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title: "Long distance relationship app for iPhone: stay close daily · Ourio"
url: https://ourio.app/long-distance-relationship-app/
description: "A free long distance relationship app for two iPhones: draw on each other's Lock Screen, raise a shared cat, play daily games and count down to your next visit."
---

Long distance

# A long distance relationship app for the days in between.

Ourio is a free iPhone app for long-distance couples. Instead of another chat, it gives you small things to do for each other across any distance: a drawing that lands on their Lock Screen, a shared cat to look after, a daily quiz, 15 long-distance date ideas and a countdown to your next visit.

Coming soon to the App Store

## How it works

1. ### Both install Ourio
 Free on iPhone, iOS 18 or later. No sign-up form.
2. ### Pair with one code
 One of you sends a 10-character code; the other types it in within 24 hours.
3. ### Add the widgets
 Put the Drawing and Us widgets on your Lock Screens, so the other is there every time you look.

## Feel each other's day, not just read it

Long distance runs on texts and calls, and both can start to feel like obligations. Ourio adds a quieter layer: you pet the cat, they see it; you draw a heart, it's on their Lock Screen when they wake up; they set their mood to “missing you”, and it's on your widget.

## What long-distance couples use most

Each links to its own page:

| Feature | Why it helps apart |
| --- | --- |
| Lock Screen drawings | A doodle waiting on their Lock Screen; draw together live |
| Shared cat, Mochi | Something to look after together every day |
| Who knows who | Five questions a day to keep learning about each other |
| Date night | 15 ideas for dates apart, like a synced movie night |
| Calendar and countdown | Count down to the next visit on both Lock Screens |
| Love streak | A flame you keep lit from two time zones |
| Moments | Photos as polaroids on a shared wall |

## Made for different time zones

Nothing in Ourio needs you both online at once. Games are turn-based, drawings wait in the widget, and the streak counts a day when either of you shows up.

## What Ourio doesn't do

There's no chat, no video calls and no location sharing; keep using the apps you already have for those. Ourio is iPhone-only for now, so both of you need an iPhone.

## Questions

More answers in the [FAQ](https://ourio.app/faq/) and the [help pages](https://ourio.app/help/).

### What is a good app for long-distance couples?

Ourio is a free iPhone app made for staying close apart: Lock Screen drawings, a shared virtual pet, daily questions, long-distance date ideas and a countdown to your next visit.

### Does Ourio share our locations?

No. Ourio never asks for your location.

### Can we use it in different countries?

Yes, as long as both iPhones have internet. Ourio is in English and on the US App Store.

## More of Ourio

- [Lock Screen drawings Draw on a canvas that looks like your partner's Lock Screen, or pin a note; it lands in their widget.](https://ourio.app/features/lock-screen-drawings/)
- [Virtual pet A shared cozy room and a cat you both look after: pet, feed and play with her, pick her coat.](https://ourio.app/features/room-and-mochi/)
- [Couples games Who knows who, a daily quiz about each other, and Draw & guess, a turn-based drawing game.](https://ourio.app/features/games/)
- [Date night ideas 150 date ideas you each swipe; the ones you both love become plans, with reminders.](https://ourio.app/features/date-night/)
- [Calendar and countdown Days together, a shared calendar and countdowns on both Lock Screens.](https://ourio.app/features/calendar-and-countdown/)

## Move in together.

Ourio is free on iPhone. Your partner joins with one code.

Coming soon to the App Store