If you searched "what is Lovestruck," here's the short answer: Lovestruck is a private app for two people who are already together. Not a dating app, not a social feed, not another chat thread. It's one small shared space for you and your partner, built around tiny daily rituals that keep you close when life gets busy, or when you're a few time zones apart.
(Quick note on the name: a dating service shares it. This guide is about the couples app on the App Store and Google Play.)
What Lovestruck is (and isn't)
Most couples don't drift apart because of one big thing. They drift because the small moments get squeezed out: the "thinking of you," the question you meant to ask, the note you never sent. Lovestruck is designed to make those moments take one tap.
- Pings: one-tap signals like "thinking of you," so you can reach out without starting a conversation.
- A daily question: you both answer, then see each other's answers.
- Love notes: a short message that shows up right on your partner's home screen or lock screen widget.
Around those rituals sit date ideas you swipe through together, time capsules you seal and open on a future date, and a private timeline of everything you've shared.
What it isn't matters just as much. Lovestruck isn't for meeting anyone new, and it isn't trying to replace your texts. You'll still message each other the way you always do. Lovestruck is the layer on top: the little gestures that are easy to forget when your thumbs are busy with logistics.
How you and your partner get set up
One of you creates the couple space and shares an invite code; the other enters it. That's it: two people, one space, nobody else. There's no public profile to fill out and no feed for anyone else to scroll.
Because everything goes between two paired accounts, you each install the app. Once you're paired, whatever one of you sends lands with the other.
The daily rituals: pings, the daily question and love notes
Pings are the smallest gesture in the app, and probably the most used. Instead of typing "thinking of you" for the fifth time this week, you tap once and your partner gets the signal. It's the digital version of squeezing someone's hand across the table: no reply needed, but it still lands.
The daily question gives you something to talk about that isn't the grocery list. You each answer on your own, then see what the other said. Some days it's light, some days it's a question you've somehow never asked in years together. Either way, it's a two-minute habit that keeps you curious about each other. (If you like that idea, our list of daily questions to ask your partner is a good place to start.)
Love notes are short messages meant to be found, not answered. You write one, and it shows up on your partner's widget, waiting for the next time they pick up their phone.
Your love note on their home screen: the widget
The love note widget is the part people tend to fall for. A text arrives, buzzes and gets buried. A note on your home screen just sits there, quietly, every time you unlock your phone.
On iPhone, the widget comes in small and medium sizes for the home screen, and there are lock screen versions too. On Android, it lives on your home screen. For more ways to make your phone feel a little more like your relationship, see our home screen widget ideas for couples.
Dates, time capsules and a shared timeline
Beyond the daily rituals, Lovestruck has a few places for the bigger moments:
- Date ideas you swipe through together, so "what do you want to do?" stops being a standoff.
- Time capsules you fill with notes, photos and videos, then seal until a date you pick, as far as 10 years ahead. Our time capsule ideas for couples has plenty to put in one.
- A private timeline that keeps what you've shared in one place, so the small moments don't vanish into a chat history.
Is Lovestruck for long-distance couples?
Yes, and it's one of the places it shines. When you can't share a couch, small signals carry a lot of weight. A ping when you wake up, a note on their lock screen before their meeting, a question you both answer in different time zones: none of it needs you to be online at the same moment.
It works just as well for couples who live together but pass like ships in the night. If you're doing the distance, our guide on how to stay connected in a long-distance relationship has more ideas that pair well with the app.
What you get without Premium
The everyday rituals work without a subscription:
- 10 pings a day, with a short 5-second wait between them, plus 2 bonus pings when you answer the daily question.
- 1 love note every 24 hours.
- 1 time capsule in progress at a time, which you can set to open up to 10 years ahead.
Premium is optional and lifts those limits, for couples who want to ping as often as they think of each other or keep several time capsules going at once.
The best way to find out if Lovestruck fits your relationship is to try one small ritual for a week: a ping in the morning, the daily question at night. You'll know pretty quickly whether it makes you feel a little closer.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lovestruck a dating app?
No. Lovestruck is for two people who are already together. You pair with your partner using an invite code, and the app is a private space for just the two of you.
Can anyone else see what we share?
No. A Lovestruck couple space has two members, you and your partner. There's no public profile or feed.
Does Lovestruck work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. Lovestruck is on the App Store and Google Play, and the love note widget works on both iPhone (home screen and lock screen) and Android (home screen).
Do both partners need the app?
Yes. Pings, the daily question and love notes go between two paired accounts, so you each install Lovestruck and pair with an invite code.