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Updated Oct 14, 2024These Apps for Long-Distance Couples Will Help You Stay Connected
Build intimacy, plan date nights and connect on these apps.
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Long-distance relationships have come, well, a long way in recent years thanks to advances in tech and constant connectivity. Think about it: 15 years ago, apps for long-distance couples didn't even exist. Now, your smartphone can help bridge the gap between you and your partner and help you stay close and connected no matter how far apart you are physically.
Below, see 12 apps for long-distance couples that offer useful tools that include communication tips, two-player games, date-night plans and more. With these best-of downloads, you'll have even more resources to help make your long-distance relationship work.
In this article:
- Best Communication Apps for Long-Distance Couples
- Best Intimacy Building Apps for Long-Distance Couples
- Best Fun Apps for Long-Distance Couples
Best Communication Apps for Long-Distance Couples
Keeping in touch and feeling connected is often the most difficult aspect of maintaining a long-distance relationship—but thankfully there are apps out there that can help make things like texting, calling and planning your next chat a heck of a lot easier. Here are some of the best communication apps for long-distance couples.
Between
Think of the Between app as a one-stop-shop communication hub for you and your partner. You can chat, place free calls and share photos, videos, schedules and calendars, all through encrypted and secure technology.
Why you'll love it:
- Share photos and messages privately — just between you two!
- Free emoticons and GIFs
- Option to upgrade to Between+
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases)
LifeStatus
With LifeStatus you can instantly share your location and real-time photos with your partner, all synched up to your lock screen and home screen. Throughout the day, photos can be updated to bring a smile to your face—kind of like a virtual hug!
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Why you'll love it:
- Receive real-time status updates and photos from your love whenever you miss them
- View your partner's location on a map
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases)
Waffle: Shared Journal
Starting a collaborative journal is a great way to stay in tune and aligned with your partner, no matter where you are. You can share your thoughts, memories and wonderings while deepening your communication.
Why you'll love it:
- Gives you a deeper look into your partner's world
- Offers 'questions of the day' as thought starters
- Customize your journal's look
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases)
Cupla
The Cupla app is an all-in-one spot for relationship management with shared calendars and to-do lists, date night planning tools and the ability to send reminders. It helps both partners find space in their busy schedules to make time for one another—an essential component of any healthy long-distance relationship.
Why you'll love it:
- 70% of Cupla users say the app has reduced stress and friction in their relationship
- Allows you to plan your lives together even when you're apart
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases) or $4.99 monthly
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases)
Best Intimacy Building Apps for Long-Distance Couples
Feeling close, connected and intimate while in a long-distance relationship can be a challenge. Fortunately, these intimacy-building apps can help you turn up the heat when you can't physically be together.
iPassion
Intended to kick things up a notch in the romance and intimacy department, iPassion is a game that features intimate, sometimes red-hot questions for you and your partner to answer; the purpose of which is to help the both of you better understand each other's desires.
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Why you'll love it:
- It asks the questions you might not want to ask
- Offers customized sex and relationship tips
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases) or Premium for $12.99
We-Vibe
Deepen your connection with your partner via We-Vibe, a sex-toy app specifically designed for long-distance couples. Pairing with your favorite intimate toys, it allows partners to control their vibrations, frequency and patterns from afar. You can even video and text for added intimacy.
Why you'll love it:
- Allows users to control their partners' sex toy from afar
- New features and vibe modes continuously keeps things sexy
Cost: Free with the cost of a We-Vibe compatible sex toy.
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Honi
The Honi app is here to spice things up in your long-distance relationship with enticing questions, spicy dares and fantasy-revealing prompts that will add romance and intimacy to your interactions.
Why you'll love it:
- Learn new Kamasutra positions
- Play a spicy game of "Would You Rather"
- Get personalized relationship tips
Cost: $2.99+
Desire
Add a bit of friendly competition to your long-distance love with sexy adventures and steamy challenges. Receive and share dares to earn points and unlock even hotter challenges. There's even a private chat feature so you can keep in touch as you play.
Why you'll love it:
- Thousands of steamy dares to choose from with new ones updated weekly
- Earn badges and points for accepted and fully executed dares
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases)
Best Fun Apps for Long-Distance Couples
Remember that, at the end of the day, your relationship should be fun! Here are some fun apps for long-distance couples that offer a mutual good time from a distance.
Couply
This award-winning app offers an interactive way to get to know your partner better (and lots of fun in the process). Couply features quizzes to deepen your connection and even provides personalized relationship advice for you and your partner.
Why you'll love it:
- Gives you personalized date ideas
- Options to check-in with your feelings daily
- Curated relationship advice just for you
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases) or $14.99 monthly
NoteIt
Send cute love notes, photos and doodles to your partner's phone in real-time with the NoteIt widget.
Why you'll love it:
- Get fun surprise notes and drawings from your partner throughout your day
- The ability to send notes right to their home screen
Cost: Free (with in-app purchases) or $3.99 monthly
Nujj
What if you could let your partner know you're thinking of them with just a simple shake of your phone? With Nujj, you can: This innovative and private app for couples lets you send your partner a sweet nudge no matter how far apart you are. A shake from your phone will make your partner's device vibrate, subtly letting them know that they're on your mind.
Why you'll love it:
- Lets you send your love a "nudge" whenever you're thinking of them
- Keeps you connected throughout the day
Cost: Free
Kast
The Kast app works a bit like Zoom, letting you host interactive watch parties so you and your partner can share long-distance movie nights. Currently available on Google and Android devices, it also allows you to share videos, movies, games and more.
Why you'll love it:
- Binge Netflix in good company
- Features include video playback and chat
Cost: $9.99 annually
