Why › Private
Your friends never know they are in it
No account, no phone number. Your friends and notes live on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, and I cannot read them.
What this actually looks like
A phone number to start
A verification code, to stay in touch with your own mother, felt like the wrong deal.
Notes about people, on somebody’s server
The partner’s name, the illness, the job hunt. You did not want that anywhere but your phone.
Privacy policies you could not finish
Long, vague, and still not saying who can see the notes.
What Ciao! does about it
Nothing to sign up for
No email, no password, no Sign in with Apple. There is nothing to log in to.
On your phone and in your iCloud
Backed up in your own private iCloud, so a lost phone does not lose the notes. Meetup answers pass through getciao.app, locked so only you can read them.
Nobody is told
Your friends are not in the app.
Try it with someone you know.
What you type stays on this page. We don’t save it or send it anywhere.
Marco
You talked today
About a month later, at 6:00 PM
You haven't talked to Marco
It's been a month. Just say hi.
nowThe faces show how long it’s been since you talked to a friend.
Swipe right when you talk. The clock resets.
Try it free for 7 days. No account.
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