lantern.
you went no contact.
A lantern that sits with you, no judgment, for the moments you want to reach out.
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free to start · nothing to forgive yourself for

no contact is its own kind of hard

It was never only about a breakup.

A parent you had to step back from. A friendship of fifteen years. Family you love and cannot be around. Whatever door you closed, holding it shut is the lonely part. lntrn is for that.

the truth
Why did you step away?
Take your time. There are no wrong words here.
Because I kept shrinking myself to keep the peace, and I was disappearing.
your own voice
Say it out loud.
When it's hard, you'll hear your own belief, not just read it.
Record
lntrn.
You're about to reach out.
"I kept shrinking myself to keep the peace."
— you
Hear your own voice

how it works

You put your truth in. lntrn has your back when it's hard.

A few gentle questions while you're clear. Your reasons, in your words. A note in your own voice. Then, when the missing gets loud, lntrn gives it all back to you, exactly when you need it.

we acknowledge, we don't keep score

No streaks. No counter. No game made of your healing.

Other apps turn a boundary you hold for months into points and broken streaks. We won't do that to you. We sit with you, we honour the moments you held the line, and we never put a number on your pain.

We notice the quiet wins

The text you didn't send. The night you held on. We acknowledge it, gently, without turning it into a scoreboard.

A slip is not a reset

If you reach out, nothing breaks, nothing starts over. You're still on your path. We just keep walking it with you.

Here in the storm, and the calm

Not only for the hard nights. lntrn is a steady light through the whole of it, including the days it gets easier.

Yours, all year

Your reasons and your own voice, there whenever you want them, in your own time, never metered out.

what lntrn keeps for you

Your own voice, gathered over time.

The longer you walk this, the more lntrn holds for you, in your words, in your voice, as your own quiet record of how far you've come.

Three voice notes

For when you're about to reach out, for when you're low, for when you've done well. Your own voice, for three kinds of moments.

A monthly note to yourself

Each month, a gentle invitation to say a few words about how it's been. Kept by month, as your own record, never a progress bar.

A space for your own words

Write to yourself when you need to. Your private notes, kept for you, in your own time, no one watching.

the opposite of what you've tried

No manipulation. Not now, not ever.

No hidden pricing, no weekly traps

One honest price, shown up front. Never a paywall sprung on you after a long questionnaire.

Not a therapist, not a chatbot

No AI pretending to counsel you. Just your own words, handed back when you need them.

Your voice never leaves your phone

Recordings stay on your device. We can't hear them. They're never sold, never used to train AI.

The core is always free

Keeping your reasons and reaching your own words never sits behind a paywall. That's a promise.

simple, and honest

Free where it matters.

Keep your reasons, record your first voice note, and reach your own words at the hard moment, free, always. lntrn opens up more when you're ready.

$49/year
or monthly · 7 days free first
  • Three voice notes, for three kinds of moments
  • A monthly note to yourself, kept as your own record
  • A private space for your own notes, all year
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Always free: your reasons, and one voice note in your own voice. No trial timer on the part that matters.

when the missing gets loud

Remember why.

At 2am, the mind gets persuasive. The reasons go quiet and the missing gets loud, and every old thought comes back wearing a kind face. lntrn hands you back what you wrote when you were clear, so you already know what to do.

Hold the line. You already know.

the founder's note

lntrn came from a simple truth: deciding to step away is rarely the hard part. Holding it, on the quiet nights, alone, is.

It's built to be the steady thing in your corner. Not to judge you, not to score you, not to talk you out of your own life. Just to keep what you told it, and hand it back, gently, when you need it most.

I want to be honest with you about what this is. lntrn is not here to escalate, and it cannot be your emergency. It is not a counsellor or a crisis line. What it can be is the thing that stands with you, when you slip, and on the good days too, so that a moment of quick relief doesn't quietly pull you back into the pattern you worked to leave. We hold the line with you. That is the whole promise.

This is a quiet tool, made for the moments when it feels like nothing and no one can hear you. If you found it, you probably found it for a reason. I'm glad you're here.

Your words stay yours. Always.

— the founder.

pass the light on

Someone you know may be holding the same thing, quietly.

No contact is lonely, and people rarely say it out loud. If lntrn might help someone you care about, you can pass it on, gently, no announcement needed.