the lntrn lantern
lntrn.
keep your word to yourself
your reasons, in your own voice
get through the moment
↻ a look inside lntrn

for any separation, not just breakups.

lntrn.
A lantern that sits with you, no judgment, for the moments you want to reach out.
what you get
No streaks, no shame — no game made of your healing
Your reasons, in your own voice — three voice notes for three kinds of moments
A monthly note to yourself — your own record, never a progress bar
A private space for your own words — kept for you, no one watching
We value your privacy — what you share is never used to train AI.
Download on theApp Store
7 days free · then $49/year or $8.99/month

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.

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.

One honest price, shown up front

No weekly traps, no paywall sprung on you after a long questionnaire. You always know exactly what it costs.

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, and never used to train AI.

Try the whole thing first

Every part of lntrn is open during your free trial. No locked doors, no "upgrade to see." You decide once you've felt it.

simple, and honest

Try all of it free for seven days.

Start your free week and use every part of lntrn, your reasons, your voice notes, the monthly reflection, all of it. If it's not for you, cancel anytime before the trial ends and you won't be charged.

$49/year
or $8.99/month · 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
Download on theApp Store

No charge today. Your free week gives you all of lntrn. We'll remind you before it ends, and you can cancel anytime in your App Store settings.

from the blog

Words for the hard parts.

No contact is lonely, and rarely talked about honestly. We write about the parts people don't say out loud.

the founders' 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.