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BetterFriend
A memory for the people in your life that nudges you to stay in touch
Overview
The BetterFriend homepage
BetterFriend is an iOS app designed as a private notebook for the people in your life. It stores their birthdays, memories you write about them, and tracks how long it's been since you last spoke. The app sends you nudges on a schedule you set (every 7, 14, or 30 days) to remind you to reach out, showing you your own notes so you can pick up conversations naturally. All notes are encrypted on your device before leaving your phone, so only you can read them.
The app imports people from your phone's Contacts one at a time, lets you log conversations with a single tap to reset the contact timer, and provides gift reminders before important dates. Everything stays private: friends are never notified, no ads appear, and no data is sold.
Capabilities
- Birthday reminders with advance notice
- Stay-in-touch nudges on customizable intervals
- One-tap check-in logging
- Gift reminders before important dates
- Import from iPhone Contacts
- End-to-end encryption of notes
- Recovery phrase backup on Pro plan
- Native iOS notifications
- Sign in with Apple
Pricing
Pricing model: Free
Free forever on all accounts currently. Pro pricing will be €0.99 per month or €10.39 per year when subscriptions open. First 100 members receive Pro free, forever.
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BetterFriend fact sheet
| Community votes | 0 |
|---|---|
| Stage | MVP |
| Based in | Netherlands |
| Website | betterfriend.site |
BetterFriend metrics
Vendor metrics for betterfriend.site: Ahrefs Domain Rating and Majestic link data, with the delta since the last review.
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- 0
- no change since last check
- Trust Flow
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- Citation Flow
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- Referring domains
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- External backlinks
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Vendor Domain Rating (Ahrefs) checked 12 Nov 2026, spec changed 9 Nov 2026. Vendor Majestic data checked 9 Nov 2026, spec changed 9 Nov 2026. Link metrics supplied by Majestic. Trust Flow, Citation Flow and Topical Trust Flow are trademarks of Majestic-12 Ltd.
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We read this from the registry's RDAP record on 11 Nov 2026, 09:54 UTC.
- Domain age
- 3 months
- Registered
- Expires
- Registrar
- Metaregistrar BV
- DNSSEC
- Not signed
BetterFriend post-launch report
| Measure | At launch, then latest |
|---|---|
| Domain Rating (Ahrefs) | 0 to 0 no change since launch 9 Nov 2026, then 12 Nov 2026 |
| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 0 first measured 9 Nov 2026 |
| Referring domains (Majestic) | 0 first measured 9 Nov 2026 |
Day 3 since launch. Next receipt: day 30, 9 Dec 2026. Many things move these figures, so a change is not proof of cause. Only stored readings are shown.
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Buyer questions
How is BetterFriend different from a calendar reminder or phone Contacts app?
A calendar reminds you about dates you already knew, and Contacts stores a phone number. BetterFriend watches the silence—it counts the days since your last real conversation with each person, prioritizes whoever has been waiting longest, and gives you your own notes to pick up conversations naturally.
What happens to my notes if I lose my phone?
On the free plan, your people and their basic info come back when you sign in on a new phone, but your notes do not. The encryption key exists only in your iPhone's Keychain. Pro adds a 12-word recovery phrase that lets you restore your notes on a new device. Without it, lost notes cannot be recovered by anyone, including the app's creator.
Do you upload my contacts to your servers?
Only the people you choose to add, one tap at a time. Your address book is never swept. For the people you add, their name, photo and important dates are stored readable on the server so your list survives a phone change. Everything you write about them is encrypted on your iPhone before being sent, and the encryption key never leaves your phone.
Can I snooze a nudge if it comes at a bad time?
There's no snooze button yet. Instead, BetterFriend refuses to nag: a nudge arrives around 9 AM, asks at most three times spaced two days apart, then stays quiet. Ignoring it costs nothing. You can adjust a person's rhythm to 14 or 30 days, or log a memory to reset the timer. Pro allows any interval from 7 to 365 days.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. BetterFriend is built in React Native so the same codebase can eventually go to Android without a rewrite, but that's not the current focus. The app's creator is not setting a release date.
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