Before You Text: No Contact

Want to text your ex? Pause first. You're not alone.

Before You Text is a free, private breakup recovery app for the hardest moments: when you miss them, when you want to reach out, when the night feels long. No paywall. No account. Everything you write stays on your phone.

✨ MEET YOUR FIREFLY
A small glowing companion that keeps you company. It greets you in the morning, stays up with you at 2am, breathes with you when the urge hits and glows brighter every time you take care of yourself. Name it, unlock new colours, a cosy scarf and a flower crown. Tap it ten times… you'll see.

🌙 I FEEL THE URGE: A GUIDED PAUSE
One tap, the moment the urge to text your ex hits:
• Rate how strong the urge is
• Name what you feel and what triggered it
• Breathe for 60 seconds with your firefly
• Read your own reasons for why it ended
• Pick a small next step instead of sending
• Watch the urge ease, and learn that it can move
Add the home-screen widget or Quick Settings tile and the pause is always one tap away.

💛 MESSAGE A FRIEND INSTEAD
Choose one person you trust. When the urge comes, one tap opens your chat with them and a ready message. Reach out to someone who's good for you.

⭐ YOUR SKY
Every pause, plan day, letter and check-in becomes a star in your own night sky. Stars never disappear, even on hard days. At 30 stars the aurora appears. At 90, a meteor shower.

🔥 LET IT GO
Write what you need to release, then burn it, send it up as a lantern, or float it away on a paper boat. Nothing is saved. It's surprisingly freeing.

✉️ UNSENT & SEALED LETTERS
Write everything you want to say. Nothing is ever sent. New letters rest for 24 hours before you can copy them. Seal letters to your future self, or to open "when you miss them", "when you can't sleep", "on a hard day". Your firefly has written a few for you too.

📖 LIBRARY & SOS
20 short reads on heartbreak, urges, closure, checking their profile, loneliness, self-worth and more. Plus guided help for specific moments: they texted you, you saw them with someone new, their birthday, it's 2am, you've been drinking, you'll see them soon.

🌱 30-DAY BREAKUP RECOVERY PLAN
One small, practical step a day to get over your ex and rebuild your routine. Skip a day or go back any time. There is no failing.

🃏 TODAY'S CARD
Flip a new card every day: a tiny challenge, a question, a kind word or a reason to reach out.

⏳ NO CONTACT TRACKER (OPTIONAL)
Count the days you choose yourself. Contact that has to happen (children, work, safety) can be marked as necessary and never resets your counter.

📊 CHECK-INS & PATTERNS
See what triggers the urge, what you feel most and your hardest hour, so you can plan for it.

🔔 GENTLE NOTIFICATIONS (YOUR CHOICE)
A kind morning note, a nudge before your hardest hour, letters that are ready, milestones. Nothing on your lock screen reveals what the app is about.

🔒 PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account, no sign-up
• What you write never leaves your phone
• Ads are calm, non-personalised and never shown during a pause or in your letters
• Excluded from cloud backups
• Optional fingerprint / face lock
• Hidden from the recent apps screen
• Export or delete all your data any time

Before You Text is completely free, supported by a few calm ads. The tools that help you heal should not be behind a paywall.

IMPORTANT
Before You Text is a self-help tool. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical or mental health condition, and it is not an emergency service. If you are struggling, please talk to a qualified professional. If you are in crisis in the US, call or text 988. In the UK or Ireland, call Samaritans on 116 123.

Recent changes:
Stability fix: the app no longer closes on launch on some devices.
Smoother and more reliable performance.