A moment before every message.

A quiet place to write before you send. Reflect on the message as if you’d already sent it, then send it from Poise or right inside iMessage.

Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone.

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Download on the App Store

Free for 14 days, then $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year.

How it works

Write

A space of its own for the messages that matter. Send it now, or sleep on it. It'll be here when you come back.

The Poise canvas, empty, asking What do you want to send? with Refine, Save draft and Reflect below.

Refine

Know what you mean but not how to say it? Refine helps you find the right words, in your voice, and tells you what changed and why.

Refine's one suggestion with a line on why, and Use this or Keep mine.

Reflect

Tap Reflect and the message is out of your hands for a moment, as if you'd sent it. Read it the way the other person will. Then send it, or go back and change it.

Inside iMessage

Use Poise without leaving the conversation. No one can see you typing. Not ready to reply yet? Send a pause, a one-line note that says you're taking a moment.

To find it, tap the plus beside the message field, then Poise.

Poise open inside an iMessage conversation: the canvas, Refine, Save draft, Reflect, and Send a pause.

Private by default

No accounts, and what you write stays on your phone. Poise hands your message to the app you already use. The one exception is Refine. When you tap it, that message goes to our outside partner to find the right words.

The basics

Is Poise a messaging app?

It's the step before sending. You write in Poise, take your moment, then send straight from Poise through whichever app you already use. Your conversations stay where they are.

What does it cost?

The first 14 days are free. After that, Poise is $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year, billed by Apple. Cancel in your iPhone's Settings anytime.

What do I need?

An iPhone running iOS 17 or later. That's Apple's 2023 software, so any iPhone from 2018 on is fine.

A moment before every message.

Download on the App Store

Free for 14 days, then $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year. Cancel anytime.