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00 —— Frienbead · iPhone

The little things
they said

Remember the little things about the people you care about.

A place a friend wants to go, what mom loves to eat, why you smiled today. One line becomes a glass marble that rolls into your jar.

Download on the App Store See how it works →
  • Free to start
  • No account
  • No ads

Scroll down and watch a month go by

  1. Oct 3Jess

    She said she's been wanting to go to Kyoto

  2. Oct 6Grandma

    Grandma said this year's persimmons are extra sweet

  3. Oct 9Pepper

    Learned to shake a paw, all on his own

  4. Oct 13Ben

    He has an interview next month and he's a little nervous

  5. Oct 17Me

    The sunset on the way home was so pretty I stopped to take a photo

  6. Oct 22Mom

    Into succulents lately, three new pots on the balcony

  7. Oct 28Jess

    Her birthday's coming up. I'd love to give her a Kyoto guidebook

Days forget; your jar remembers.

01 —— Write

One line,
done in 10 seconds.

No need for a whole diary entry. What you ate together, what you talked about, the thing they said in passing: just open the app and write it down. Color a marble to remember how it felt.

Try it yourself

Pick a color for the marble

This is only a demo: what you type isn't sent anywhere or saved.

  • Not sure what to write?

    A small question each day gives you a spark, and you can swap in questions of your own.

  • Or just say it

    “Hey Siri, add a moment in Frienbead”, or use dictation on the keyboard.

  • Attach a photo

    Each marble can hold one photo, and its location info is removed before it's saved.

  • Forgot to write it down?

    No worries. When it comes back to you, add it to that day.

02 —— Jars

A jar for everything
you want to keep.

Friends, family, pets, yourself, savings, working out: whatever you want to remember, give it a jar. What a marble's color and size mean is up to you, too.

  • Friends

    Every marble is a little something between you and them

  • Family

    What mom's been loving lately, what dad said this time

  • Pets

    The little things about them you don't want to forget

  • Me

    Anything small about your day?

  • Food

    The best bite of the day, and what you ordered last time

  • Students

    Stuck on that part last week, nailed it today

In the app, tilt or shake your phone and the marbles roll along. Press and hold to pick one up.

Share a jar with a friend

Designed a jar you love? Share its recipe with a friend, and one tap makes the same jar for them.

03 —— Find

Find it again
when you want it.

You write it down so you can run into it again someday.

coffee

  • Ben said the latte at that coffee shop is really good

    Friends

  • First time making pour-over coffee at home. A little bitter

    Me

  • Mom said she's switched to barley tea and given up coffee

    Family

October

Last MarchJess

She said when the cherry blossoms bloom, we'll go see them together

Jess

Birthday
Nov 12 (23 days to go)
Loves eating
Matcha, strawberries
Won't eat
Cilantro
How we met
College club

  1. Type a word, find it

    Type a word or a name to find marbles from the past, across all your jars at once.

  2. A calendar full of stickers

    Every day you write something, the calendar gets that person's sticker. Flip back a month and see who was on your mind back then.

  3. Pick one

    Tap to bring back a random old marble and run into a little thing you'd forgotten.

  4. A little card for each person

    Birthday, favorite foods, what they avoid or are allergic to, how you met, plus fields of your own. Upcoming birthdays show on the main screen with a countdown.

04 —— Privacy

Yours alone.

Writing down someone's little things is a private thing. So here's where we stand, plainly.

  • No account to sign up for. Just open it and go.
  • No ads, no tracking, and we never sell any data.
  • What you write, the names and the photos stay on your device and in your own iCloud. We can't see them, and we can't get to them.
  • The app only sends anonymous usage counts, like “someone shared a card”, with no content in them. Don't want to send them? Turn it off in Settings.
  • You can turn on Face ID Lock.
  • Your data comes back on its own when you switch phones, and you can export everything to Excel, CSV or a full backup any time.

— Frienbead

Read the full Privacy Policy →

05 —— Plus

One-time purchase,
not a subscription.

Writing, search, the daily question, Face ID Lock, iCloud sync and data export are always free, for as many people as you like. Want a little more company? Take a look at Plus.

Free

Plus

Keep writing to meet them

  • Bilingual marbles: translate a line into the language you're learning and save it with the marble

  • 3 more buddies: Black Cat, Black Puppy, Java Sparrow

  • 3 jar styles: Night Sky, Sticker Book, Kitten

  • Alternate app icons

  • Share images without the watermark, plus 2 more friend card layouts

  • Every basic buddy, jar style, icon and feature we add later is included

  • NotebookFree
  • BlankFree
  • Kraft BagKeep writing to meet it
  • Night SkyPlus
  • Sticker BookPlus
  • KittenPlus

06 —— FAQ

Questions you
might have.

Does it cost anything?

Downloading and writing are free, with no limit on how many people you add. Frienbead Plus is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and every basic item we add later is included.

Can you see what I write?

No. What you write stays on your device and in your own iCloud, and we have no server that holds your data.

I don't keep a diary. Is it still for me?

Yes. One line is enough, so there's no entry to write, and a small question each day can give you a spark.

If I switch phones, will my data disappear?

Sign in with the same Apple Account and everything comes back from iCloud on its own. You can also export to Excel, CSV or a full backup any time.

Which devices does it support?

iPhone with iOS 18 or later.

Who do I ask if I have a question?

Write to support@frienbead.com, or have a look at the support page.

Who came to mind today?

Put the thing they said in your jar.

Download on the App Store