22 Best Long-Distance Relationship Apps For Couples

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Long-distance relationship apps do wonders in the communications of partners who are away for various reasons. Communication is the soul of long-distance relationships. Whether you are separated by borders or oceans, digital communication allows you to share your emotions and thoughts with your partner. Other than common apps such as WhatsApp or Facebook messenger, there are some apps exclusively for partners to flirt and share romantic feelings and keep their love blossoming regardless of the distance. Plunge into this post for some apps that bridge gaps in a long-distance relationship.

22 Best Long Distance Relationship Apps

1. TouchNote

The app allows you to be romantic and keeps your communication exciting. It helps you make digital postcards with your pictures, and lets you stay in touch with your partner by creating customized postcards with personal messages. The app is available on both Android and iOS platforms free of cost. Express your love for your beloved in a cute yet creative way.

Platform: Android and iOS

2. Between

If you have been looking for a private application for engaging in secret conversations with your significant other, Between might be an ideal choice. It is a popular application for sending voice notes, long videos, and love letters. It provides a shared calendar and message service that makes you feel closer to your partner even when you are miles apart. The colorful themes and interesting features make it a distinct and engaging app for a long-distance relationship.

Platform: Android and iOS

3. Nujj

Nujj is a cute and distinctive app designed for long-distance relationship couples to stay connected. Whenever you miss your partner, just give your phone a little shake, and your significant other’s phone will slightly vibrate. Isn’t that interesting? Besides this, other useful features include share location, set reminders, chat, send audios and pictures, and timeline.

Platform: iOS

4. Rave

Many couples enjoy listening to songs and watching movies together. Rave allows you to do so when distant. You can watch YouTube and Reddit videos, binge watch Netflix, and even create your song playlist. The app lets you take your LDR to another level by connecting you in several different ways.

According to blogger William Butterworth, Rave was one of the apps he found incredibly useful during his six-year long-distance relationship. He writes, “My lady and I love watching TV together. It was always a struggle to ensure we pressed play at the same time to watch the show at the same time. Rave removed that problem (i).”

Platform: Android and iOS

5. Kast

Similar to Rave, Kast is an Android-based app that lets you and your partner enjoy watching videos and listening to songs together while on video chat. It is easy to use and sync anything you want your beloved to watch along with you. Besides movies, you can even discover games and live streams. Try this entertainment app and join the fun.

Platform: Android

6. Desire

This app lets you play private games with your partner. It helps you improve engagement, to help strengthen your relationship. Desire has categories such as fantasy, roleplay, dress code, and many more. You can dare your partner to do something, send a private photo, and arrange special dates online. Play games through this app and have fun with your beloved.

Platform: Android and iOS

7. MyLove

This simple LDR app tracks how long you and your partner have been together. It keeps count of the days, weeks, and even months of your togetherness. On anniversaries, this relationship app gives you a notification that ‘it’s a special day!’ to remind you how beautiful your relationship is growing with time.

Platform: Android and iOS

8. Truth or Dare

Have you ever played truth or dare with your long-distance partner? If not, you can do it now with this app. It has four different levels, including dirty, hardcore, classic, and couple. The app contains plenty of questions to ask your beloved and stay entertained. All you need to do is install it on your phone and have a good internet connection.

Platform: iOS

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Paired is another popular app for long-distance couples. It offers various entertaining quizzes and activities and can get you hooked to the app.

9. HeyTell

HeyTell mobile app
Image: HeyTell

HeyTell is a simple chatting app designed to allow long-distance partners to send quick voice messages and videos to each other. One of the app’s interesting aspects is that you don’t have to create an account or profile. All you need to do is click on the contact name and keep sending whatever you want. It is quick, easy-to-use, and an entertaining medium for staying connected with your partner.

Platform: Android and iOS

10. We-connect

Even though you are distant from your companion, you may yearn for intimacy. This app understands that well, enabling private conversations and calls. It works with compatible vibrators and lets your partner control its vibration type, duration, and intensity. The app’s uniqueness is that it enables you to add spice to your relationship even when you are away from each other and strengthen your bonding.

Platform: Android and iOS

11. Lovedays

Lovedays is an app that keeps track of important dates. You can add dates related to your birthdays, anniversaries, and vacations. You can check it any day to determine how long you have been in the relationship. You can also track the number of days you have to wait to meet your loved one on your next trip. The app allows you to keep pictures on the screen to make it personalized.

Platform: Android and iOS

12. iPassion

This app lets you have fun with some remote intimacy. It includes questions based on sexual preferences with multiple choice answers. You and your partner can answer them to let each other know your expectations and desires. It offers private video chats, and interesting daily quizzes. iPassion undoubtedly facilitates connection even when you are far apart.

Platform: Android and iOS

13. Dreamdays

This is a countdown application suitable for partners in a long-distance relationship. You can add your special dates, such as a big event, a dream vacation, or anything else you have planned. Dreamdays gives you notifications and lets you track the number of days remaining until that event. It is a simple, yet beneficial application.

Platform: Android and iOS

14. Journey

The app lets you maintain a journal and help you stay motivated. It allows you to list things you are grateful for and vent your anger and frustration. It helps you handle the ups and downs of a long-distance relationship.

Platform: Android and iOS

15. Honi

Use Honi to set an online date with your partner
Image: App Store

If you want to challenge your beloved, Honi will let you do so. It contains more than 500 challenges at various difficulty levels. You can set up an online date night and start challenging your partner with simple dares such as “send me a secret message or tell me a joke.” However, once the fun begins, you can start sexting or get intimate and give tricky challenges.

Platform: iOS

16. Gyft

Gifts can be exchanged even when love birds are in geographically different cities or countries. The app lets you send gift vouchers or cards of your beloved’s favorite restaurant or shopping store. Imagine being able to turn your partner’s bad day into a cheery oneby surprising them with a gift voucher within moments. Vouchers are available for a wide variety of items from jewelry, to pizza, to iTunes gift cards.

Platform: iOS

17. Love Nudge

It is essential to stay connected with your partner, even if you are not together. The Love Nudge app is designed to send messages to your beloved and set goals for your relationship. You can express your affection and romantic feelings through a compliment or sending a postcard or a gift.

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Install ReGain if you wish to seek counseling or advice from an expert. This couples therapy app can help you overcome challenges and rediscover the connection.

Platform: Android and iOS

18. Tinkovu

Want to say “I love you,” “thank you,” or “miss you”?’ You can share such sentiments with your long-distance partner through this messaging app. Irrespective of your location, you can express your feelings and kind thoughts to your beloved to remind them of your love and support during your time apart.

Platform: Android and iOS

19. Wefeel 

You can strengthen your bond as long-distance relationship partners by playing games and challenging each other. Wefeel is a unique app created for faraway lovers to share their secret feelings, improve passion, and get closer. Questions are original, enabling you to learn more about your beloved or to fall in love all over again.

Platform: Android and iOS

20. Been Together (Ad)

Been Together is a countdown app that keeps track of your relationship for days, weeks, months, and even years. The app is created to remind you when your beautiful relationship began and when it is time for a big celebration. Install it on your phone, and customize its look to meet your preferences.

Platform: Android and iOS

21. Couple Game

An app designed to spice up a couple’s love life. It offers a variety of fun and engaging games that are created to enhance communication and intimacy. For long-distance couples, you have a guessing game in which you and your partner answer the same questions separately, and then you guess what the other has responded to. It is a great app to learn more about your partner, even when staying apart.

Platform: Android and iOS

22. We-Vibe

This app is meant to take intimacy to another level. No matter how far away you are from your partner, this app can let you enjoy some intimate moments through features that include custom vibration patterns, control intensity levels, and sync vibrations with music or ambient sounds. You can tell your partner how much you enjoyed the intimate session through reaction buttons.

Platform: Android and iOS

What Factors To Consider When Choosing a Long Distance Dating App?

When selecting a long-distance dating app, consider one with a large and diverse user base, robust communication features (messaging, video calls), strong privacy measures (personal info should be safe and secure), a user-friendly interface (easy to navigate), positive reviews, and success stories. Special features for long-distance relationships and compatibility across devices are essential. The app has to offer quality connections, enhance communication, and align with your preferences and budget. Take your time to choose a proper app to foster a successful relationship.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What can long-distance couples do together?

Erase the distance between you and your partner by trying these fun activities together. You could start watching a new show together, write long love letters to each other, wear color-coded outfits and set up a video date, send surprise gifts, talk all day long, plan vacations, and more.

2. What can long-distance couples do together online?

Long-distance couples can play online or video games together, go virtual shopping, take an online hobby class as a couple, take online quizzes, or have online dinner dates.

3. What kills long-distance relationships?

Long-distance relationships can sometimes fail when their insecurities keep mounting, couples compare themselves with others, they stray away from each other, they do not spend enough time together, etc.

While being in a long-distance relationship can be challenging and complex, modern technology has made it much easier to stay connected. Couplete, Happy couple, Rave, Kast, Lovedays, Gyft, We Feel, and many other engaging, accessible, and practical long-distance relationship apps can help you keep your long-distance relationship strong and fresh for years. You may also use these applications to boost your connection and make your relationship more dynamic even if you’re together. These applications help bridge the gap between you and your partner using unique features.

Infographic: Long-Distance Relationship Apps For Couples

There are several apps for long-distance couples that help them engage in fun stuff besides aiding them to spend joyous time with each other. When you are away from your partner, merely texting or video calling them can get monotonous and make your relationship low on the fun quotient. This infographic lists a few long-distance apps to keep up the excitement in their relationship.

apps for long-distance couples (infographic)

Illustration: The Bridal Box Design Team

Key Pointers

  • Strengthen your long-distance relationship with exclusive apps like TouchNote that allow you to make customized postcards with messages.
  • Share long videos and love letters through the colorful themes of Between.
  • Make your moments memorable using the app Couplete that helps you send romantic letters.
  • Enliven your relationships with creative apps, such as Love Nudge, Honi, and more.

Illustration: Best Long-Distance Relationship Apps For Couples

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Dr. Maggie C. Vaughan is an NYC-based marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience. In addition to her private practice, Dr. Vaughan acts as founder and executive director of Happy Apple®, a Midtown Manhattan psychotherapy center.

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