone; with Plus, the evening before a hard date.
• Your words are now encrypted on your phone.
• Started earlier? Your sky starts from the days you already lived.
• They wrote to me: three questions about you before you answer.

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## More apps by Arthur Barbosa

- [Folumi: GLP-1 History](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folumi-glp-1-history/id6817809930)

All apps by Arthur Barbosa: https://appshunter.io/developer/6817809933

## Related topics

[no contact counter](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/no-contact-counter)

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