Couple (app)

Couple, formerly Pair, was a mobile app that provided a mobile messaging service for two people,[1] especially romantic couples.[2] Like many mobile phone messaging applications, Couple allows users to share text, photos, video and other content. It is a competitor to apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and KakaoTalk, but it is unique in that it is for communicating with exactly one other person.[3] Couple is one of a slew of mobile applications that intentionally confine their communication to a small group, as opposed to large public or semi-public networks like Twitter.[1]

Couple
Operating systemvarious
Websitecouple.me

The app is no longer available on iPhone and Android.[4][5] The free application garnered more than 100,000 users after only a week.[1] TenthBit, the company producing Couple,[6] is part of the Y Combinator startup incubator.[7]

On February 2, 2013, TenthBit announced that it had acquired rival U.K. app Cupple and changed the name of the merged app from Pair to Couple.[8]

On February 12, 2016, Couple was acquired by Life360.[9]

Since April 22, 2019, the app is defunct and the web interface returns Error 503.

References
  1. "Social Networks, Small and Smaller", The New York Times, April 14, 2012
  2. "In a Long Distance Relationship? This App Is for You", Mashable, March 23, 2012
  3. "Pair App for Couples Strikes a Chord in First Four Days", All Things Digital, March 27, 2012
  4. "Pair app review", Washingtonpost.com, March 30, 2012
  5. "Pair, the Social Network for Two, Launches an Android App", Mashable, May 8, 2012
  6. "Pair: A Social App That's Just for Couples", Techland, Time, March 30, 2012
  7. "Pair Is A Path For The Two Of Us", TechCrunch, March 23, 2012
  8. "Pair Acquires UK Firm and Rebrands as Couple", SocialZoo, February 2, 2013
  9. Perez, Sarah. "Family App Life360 Acquires Couple, A Private Messaging App For Two | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-07-21.


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