Chapter 1
Overview
Your home base — everything at a glance.
Dashboard
Your relationship home base. See your daily devotional, partner status, upcoming dates, active goals, coach insights, and quick access to every Bonded tool in one place.
What you can do
- Read your daily devotional — a personalized scripture affirmation and couples application tip, refreshed each morning
- View your own status card and your partner's most recent check-in side by side
- See upcoming planned dates and active shared goals at a glance
- Use the Tool Finder widget to identify the right Bonded feature for your current situation
- Read the AI Coach's daily insight and navigate directly to the recommended feature
- View or set your Word of the Year with scripture reference
- Review your 4 stats: Today's Check-in status, Bond Strength score, Upcoming Dates count, and Active Goals count
- Access quick action tools: Date Ideas, Couple Challenges, Micro-Moments, Send Appreciation, Status Hub, Protect Your Peace, AI Coach, Plan a Date, and Set a Goal
- Take or review your Relationship Health Assessment
- Copy your partner connection code if your relationship is in pending status
- Pull to refresh all dashboard data
Pro Tips
- Open Dashboard first each day — the daily devotional and coach insight are personalized and refresh every 24 hours.
- If you just joined, complete onboarding and connect with your partner first. Most features require an active relationship connection to unlock full functionality.
Chapter 2
Connect
Stay close and communicate with your partner every day.
Status Hub
Check in with how you're really doing and see your partner's current emotional state, energy level, and capacity in real time — without having to ask.
What you can do
- Select your current mood from a grid of 60+ emoji options
- Set your energy level from 1 to 5 using color-coded buttons
- Set your Capacity Tank from 0 to 10 on an animated liquid-fill slider — color shifts from red at low to green at full
- Choose your availability status from 14 options: Available, Open to Talk, Busy, Focused, On a Call, Quick Break, Recharging, Do Not Disturb, Need Support, Could Use a Hug, Sleeping, Driving, Away
- Add an optional location note, what you need today, and how your partner can support you
- Submit your status — your partner receives a push notification automatically
- View your partner's full status including their mood, availability, capacity, energy level, and support note with a last updated timestamp
- Pull to refresh both status panels
Pro Tips
- Update your status before your partner gets home — it removes the guesswork and sets up a more intentional reconnection.
- The Capacity Tank is the most honest signal on this page. A 2 out of 10 communicates more than words often do in a difficult moment.
Micro-Moments
Short, intentional connection activities you can do together in 30 to 60 seconds. Build consistency without needing a big occasion or a lot of time.
What you can do
- Choose a content style: Faith + Neutral, Faith-Based only, or Non-Religious
- Filter by category: All, Emotional, Physical, Fun and Playful, Gratitude, or Spiritual
- Generate a new batch of micro-moments — pulls from the database first, uses AI if no matches are found
- View the current suggestion with its category badge, style badge, and optional scripture reference
- Tap "We Did This" to mark the moment complete and save it to your history
- Tap "Another Idea" to skip to the next suggestion without recording a completion
- End your session after completing multiple moments
- View your total completed moments count from the history link
Pro Tips
- Do 1 to 2 micro-moments during transition times — arriving home, after dinner, or before bed. Consistency matters more than duration.
- The session milestone toasts at 1, 2, and 3+ completions are a small but effective motivator for building the habit.
Date Studio
Plan and keep a record of your dates. Browse pre-built ideas by category, create custom date plans, and revisit your history.
What you can do
- Browse 5 pre-built date idea cards across categories: Adventure, Cozy, Creative, Active, Romantic, Fun, and Learning — tap any to pre-fill the form
- Create a custom date plan with title, category, description, date and time, location, and estimated cost
- View upcoming date plans in chronological order with full details
- Review up to 5 past dates showing star ratings and reflections
- Your partner is notified automatically when you schedule a new date
Pro Tips
- Plan dates at least a week out — it signals intentionality and gives both of you something to look forward to.
- Revisit past dates in the history list. The best relationships repeat what worked instead of always searching for something new.
Appreciation Log
Send and receive intentional appreciation notes with categories, read status, and favorites. A log of everything you have given and received.
What you can do
- Write and send an appreciation note — choose a category: Love, Gratitude, Encouragement, Apology, or Celebration
- View received notes with unread badges — tap to mark as read
- Star or unstar received notes as favorites for easy reference
- See when your partner has read your sent notes via the Read badge
- Switch between Received and Sent tabs
- Pull to refresh both tabs
Pro Tips
- Send a note before a hard week, not just after a good one. Proactive appreciation carries more weight.
- The Read badge on sent notes tells you your partner opened it. A small signal but a meaningful one.
Partner Quest
A partner-knowledge quiz that presents one random question at a time. Submit your answer, then ask your partner the same question to compare.
What you can do
- Read the randomly selected daily question
- Type your answer in the input field
- Submit your answer
- View your submitted answer and the prompt to share the question with your partner
- Tap "Next Question" to get a new random question
- Repeat for as many questions as you want
Pro Tips
- Use Partner Quest as a quick connection ritual — one question over coffee or dinner beats scrolling side by side.
- After submitting, ask your partner the same question out loud instead of waiting for them to open the app. The conversation that follows is the real value.
Chapter 3
Navigate
Tools to set goals, resolve conflict, and protect your relationship.
Resolve Hub
A suite of six conflict resolution tools — from de-escalation and repair to safety and pattern analysis. Navigate disagreements with structure instead of reactivity.
What you can do
- Open Conflict Compass to log and categorize active conflicts with intensity tracking and resolution recording
- Use the Repair Kit to write a structured apology: describe what happened, craft your apology, and commit to a specific change — your partner receives it and can respond
- Start the Safe Signal to immediately pause an overwhelming conversation — triggers a 20-minute cooldown with regulation suggestions
- Use the Cooling Timer for a structured emotional break before re-engaging
- Follow the Re-Entry Guide 5-step process to safely return to a paused conversation
- Open Conflict Insights to view analytics: total conflicts logged, resolution rate, average intensity, trigger distribution chart, and intensity breakdown chart
Pro Tips
- Agree on what the Safe Signal means with your partner before you need it — the tool works best when both partners understand it in advance.
- Use the Resolve Hub early in a conflict cycle, not at peak intensity. The tools are most effective when emotions are elevated but not flooded.
Protect Your Peace
A 15-question stress and boundaries assessment that generates a Peace Protection Score, AI-curated wisdom cards, and a partner nudge system.
What you can do
- Complete a 3-step assessment: select stressors from 9 options, rate stress severity on a 1 to 10 slider, answer 13 scale questions across Unity, Communication, Connection, Boundaries, and Individual Health
- Receive a Peace Protection Score from 0 to 100 with a status label: Strong Protection, Moderate Protection, or Vulnerable
- View a score breakdown across 6 dimensions with color-coded progress bars
- Read AI-generated key insights with identified stressor badges
- Open the Wisdom Jar and pull a daily card — cards are curated by AI based on your scores and stressors
- Read the AI explanation for why your card was selected for you
- Write a personal reflection on your wisdom card and share it with your partner
- View your partner's wisdom card and reflection if they have shared it
- Nudge your partner to take the assessment via push notification
- Retake the assessment at any time — results auto-save and reload on return
Pro Tips
- Take this assessment separately, then compare results together — the gaps between partners' scores often reveal the most useful conversations.
- Pull a wisdom card daily even if you do not retake the full assessment. The jar refreshes and each card includes a personalized AI explanation.
Values Alignment
A comparison dashboard showing how aligned you and your partner are across personal values. View a radar chart, alignment score, and each partner's top values.
What you can do
- View your Values Alignment Score with an interpretation label
- Review the radar chart comparing your values profile against your partner's
- View your top values list
- View your partner's top values list
- Take the Personal Values Compass assessment if you haven't yet
- See a waiting state if your partner hasn't completed their values assessment
Pro Tips
- This page only becomes fully functional after both partners complete the Personal Values Compass assessment — do that first.
- High alignment doesn't mean identical values. Use the radar chart to find where you're different and discuss whether those differences create tension or balance.
Money Talk
A structured guide for financial conversations. Six topic categories with discussion questions and conversation tips to make money talks less tense and more productive.
What you can do
- Select a money discussion topic: Spending Philosophy, Financial Goals, Money Management, Income & Expenses, Values & Beliefs, or Fun & Freedom
- Read the discussion questions for the selected topic
- Review the conversation tips for navigating the topic constructively
- Return to the topic grid to select a different category
Pro Tips
- Work through one category per conversation rather than all six at once — financial alignment conversations are most effective in short, focused sessions.
- Read the conversation tips before starting. They help set the tone for productive dialogue rather than debate.
Home Balance
A guided framework for dividing household responsibilities fairly. Browse six domestic areas with task lists, discussion questions, and division tips.
What you can do
- Select a household area: Kitchen & Meals, Cleaning & Tidying, Laundry & Clothing, Household Admin, Yard & Maintenance, or Pets & Family
- Review the tasks to divide for that area
- Review the discussion questions for how to approach the conversation
- Read the tips for division specific to that area
- Return to the area grid to select a different category
Pro Tips
- Use this when one partner feels the household load is uneven — it provides a neutral framework for the conversation instead of a blame-based one.
- The intro card says "Fair ≠ Equal" for a reason. Use the discussion questions to define what fair looks like for your specific household, not a 50/50 split.
Promise Builder
A commitment tool where couples select relationship promises from templates or write their own, then save them as a shared covenant.
What you can do
- Browse template promises organized by four sections: Communication, Conflict, Connection, and Growth
- Select or deselect individual template promises
- Write a custom promise in the text input and add it to your list
- Review your selected promises in the summary card
- Save your selected promises as a shared covenant
- View an existing covenant if one has already been saved
Pro Tips
- Do this together, not separately. The conversation about which promises to include is as valuable as the covenant itself.
- Revisit your covenant after 6 months. Promises that feel easy now may need reinforcement after a difficult season.
Chapter 4
Reflect
Grow deeper through journaling, assessments, and faith.
Personal Journal
A private journal for personal reflection. Write full entries or quick gratitude notes, with AI-suggested prompts, a writing polisher, and a gratitude streak tracker.
What you can do
- Write a full journal entry with mood emoji, title, content, and tags
- Write a quick gratitude entry using a simplified form with a pre-set title
- Select from AI-suggested writing prompts personalized to your recent entry history
- Use the AI Journal Polisher to enhance your writing before saving — appears when content exceeds 20 characters
- Add and remove tags on any entry
- Edit existing entries by tapping them
- Delete entries from edit mode or via the hover trash icon
- Track your gratitude streak count
- Pull to refresh your entry list
Pro Tips
- This journal is completely private — your partner cannot see it. Use it for processing, not communicating.
- The AI Polisher works best on entries longer than a paragraph. Use it when you know what you want to say but want help expressing it clearly.
Assessments
Fourteen relationship and self-awareness assessments covering communication, values, intimacy, finances, conflict resilience, and more. Each generates a scored summary.
What you can do
- Choose from 14 assessments: Partner Knowledge Quiz 10 min, Relationship Check-in 5 min, Communication Pulse 7 min, Connection Strengths 8 min, Conflict Resilience 10 min, Values Wheel 12 min, Shared Values 15 min, Financial Alignment 10 min, Household Harmony 8 min, Intimacy and Affection 10 min, Adventure and Play 7 min, Faith Check 12 min, Self-Care 10 min, and Needs Assessment 15 min
- View your latest overall assessment summary score from the banner at the top
- Navigate to the full assessment summary dashboard from the banner
Pro Tips
- Start with Relationship Check-in 5 min and Communication Pulse 7 min — they produce the most immediately actionable results.
- Retake assessments after major life transitions: moving, new jobs, having children, or extended conflict seasons. Results shift meaningfully with circumstances.
Faith Together
Three faith tools for couples: a shared prayer space, daily devotional pairing with scripture and reflection, and a Word of the Year with monthly prompts.
What you can do
- Open Prayer Space — add prayer requests with optional scripture references, mark prayers answered, and view your answered prayer history
- Open Devotional Pairing — start a curated devotional series together, read daily devotionals with scripture, discussion questions, and closing prayers, save personal reflections, record shared discussion notes, and mark devotionals complete
- Use the AI-Personalized tab in Devotional Pairing to generate a devotional experience tailored to your relationship
- Open Word of the Year — set a shared or personal guiding word, view its scripture reference, and use monthly reflection prompts throughout the year
Pro Tips
- Set your Word of the Year together and revisit the monthly prompts — it creates a shared spiritual thread through the entire calendar year.
- The answered prayer log in Prayer Space is one of the most encouraging features in the app. Reviewing it together after 6 months shows you how far you have come.
AI Relationship Coach
A persistent AI coaching assistant that gives personalized relationship guidance, contextual follow-up prompts, guided exercises, and direct links to the right Bonded tools.
What you can do
- Start a new coaching session with the + button
- Type any relationship question, situation, or feeling and receive a personalized AI response in markdown format
- Use quick action chips to start common sessions: I am feeling stressed, We had a conflict, Want to feel closer, Set relationship goals, Something good happened, Need advice
- Tap follow-up prompt chips generated after each coach response
- Tap action buttons embedded in coach responses to navigate directly to recommended features
- Start a guided exercise: Calming Breath or Partner Gratitude — step through animated exercises with pause and resume controls
- Load any previous session from the sidebar
- Delete individual sessions or clear all sessions with confirmation
- Sessions persist across app visits — your conversation history is always available
Pro Tips
- Be specific. We keep arguing about who handles the household admin gets a more useful response than we argue a lot.
- The coach sends an automatic personalized greeting when you start a fresh session with an active relationship. This is the best starting point if you are unsure what to ask.
Relationship Health Dashboard
A personalized dashboard that scores your relationship across multiple dimensions and groups areas into Thriving, Needs Attention, and Priority zones with tool recommendations.
What you can do
- View your overall relationship health score combining both partners' assessment data
- See counts for Thriving, Needs Attention, and Priority areas
- Switch between four tabs: Priority, Needs Attention, Thriving, and Tools
- Review each area's score, interpretation badge, and trend indicator
- Tap recommended tool buttons to navigate directly to the suggested feature
- View the full assessment summary from the bottom card
- Retake the assessment to refresh your scores
- Pull to refresh dashboard data
Pro Tips
- Focus on Priority areas first — these are the dimensions scoring lowest and most likely to benefit from intentional attention.
- The Tools tab is the most actionable view. It maps your weakest areas directly to the Bonded features that address them, with estimated time to use each.
Chapter 5
Settings
Manage your account, partner connection, and preferences.
Settings
Manage your account, relationship connection, subscription, notifications, appearance, privacy, data, and account lifecycle actions.
What you can do
- Edit your profile: first name, last name, and birthday
- View or copy your relationship code to share with your partner
- Share your relationship invite via native share or email
- Join your partner's relationship using their code
- Set your anniversary date and both partners' birthdays under Important Dates
- Disconnect from your partner with confirmation
- View your subscription plan and features checklist
- Tap Upgrade to Premium if on Early Access plan
- Toggle 5 notification preferences: Daily Reminders, Partner Activity, AI Coach Prompts, Sound Alerts, and Vibration
- Enable push notifications via VAPID browser subscription
- Navigate to Weekly Question Settings to configure weekly prompt delivery
- Switch app theme: Light, Dark, or Auto — persisted to localStorage
- Access Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer
- Export all your personal data as a downloadable archive
- Restart the onboarding tutorial
- Contact support via email
- Log out of your account
- Delete your account permanently — requires typing DELETE to confirm
Pro Tips
- Set your birthday and anniversary in Settings — they power birthday countdowns, the coach insight, and date-aware features across the app.
- If you are switching devices, export your data before deleting your account. Deletion is permanent and cannot be reversed.
Weekly Questions
Configure the weekly conversation question system — control whether it's enabled, how you're notified, which categories are included, and whether deep questions are allowed.
What you can do
- Toggle weekly questions on or off
- Toggle push notification delivery for weekly questions
- Toggle in-app notification delivery for weekly questions
- Select which question categories to include — shown as selectable badge chips
- Toggle the Allow Deep Questions preference on or off
- Save all settings
Pro Tips
- Enable both push and in-app notifications to make sure weekly questions actually surface — they're easy to miss if only one channel is on.
- If weekly questions feel too heavy, disable Deep Questions and stick to lighter categories until you build the habit.