Deal Breaker

Deal Breaker is a short, anonymous questionnaire you build for someone — a new partner, a prospective roommate, a friend — to find out what matters before it becomes a problem later.

How it works

You pick a context (romantic partner, roommate, or friend), add a few questions you actually want honest answers to, and rate any answer green, yellow, or red as you write it. Green means ideal, yellow means fine, red means a genuine deal breaker for you. We mix in some optional everyday questions too, so the person answering can't tell which questions are the ones that matter to you — everything shows up shuffled together, unlabeled.

Send them the short code. They answer honestly, since there's no way to guess what's being scored. You get back a general compatibility read and a deal-breaker check — never the raw ratings, never which specific answer triggered anything. To keep that protection meaningful, you're required to mark at least two different answers red before you can send, so a triggered deal breaker can never be traced back to one specific question.

Why it exists

Some conversations are hard to start cold — kids, money, cleanliness habits, deal breakers you're afraid to bring up directly. Deal Breaker lets you ask honestly and find out honestly, without either person having to be the one who brings it up first.

Free plan

One questionnaire, up to 6 questions of your own, full access to the built-in question banks for romantic partners, roommates, and friends.

One-time upgrade — $4.99, no subscription

Unlimited questionnaires, unlimited custom questions, and two AI-assisted tools: cleaning up your wording so nothing stands out, and generating more question suggestions in any category.

Privacy, by design

There are no accounts and no login. Your device gets a private random ID — nothing tied to your name, email, or phone number is required to use the app. Raw answer ratings never leave the server, not even back to the person who wrote the questionnaire.

Recent changes:
Adds the Deal Breaker app icon.