# Text Here Instead: No Contact — Text your ex. Stay no contact. > Text your ex. Stay no contact. (iPhone/iPad app by Hardik Gala.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-here-instead-no-contact/id6759519207 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Hardik Gala](https://appshunter.io/developer/1799688078) - Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 59 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-03-25 - Data updated: 2026-08-11 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-here-instead-no-contact/id6759519207/reviews.md ## What is Text Here Instead? Breakups are hard. No contact is harder. You want to text them. You open the chat. You type the message. And then you wonder: "Should I send this?" That moment is exactly why this app exists. Because sometimes what you need is not contact. You need release. BUILT FOR YOUR BREAKUP, WHATEVER YOU WANT NEXT Not everyone starts no contact with the same goal. You can choose your journey whether you want to: • Get your ex back • Heal and move on • Or simply don't know yet You do not need to have your future figured out today. If you want your ex back, give yourself space to stop reacting from panic and start thinking clearly. No contact allows reality to set in and gives you the best shot at turning things around. If you want to move on, use the app to process the heartbreak, get through the urges, and slowly rebuild your life around you again. If you don't know yet, that's okay too. Focus on getting through today without sending the message you may regret tomorrow. YOUR PRIVATE SPACE AFTER A BREAKUP Breakup recovery can be messy. One minute you feel strong. The next you are checking your phone, replaying old conversations, missing your ex, wondering if they miss you too, or convincing yourself that one text will make everything feel better. Text Here Instead gives that urge somewhere else to go. Use it when you are: • following the no contact rule • fighting the urge to text your ex • getting over a breakup or heartbreak • trying to move on from your ex • hoping to reconnect without chasing • dealing with separation anxiety or loneliness • processing a situationship or relationship ending • looking for a private breakup journal WHAT YOU CAN DO • Write (un)sent messages Type exactly what you want to say to your ex without contacting them. • Record voice notes Say it out loud and keep the voice note private. • Track your no contact streak Watch the days build and avoid resetting your progress in an emotional moment. • Remember why it ended Save your reason for the breakup so you can return to it when nostalgia takes over. • Get through the urge Use quick 90-second pattern interrupts instead of opening their chat. • Export your journey Download your breakup journal and unsent messages to reflect on how your thoughts, triggers, emotions, and goals have changed over time. You can put this into your chosen AI model and analyse your progress or ask it to give you the next steps in your journey. You can also talk to your therapist with the summary of your journey so far. WHY TEXT HERE INSTEAD? Most breakup apps try to tell you how you should feel. This one gives you somewhere to put what you already feel. Anger. Love. Confusion. Hope. Regret. The paragraph you rewrote six times. The message you want to send at 2 AM. Put it here instead. No judgment. No need to be "over it." No need to pretend you do not care. Just a private place to pause before acting. PRIVACY MATTERS Your breakup journal can contain some of the most personal things you will ever write. That is why your messages are stored on your device. We do not ask for your name or require you to create an account. Your unsent texts and voice notes are yours. BUILT FROM A REAL BREAKUP Text Here Instead exists because its founder needed this exact app after his own breakup. Not another generic self-care app. Just somewhere to put the message when sending it to your ex is probably not the move. One day, you may realize you have stopped opening the app. You stopped counting the hours. You stopped drafting the text. You stopped wondering what they are doing every minute. That is the goal. Built to be deleted. Until then, when the urge hits: Don't open their chat. Open Text Here Instead. Write it. Feel it. Keep your no contact. Give yourself the space to decide what you truly want next. Pricing: Generous free tier. You can support the app with a one-time payment to unlock unlimited messages. Your data is always stored on your device. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium Unlock | $3.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.2 — 2026-08-11 Updated onboarding flow and included iPad usability. ### 4.1 — 2026-08-08 updated the onboarding flow to reflect the user's journey better. ### 4 — 2026-07-20 You can now download your breakup journal unsent messages! Idea is that with that report, you can use any of your chosen AI models to analyse your healing journey over time. With this you can see how far you've come, what still triggers you, and where your motivations are in terms of do you really want to just move on or are you still hoping for another shot with your ex, and if so, how intense your emotions have been over time. Example Prompt 1 for Understanding your journey: I've exported my journal entries from a breakup recovery app called Text Here Instead. Please analyze them chronologically and tell me: • How my emotional state changes over time. • What recurring thoughts or patterns you notice. • Whether I'm making progress or staying stuck in certain areas. • Any attachment patterns, limiting beliefs, or cognitive distortions you notice. • The biggest improvements you've observed. • The areas that still seem to need healing. Please be honest but compassionate, and support your observations with examples from my journal. Or you can take it a step forward with example prompt 2: The next steps Based on my journal entries, act like a thoughtful coach and help me move forward. Please tell me: • The three biggest things that are still holding me back. • What I'm already doing well. • Practical habits or mindset shifts that would have the biggest impact on my healing. • Whether I seem emotionally ready to move on or if there are unresolved patterns I should work through first. • One challenge I'd benefit from focusing on over the next 30 days. Base your advice only on what you see in my journal and explain your reasoning. Hope this further helps your healing journey :) ### 3.1 — 2026-07-10 -fixed some bugs for voice recording mode. ### 3.0 — 2026-06-10 Dear User, After listening to you and your needs for voice messages, we have officially added the voice notes feature for the messages you send on the app. As always, the data gets stored on your phone and nowhere else, so you are safe to talk about anything and everything to process your emotions. Breakups are hard and hopefully this app helps you process things better :) ## More apps by Hardik Gala - [Gen Lotus: Mental Health & AI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gen-lotus-mental-health-and-ai/id6742743385) All apps by Hardik Gala: https://appshunter.io/developer/1799688078 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-11.*