# Pocketmate: Couple Widget — Home screen widgets for two

> Home screen widgets for two (iPhone/iPad app by Alain Kessler.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketmate-couple-widget/id6767200261 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alain Kessler](https://appshunter.io/developer/1881621564)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 76 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-05-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketmate-couple-widget/id6767200261/reviews.md

## What is Pocketmate?

Pocketmate puts the two of you on each other's home screen and lock screen. A drawing, a photo, the days until you meet again: your person sees it without opening an app. Made for couples, close by or long distance.

Home screen widgets
Pick a widget, put it on your home screen, done.
- Photo: the latest photo one of you sent, shown in the Pocketmate widget.
- Doodle: the newest drawing, from whichever of you drew last.
- Counter: today's count for both of you, side by side.
- Status: let your person know how you are.
- Distance: how far apart you are.
- Countdown: the days until you see each other.
- Streak: how many days in a row you've kept it going.
- Sleep: your sleep from Apple Health, read only with your permission.

Lock screen
Three widgets that tick by the second: how long you've been together, the time until your anniversary, and a countdown to your next meeting.

Draw onto their lock screen
Draw something and it lands on their lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. It stays there for 30 minutes. With the drawing screen open on both phones, you watch each other's strokes arrive. 6 colors, 7 pens, 16 stickers, shapes and an eraser.
Lock screen drawings need iOS 16.2 or later. For a drawing to open on their lock screen on its own, their iPhone needs iOS 17.2 or later.

Play together
- Live jigsaw: the pieces move on both phones at once, and every placed piece is saved for both of you. 24, 48 or 96 pieces, with your own photo or a built-in picture. Or solve it alone.
- This or That: each of you answers on your own phone, and you see their pick once you've answered. 30 questions, or 40 with the optional spicy set.
- 23 games on one phone, against the phone or passed back and forth: chess, checkers, four in a row, memory, hangman, pool, draw and guess and more.

Your numbers
The Us tab counts days together, days until your anniversary, both birthdays, your shared streak, the distance between you and more.
The map shows both your faces with the distance in km and the city. No live tracking: your position is only read while the app is open.

Connecting
Pocketmate is for one person: yours. Type their code, tap their invite link, scan their QR code or find them in your contacts, and you're connected right away.

Notifications
Get a note when your person draws, sends a photo, starts a countdown or a puzzle, or shares a new status. At 9 a.m. Pocketmate reminds you of your anniversary, milestones like 100 or 1,000 days, their birthday and your countdown. After three quiet days it suggests a small hello, at most once a week. Three switches decide what you get.

What you share
Status, location and your streak only reach your person after you switch them on. Drawings, photos, the countdown, your together date, the jigsaw and This or That belong to both of you. Your counter and your birthday are always visible to your person.
Your location is rounded to about 1 km before it leaves your phone. Photos you send are stored privately, and only the two of you can open them. Sleep is read from Apple Health with your consent, and nothing is written back.

Pocketmate Pro
Plenty is free: the photo, doodle and counter widgets, drawing onto their lock screen, ten games, This or That, and the jigsaw with your own photos and two built-in pictures. Pro adds:
- the status, sleep, distance, countdown and streak widgets
- all 23 games and six more jigsaw pictures
- your whole history in the stats
- streak repair twice a month
- every glow color for your avatar
Pro applies to your own account. It is billed through your App Store account and can be cancelled anytime in your account settings.

Languages
English, German, Italian, French and Spanish.

Privacy Policy: https://getklar.org/pocketmate/privacy
Terms of Use: https://getklar.org/pocketmate/terms
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Yearly | $29.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly | $4.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.12 — 2026-10-02

- The app is now called Pocketmate, with a new name on your home screen and in the widget gallery.
- Now just for the two of you: a code, an invite link, a QR code or your contacts connect you right away.
- New Us tab with days together, your anniversary, both birthdays, distance and your shared streak, plus a map with both your faces.
- New live jigsaw: solve it together on two phones or alone, with 24, 48 or 96 pieces. Plus a redesigned games tab.
- New notifications when your person draws, sends a photo or starts a puzzle, plus reminders for your anniversary and birthdays. Three switches decide what you get.
- Fixes for when you both pair at the same moment, and for birthdays and anniversaries on February 29.

### 1.0.11 — 2026-09-24

The sheet moves onto the lock screen, and there are games for the two of you.

- What you draw appears live on their lock screen, stroke by stroke, without them opening the app.
- When you both have the sheet open, you draw together: every stroke lands on the other side right away.
- The sheet is now the whole screen, can carry a photo as its background, and has real tools: pens, dashed and dotted lines, a highlighter, stamps, shapes and an eraser. Lines are thicker by default.
- A new tab with 23 games for two on one phone, from Tic Tac Toe, Memory and Hangman to Chess, Pool and Draw & Guess. Ten are free, thirteen come with Pro.
- The distance tile shows a real map, with your two faces standing on it.

### 1.0.10 — 2026-09-10

The sheet moves onto the lock screen, and there are games for the two of you.

- What you draw appears live on their lock screen, stroke by stroke, without them opening the app.
- When you both have the sheet open, you draw together: every stroke lands on the other side right away.
- The sheet is now the whole screen, can carry a photo as its background, and has real tools: pens, dashed and dotted lines, a highlighter, stamps, shapes and an eraser. Lines are thicker by default.
- A new tab with 23 games for two on one phone, from Tic Tac Toe, Memory and Hangman to Chess, Pool and Draw & Guess. Ten are free, thirteen come with Pro.
- The distance tile shows a real map, with your two faces standing on it.

### 1.0.9 — 2026-08-21

The widgets now react to what is actually going on: every face has its own poses instead of showing the same picture every time.

- The status face shows a face, and each of the four states has a pose of its own.
- Distance shows how far apart you really are, from together to very far away.
- The widget studio is down to four controls.
- The bet is gone.
- Drawings, photos and the countdown now reach the other one reliably, even when you both sent something.

### 1.0.8 — 2026-08-17

Doodle. Draw something in the app and it lands on their home screen. They draw back on the same sheet.

Four more widgets in Apple's widget gallery: Streak, Countdown, Bet and Doodle. Long-press your home screen, tap the plus and look for MyLoo.

Every widget has its own face now. One colour and one mark per category, so you can tell them apart in a glance instead of reading them.

Settings all live in one place, on your own tab.

Moments no longer shifts under your thumb when you swipe between categories, and the counter is not covered any more.

A calmer start screen, and the app downloads a good deal lighter.

Gone: the old tracking mode and the doctor PDF. MyLoo is a widget for two people, not a health tracker.

Streak, Bet and Doodle are part of Pro.

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