# The Couples App — A Private Sanctuary for Two

> A Private Sanctuary for Two (iPhone/iPad app by Christopher Ganesh.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-couples-app/id6795516083 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Christopher Ganesh](https://appshunter.io/developer/6795516085)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 186 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-couples-app/id6795516083/reviews.md

## What is The Couples App?

Couples is a private world for exactly two people — you and your partner.
 
No accounts, no feeds, no strangers. You connect your two phones directly to each other, and everything you share lives only on those phones — never on a server. Every message, photo, call and plan is end-to-end encrypted.
 
TALK
• Chat with photos, voice notes, stickers and reactions
• Voice and video calls, phone to phone
• Optional on-device call transcripts — nothing leaves your phones
 
PLAN
• A shared calendar for the two of you
• Tasks and grocery lists that sync instantly
• Important dates with reminders, so nothing is forgotten
• Shared finances: spending, budgets and settling up
 
PLAY
• Chess, checkers, Connect Four, Battleship and a couples quiz
• Weekly quests and rewards to keep the streak alive
• Date night ideas with real places near you
 
GROW
• A relationship check-up you take together
• Love languages, week in moments, and your shared story timeline
• A vision board for everything you're building
• A private, PIN-locked journal that never leaves your phone
 
PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE
Couples has no user database because there is nothing to put in one. Your phones talk to each other directly, encrypted with the same published, standards-based cryptography used by the most trusted messengers. Our full protocol is public: thecouples.app/protocol
 
Couples is free to use. Couples Plus, one subscription that covers both partners, unlocks the full relationship toolkit — premium games, stickers, translation, transcripts, the journal and more.
 
Made for two. Just the two of you.

Privacy Policy: https://thecouples.app/privacy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://thecouples.app/terms

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Couples App Monthly | $5.99 | per month |
| The Couples App Annual Subscription | $59.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.17 — 2026-09-27

• Privacy and safety update 
• After you unpair, your former partner can no longer make your phone ring. 
• iPhone: Couples calls no longer appear in the Phone app or iCloud call history. 
• iPhone: the app switcher now hides your chats when you leave the app. 
• Android: other apps can no longer answer a Couples call. 
• Saving a backup now asks for your face, fingerprint or passcode. 
• Deleted items now stay deleted in backups and restores. 
• Groundwork for the next Couples.

### 1.16 (11) — 2026-09-21

No release notes.

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