Couple (app)

Couple
Operating system various
Website couple.me

Couple, formerly Pair, is a mobile app which provides 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's a competitor to apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and KakaoTalk, but it's 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]

The app is currently 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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