Never run out of things to say
The best conversation starters are stories you already have. Write down the first line when it happens. When the table goes quiet, tap Give me one.
Android first, then iPhone. $0.99 once. No account, no ads.
The whole app, in three moves
- 1
Write the first line.
“That one time Sam got stuck in the mud.” That’s enough. Close it any way you like and it’s saved. The details can come later, or never.
- 2
Let them pile up.
Give a story a topic if you want one: Funny, Family, Work. Search finds it by any word you remember.
- 3
Tap Give me one.
When lunch goes quiet, it deals you a story. The ones you haven’t told lately come first. Glance at it, then put the phone away.
Why a list of conversation starters doesn’t work
You came here for things to talk about. Here’s what a list can’t do, and what the app does instead.
Problem 1
The story you want is right there, and you can’t reach it.
Dinner with your parents, or with friends you haven’t seen in a while. You know you’ve got something good to share. It just won’t come, and the table goes quiet.
What the app does
Your own stories, written down
Write the first line when it happens. Next time dinner gets quiet, it isn’t out of reach. It’s on your phone.
Problem 2
The good one shows up on the drive home.
You remember the perfect story an hour after dinner, in the car, when nobody’s listening anymore.
What the app does
Give me one, when the table goes quiet
It deals you a story from your own deck, and the ones you haven’t told lately come first.
Problem 3
You tell the same one twice.
Same boss, same story, same polite smile. Nobody says anything, and you notice anyway.
What the app does
I told this one
One tap logs when you told it. Add who was there, and next time you’ll know before you start.
“But I don’t have any good stories.”
You do. They’re in your camera roll.
The Shoebox brings up your old photos one at a time and asks what happened. Write one line, or skip it. Some photos are just photos. The ones that aren’t become stories, dated to the day the photo was taken.
June 2012
14 years ago. What happened here?
The first line is enough
A few small things that matter at the table
3 for tonight
Headed to dinner? Deal three and read them in the car. Then put the phone away.
Share as a card
Turn a story into a picture for the family group chat, with its photo if you want.
The point, for a talk or a toast
Add the lesson under a story. When you need one for a talk, copy your stories out as a document.
Paste a list
Already keep stories in a note somewhere? Paste them in, one per line.
Topics
Tap Family and the deck only deals from Family. Make whatever topics you want.
Your stories stay on your phone.
No account, no ads, and the app never goes online. On Android it doesn’t even have permission to. Photos stay in your photo library, and the app only remembers which one goes with which story.
Questions
What does it cost?
$0.99, once. No subscription, no ads, and nothing to unlock later.
Does it need the internet?
No. It never goes online, so it works on a plane, in a basement restaurant, or with the phone in airplane mode.
What happens to my photos?
They stay where they are. A story remembers which photo it goes with. If you delete the photo, the story keeps every word and tells you the photo’s gone, so you can pick another.
What if I get a new phone?
In Settings, Save a copy makes one file with every story. Keep it in Files, Drive or an email to yourself, and on the new phone tap Bring back my stories. Photos aren’t in the file. They come back with your photo library.
Does it write stories for me?
No. Nothing rewrites your stories, and there’s no AI in the app. If you want help shaping one for a talk, you can copy your stories out and take them wherever you like.
Is it on iPhone?
Android comes first. iPhone is next.
So what’s your that one time?
It’s almost done. Send me an email and I’ll write back once, when it’s in the store.