Relationship Apps
Gottman Relationship Adviser
Gottman self-assessment and guided plan
The Gottman Relationship Adviser is a web-based digital program built on the Gottman Sound Relationship House model. It uses a 100+ question, roughly 20-minute self-assessment to generate a personalized Connection Compass report and a step-by-step plan with videos, exercises, and card decks. Each partner can complete it separately and compare results.
Best For
Couples and individuals who want a structured, research-based snapshot of their relationship plus a personalized improvement plan.
What Reviewers Say
Typically described as a concise, research-backed way to identify strengths and growth areas, especially for couples already familiar with or referred to the Gottman Method.
Web
Around $39 per couple (pricing may vary by offer or region).
Day One
Personal and shared journaling (with shared journals for couples)
Day One is a well-established personal journaling app that added Shared Journals in 2024. Two partners can keep an encrypted joint journal documenting milestones, gratitude, and reflections, with each entry tied to its author. It’s not a dedicated couples app, but works well for partners who already like journaling and want a secure, long-term record of their relationship.
Best For
Couples and individuals who like journaling and want a secure space for personal and joint reflections.
What Reviewers Say
Often praised for its design, encryption, and cross-platform sync; for couples it’s best suited as a journaling tool rather than a structured relationship program.
iOS | Android | Mac | Web
Free core app; Premium (required for Shared Journals) is about $34.99/year.
Relish Relationship Coaching
Relationship coaching with lessons and live chat
Relish combines a psychology-based relationship assessment (attachment style, love languages, CBT/EFT-informed lessons) with live 1-on-1 chat access to a relationship coach. Users work through tailored exercises and can message their coach for support between lessons.
Best For
Couples and individuals who want structured lessons plus access to a relationship coach via chat.
What Reviewers Say
Frequently positioned as a middle ground between self-help apps and full therapy, offering more personal support than a pure self-guided course.
iOS | Android
Commonly cited at $99.99/year covering two people.
Paired
Daily connection and guided conversations
Paired sends daily questions, quizzes, and short exercises that both partners answer and then compare. A core feature is a daily question for partners to answer, plus conversation prompts about feelings, values, and intimacy, designed with relationship psychology in mind.
Best For
Couples who want a low-effort daily habit of checking in and learning about each other; couples who want help starting meaningful conversations.
What Reviewers Say
Often highlighted as a solid daily-habit app that’s light, fun, and consistent rather than clinically intensive. Good for couples who want guided, meaningful conversations without a lot of effort.
iOS | Android
Free; premium ~ $4.99/month or ~ $29.99/year for ad-free use and extra content.
Connected
Comprehensive toolkit with clinical assessments
The relationship app designed to bring couples closer. Connected bundles 30+ tools: daily questions, 10+ relationship assessments, couple games, AI-generated coaching, Love Map-style questions, and a Therapist Export PDF that maps communication patterns, conflict analysis, and a clinical-style summary for use in sessions. It is built around the Gottman Method, attachment theory, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Best For
Couples who want one app for daily connection, formal assessments, and structured conflict-resolution tools; couples who want a relationship app designed to bring them closer.
What Reviewers Say
Independent therapist write-ups describe it as one of the most clinically complete options, especially because of the Therapist Export feature. Good for couples who want several tools in one app and deeper clinical structure.
iOS | Android
Free tier (daily questions, mood tracking, basic check-ins); premium unlocks full assessment suite, AI coaching, and therapist-export report.
Love Nudge
5 Love Languages app for emotional communication
Based on Dr. Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages framework, Love Nudge has each partner take a quiz to identify their primary love language, then sends nudges (small suggested actions) so partners can show love in the way that resonates most. It helps you express love in ways your partner values, with gentle reminders and relationship insights.
Best For
Couples who want a simple way to learn and act on each other’s love language; couples focused on emotional communication.
What Reviewers Say
Often recommended as a great entry point because it’s free, simple, and not positioned as therapy — more of a light supplement or a starting point for couples new to relationship skills. Good for improving emotional understanding, not just talking.
iOS | Android
Free, with optional premium features.
Between
Shared private space (calendar, chat, photos)
Between functions as a private chat just for the two of you, with voice messages, emojis, photo/video sharing, read receipts, anniversaries tracking, and a shared calendar. It feels like a relationship-only messaging app and offers a photo/memory archive.
Best For
Couples — especially busy or long-distance — who want a single private space for logistics and affection; couples wanting a private communication hub.
What Reviewers Say
Consistently described as a connection logistics app rather than a clinical tool — meant to complement therapy, not replace it. Good for everyday chatting and sharing life moments in one place.
iOS | Android
Freemium; premium ~ $4.99/month or $29.99/year for ad-free use and extra storage/customization.
OurRitual
Guided pathway sessions with a relationship expert
OurRitual blends the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy in a pathway format: modules like Conflict Styles or Emotional Connection, with journal prompts, exercises, and lessons between weekly 20–40 minute live sessions with a relationship expert.
Best For
Couples or individuals who want structured weekly sessions combining self-guided work with expert support.
What Reviewers Say
Highlighted by Healthline as a top pick. Testers reported positive experiences with the structured journaling-and-discussion format and felt the intake process helped tailor the support to their needs.
iOS | Android | Web
Subscription-based, starting around $32/week; varies by plan and support level.
The Happy Couple
Daily Relationship Lessons
A daily science-based relationship lessons, built by the Human Improvement Project, a nonprofit that funds relationship research and education. Content is framed as collaboration with psychologists, psychiatrists, and relationship researchers, and it positions itself as a low-cost complement to couples therapy rather than a replacement.
Best For
Couples who enjoy structured but light communication and want to learn more about each other.
What Reviewers Say
the developer-reported statistics on the app's own listing (e.g., percentages of users calling it “life-changing”) come from the company itself and aren’t independently verified. Worth noting: an earlier, unrelated app also called “Happy Couple” — a quiz-style game co-founded by Dr. Lonnie Barbach — shut down in 2019. The current listing under this name is a different product from a different developer, so no continuity or rebrand should be assumed.
iOS | Android
Free, ad-free, with optional in-app purchases (pricing varies by platform and region).
Ultimate Intimacy
Christian marriage intimacy & connection app
Ultimate Intimacy is a Christian-oriented marriage app marketed as clean and non-graphic, with no nudity or vulgar material. It includes a customizable bedroom game with four levels (Romance through Hot and Heavy), a Truth-or-Dare mode, conversation starters on finances and family, a “Language of Love†quiz, and articles/podcasts. It reports roughly 1M downloads and a near-5-star rating.
Best For
Married couples (especially Christian couples) who want a values-aligned intimacy and communication app.
What Reviewers Say
Commonly recommended in faith-based communities as a way to make intimacy playful while staying aligned with Christian values.
iOS | Android
Free with in-app purchases; pricing varies by platform and region.
Couply
Quizzes and games for couples
Couply offers research-based quizzes (attachment style, love language, a Myers-Briggs-style “Couply 16,†Enneagram) developed with input from a licensed marriage and family therapist and a communication-studies professor. It also includes a date-idea generator, shared photo album, and milestone tracker.
Best For
Couples who enjoy personality quizzes, games, and structured activities to understand each other better.
What Reviewers Say
Typically described as playful and insight-focused, helping couples learn about each other’s personalities while adding fun activities and date ideas.
iOS | Android
Free with subscription tiers (one review cited around $15/month).
Maia
AI relationship coach for couples
Maia is an AI relationship coach that couples can chat or talk with for daily check-ins, conflict resolution, and date planning. The AI was trained with input from relationship psychologist Dr. Marisa T. Cohen, PhD, LMFT, and focuses on practical, conversational guidance rather than replacing a human therapist.
Best For
Couples who want AI-guided daily relationship support, conflict help, and date planning.
What Reviewers Say
Best suited for couples curious about AI-assisted guidance who want frequent, low-friction check-ins rather than formal therapy.
iOS | Android
Freemium; premium unlocks therapist-designed programs and unlimited messaging.
Gottman Card Decks
Free research-based conversation prompts
Created by The Gottman Institute, this app digitizes the well-known card decks (Love Maps, Expressing Needs, Fondness & Admiration, and more) into smartphone prompts, drawing on decades of Gottman research to help couples avoid the criticism–defensiveness–contempt spiral.
Best For
Couples and therapists who want a no-cost, low-barrier way to spark meaningful conversation between sessions.
What Reviewers Say
Frequently recommended by therapists as the easiest first recommendation, since it’s free and backed directly by the Gottman Institute.
iOS | Android
Free.
Lasting
Structured, curriculum-style relationship program
Lasting organizes content into themed series (Communication, Repair, Forgiveness, Parenting, etc.) using sessions that mix reading, quizzes, audio lessons, and live/recorded workshops. It focuses on communication, conflict, and habits, with short sessions and reflection questions that are often used alongside real conversations.
Best For
Couples who want a self-paced, course-like program covering communication, intimacy, trust, money, and more; couples wanting relationship growth conversations.
What Reviewers Say
Generally rated around 4/5 for being engaging and informative, especially the free Foundations series. Some note it feels more like a course than an everyday relationship tool, and engagement can drop before finishing a series. Good for strengthening communication skills long-term.
iOS | Android | Web
Foundations series is free; full access subscription commonly ~ $20–$30/month, with a 7-day free trial.
Agapé
One thoughtful question a day
Agapé sends one thoughtful, brief question each day; both partners answer in under a minute, and responses are revealed only when both have replied. It encourages honesty and vulnerability in a simple, low-pressure format, designed to build a gentle, consistent habit of reflection rather than address conflict directly.
Best For
Busy couples who want the lowest-effort daily connection ritual; couples wanting daily emotional check-ins.
What Reviewers Say
User surveys from the app report that a single daily question positively impacts users’ relationships (vendor-reported, not independent research). Good for busy couples who still want daily emotional connection.
iOS | Android
Freemium; latest premium pricing should be checked on the app stores.
ReGain
Licensed therapist access via messaging and video
ReGain (owned by BetterHelp) is a relationship-focused teletherapy platform offering text, audio, and video with licensed therapists. Its joint three-way chat keeps both partners and the therapist in the same thread, which helps prevent secret-keeping with the therapist.
Best For
Couples who want access to a licensed therapist without in-person visits, using real-time or asynchronous communication.
What Reviewers Say
Marketed by BetterHelp as a leading app for couples. Independent guides confirm it as a strong option for couples who want traditional marriage counseling adapted to a messaging-first format.
iOS | Android | Web
Free initial consultation; ongoing unlimited messaging commonly ~ $60–$90/week (billed every 4 weeks), depending on plan and region.
Talkspace (Couples)
Messaging-first couples therapy
Talkspace pioneered the messaging-first therapy model. For couples, the key benefit is being able to reach out to a therapist immediately after a disagreement, capturing details and emotions more accurately than days later in a traditional session.
Best For
Couples who want to message a therapist in real time as issues arise, instead of waiting for weekly appointments.
What Reviewers Say
Therapist commentary notes that real-time messaging helps track triggers and patterns as they occur, rather than reconstructing them from memory.
iOS | Android | Web
Commonly around $69–$109/week, depending on plan.
Lovewick
App · Couples · Connection Questions, Date Ideas & Relationship Tracker
Lovewick offers conversation starters, date ideas, a memory timeline, and wishlists. It leans more playful than therapy-style apps but still supports meaningful communication and intentional time together.
Best For
A free relationship app (350,000+ users) combining 1,000+ conversation-starter question cards co-designed with therapists, a crowdsourced date-idea library, a shared wishlist/to-do feature, “forget-me-not” notes for partner preferences and key dates, and a couples memory timeline. An optional paid tier removes daily question limits and unlocks themed card collections (e.g., moving in together, starting a family).
What Reviewers Say
Often framed as a fun way to keep connection light and engaging. Good for couples who want communication support that feels like a game or shared hobby.
iOS | Android
Free app with optional premium features (pricing varies by platform and region).