# Dear friend

> Write letters to thoughtful pen pals. Replies take days — on purpose

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.inmasterveritas.dearfriend](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.inmasterveritas.dearfriend)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.inmasterveritas.dearfriend`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gabriele Porcelli
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 10
- **Version:** 1.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-07
- **First published:** 2026-07-30
- **Publisher country:** ES
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inmasterveritas.dearfriend)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://inmasterveritas.com/privacy-policy.html](https://inmasterveritas.com/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

Dear friend is a correspondence app, not a chat app.<br><br>Pick a pen pal — Theo, a retired lighthouse keeper; Marguerite, a botanical<br>illustrator; Juno, a nineteen-year-old zine-maker; or Aldo, a wandering cook —<br>write them a real letter on ruled paper, seal it, and wait. Your pal writes<br>back in a few days, the way letters used to work.<br><br>The wait is not a trick. Every reply is composed entirely on your device by a<br>small AI that works only while your phone charges: it outlines, drafts,<br>critiques its own writing, checks that it still sounds like your pal, and<br>rewrites — again and again — until the letter is worth posting. When it&#39;s<br>ready, it arrives quietly in your drawer, in an envelope you open.<br><br>YOUR PALS REMEMBER<br><br>Pals keep long-term memories of what you tell them. Mention your sister in<br>March and Theo may ask after her in June. Over many letters a pal can even<br>change a little — slowly, and each in their own stubborn way.<br><br>EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE<br><br>There is no account, no cloud, and no server reading your mail. Your letters<br>never leave your device. The only things the app downloads are the AI model<br>itself and fonts. Delete the app and everything goes with it.<br><br>SLOW ON PURPOSE. QUIET BY DESIGN.<br><br>• No chat, no typing indicator, no streaks, no notifications begging you back<br>• One gentle notification when a letter arrives — never during quiet hours<br>• Letters live in a drawer, tied in bundles with string<br>• Replies are written only while your phone charges, so your battery is safe<br>• Works completely offline once your pen pal&#39;s model is downloaded<br><br>Dear friend is for people who miss having something to look forward to. Write<br>a letter tonight. In a few days, someone will have thought carefully about<br>what you said — and written back

## Rankings

- #2,817,261 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.inmasterveritas.dearfriend.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.inmasterveritas.dearfriend)