The only notification that matters.
A hug for the people who matter most
Let your closest family and friends feel your warmth — anytime, anywhere. Real haptic hugs, not just another notification.
The only notification that matters.
Let your closest family and friends feel your warmth — anytime, anywhere. Real haptic hugs, not just another notification.
Bonded uses your phone's haptic engine to deliver real, tactile hugs to the people closest to you. No feeds. No likes. Just love.
Hold your phone and feel a real haptic embrace. Gentle patterns that feel like a warm hug from someone you love.
Hugs appear right in your Dynamic Island with Live Activities. See who's thinking of you at a glance.
Send and receive hugs right from your wrist. Feel a gentle tap on your Apple Watch when someone sends you love.
End-to-end encryption. No social graph. No data mining. Your hugs are between you and your people. Period.
Not 500 friends. Just your closest people. Set your inner circle — up to 6 on Bonded, up to 12 on Bonded+.
Gentle nudges to send love to people you haven't hugged in a while. Stay connected without the pressure.
Send short voice whispers with your hug. A few seconds of your voice, delivered with warmth.
Gift a Bonded subscription to someone you love. The best gift is letting someone know you're thinking of them.
Bonded is working to bring affection data to Apple HealthKit. Track how connected you are — just like steps, sleep, and heart rate.
Hugs received: 23
Every feature in Bonded is designed to strengthen real human connection. In a world where loneliness is an epidemic and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline exists because people feel alone — we believe technology should bring people closer, not further apart.
Bonded donates a portion of every subscription to mental health and suicide prevention organizations.
No ads. No data sales. No algorithmic manipulation. You pay a fair price, and we build the best app we can for you and the people you love.
No ads. No data sales. No tracking pixels. No selling your social graph. Your subscription is our only revenue. That's a promise.
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Fast, reliable servers so your hugs arrive instantly
End-to-end encryption and privacy infrastructure
Zero analytics, zero ads, zero data brokers
Donations to mental health & suicide prevention
| Bonded | Free Apps | |
|---|---|---|
| Your data sold | ✗ Never | ✓ Always |
| Ads | ✗ None | ✓ Everywhere |
| Algorithm | ✗ No feed | ✓ Addictive |
| Encryption | ✓ E2E | ✗ Partial |
| Purpose | Real connection | Engagement |
We believe the era of "free" apps that mine your data is ending. You deserve software that works for you, not advertisers. Bonded will never show ads, sell data, or use dark patterns to keep you scrolling.
We make money one way: you pay us a fair price for a great app. That's it. That's the whole business model.
All plans include a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Prices shown in USD. Subscriptions are billed through the App Store.
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