Circles circles
The personal relationships app

Small turns
toward
your people.

No feed, no followers. Just a gentle reminder to call the friends who fill your days.

Three circles of closeness, drawn by hand
Why Circles

“Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.”

— Robert Waldinger, director, Harvard Study of Adult Development
  • Friendships don't end — they fade.

    Dunbar · Oxford 2020
  • Relationship satisfaction at 50 predicted health at 80.

    Harvard Study of Adult Development
  • People appreciate your message more than you think.

    Liu et al. · JPSP 2022
Today in Circles: four people on today's list
Reminder card for Sophie: Lisbon is two months out — seeing her this week would be the perfect moment to pin down dates
Your circles

Made simple.
Made human.

A daily list of the people closest to you

Open it once each morning. A short, ordered list, inner ring first.

A reason to reach out, and stay in touch

One specific line worth sending, because you remembered the small thing.

Stronger connections, without the noise

No metrics to chase. Just the steady record of small turns, kept up.

Three circles of closeness

Not everyone belongs
at the same distance.

The people closest to you deserve to hear from you more often. Circles sorts your relationships into three rings, each with its own gentle rhythm, so the right names surface at the right time.

Inner circle.

Partner, parent, closest friend. The handful you'd call first and never want to drift from.

Close circle.

The good friends just outside the inner ring, the ones you see and message often.

External circle.

Old colleagues, distant friends, good acquaintances. People you want to keep the door open with.

The app

Less scroll. More soul.

A warm, paper-quiet interface that gets out of your way. Today's list, your three circles, and a two-week recap of how you've shown up. Nothing more.

Circles app, Today, your circles, and a person's story
Pricing

Daily practice is free.
Membership is the awareness.

  • Free

    Your people, your notes, your daily rhythm.

    $0
  • Monthly

    Month by month, same everything.

    $6.99per month
A letter about your July

You had 51 conversations across 31 days, about 1.6 a day. That sits against April's 17, May's 14, June's 22. Is that how you wanted it to go?

You set a rhythm of every 10 days with Sophie, every 5 days with Grace, and every 7 days with Dad, all inner circle, and let more time pass each time: 25 days with Sophie, 21 with Grace, 19 with Dad. You let 44 days pass before you got back in touch with Henry Walsh, and 47 days before you got back in touch with Nathan Cole. You kept closer than planned with Oliver Bennett, every 9 days instead of 14, and with Chloe Marsh, every 8 days instead of 14.

You spoke with Sarah Whitmore for the first time, and with Michael Barnes for the first time. You saw Jack in person, and you saw Amelia Kerr in person too.

Every month, your letter shows you who you leaned toward and who quietly slipped further away.