a shared voice journal for two
Grow closer, one recording at a time.
Every day, u+me gives you and your partner the same question. You each answer in a voice memo, and neither of you can hear the other until you have both spoken. Those recordings become a private collection of each other, in your real voices, that you keep and come back to.
The ritual
today's question
“What did the home you grew up in teach you about love?”
you
Sealed.
Your answer stays sealed until they have answered too.
them
Recording tonight…
No peeking. No reading ahead.
The moment you have both spoken, your voices open at once. It turns waiting into anticipation.
Hear each other. Really hear each other.
Tone, pauses, the smile in a voice. The things text flattens. You answer on your own time, day or night, near or far, and you speak honestly because you are answering before you hear theirs.
- A private spaceJust the two of you. No feed, no audience, no profiles.
- On your own timeRecord when you are ready. The ritual fits any time zone.
- A streak you build togetherOne small habit that adds up to something rare.
Decks for where you are
Questions sequenced to deepen gradually, inspired by the psychology of how closeness actually grows.
The 36
The free core deck. Where the two of you start.
The Early Days
unlockFor couples still discovering each other.
Across the Distance
unlockFor the miles between you.
The Hard Things
unlockThe conversations worth having gently.
Now Three
unlockFor when there is a new person in the house.
Your own questions
unlockWrite exactly what you want to ask. A private deck for just you two.
Your voices, kept forever.
Every answered question becomes a moment you can return to, on the hard days and the easy ones. And they stay yours in the fullest sense: once your partner has listened, the recording is removed from our servers. Your voices live on your two phones.
Made for
Long-distance
The miles disappear for three minutes at a time. A ritual you share across any time zone.
Just starting out
Questions you would never think to ask on a third date, answered honestly.
Many years in
A way back to real conversation when the days have gotten too practical.
Something big ahead
A move, a wedding, a baby. Record who you are on the way there.
Pay once. Keep every word, forever.
Free includes the daily question and the answer-then-unlock ritual, with your three most recent moments kept. The lifetime unlock keeps every voice, opens all themed decks and your own custom questions, and covers both of you.
Lifetime unlock
$19.99
one time · for both of you · no subscription
coming soon
Don't let this fade away.
u+me is in its final steps toward the App Store. Meanwhile, the blog has honest writing on questions, distance, and staying close.