Frankly
Level one
The first card reads: What was your honest first impression of me?
Tap or press the card to turn it over and read the follow-up question.
Frankly · conversation cards
A better conversation starts here.
One honest question. The rest is yours. Pick a deck, pass the phone, and see where the answer goes.
Download on the App Store
No account. The first 64 cards are free.
Nine decks. 522 human-written cards. 64 are free to read now. No account required.
Deep Talk with (Almost) Strangers · the first five cards are free
A stack of cards. Swipe a card sideways or use the Previous and Next buttons to move through it. Press a card that has a follow-up to turn it over.
Level one
What do people usually get wrong about you at first?
Tap to flip
Level two
When did you last feel truly understood?
Level two
What part of yourself are you still learning to accept?
Tap to flip
Do
Tell me one thing you’ve noticed about me in the last five minutes.
Last free card
That was the free five
The other 94 of this deck’s 99 cards are in the app, along with eight more decks. One of them is free outright.
Card 1 of 99
Nine decks, 522 questions, one card at a time. Free to download. iPhone, iOS 16.4 or later. More about this deck · All nine deck pages
How it plays
One card at a time.
Open a deck and one question fills the screen. Swipe for the next. Tap a card and, on 135 of the 522, a second question is waiting behind it. This one has a follow-up. Tap it.
- One thought at a time. The question gets the screen. The interface gets out of the way.
- Nothing to set up. No account, no feed, no notifications you did not ask for. Open a deck and begin.
- Skip is normal. Do not want to answer? Take the next card. The conversation belongs to you.
Couples · for two
Closer — for two
The questions you keep meaning to ask, for the couple you already are. Warm rather than clinical. Everyday intimacy, and repair when it is needed.
Dating · for two
First Three Dates
Light, curious and honest questions for the first few evenings together, when neither of you wants to sit through an interview.
Long-distance · for two
The Miles Between
For two people keeping it real across the miles. Written to be played over video, or a day apart: longing, trust, and the small rituals that stay yours.
Mindfulness · solo
Sand & Sage
A quiet daily pause. Notice something, let something go, set an intention. Reflection, not treatment.
Release2 / 50
What can you let stay unfinished today?
Party · three to ten
Loud — for the group
Conversation-first party fuel. It starts warm, gets spicy and ends in chaos. Made to be screenshotted.
Spicy4 / 40
What hill will you absolutely die on?
Family · three to eight · all ages
Family Table
A dinner ritual that alternates questions with quick activities. Written for all ages, so nobody at the table is a spectator.
Stories1 / 60
What’s a family story that gets better every time it’s told?
Self · solo
After the Storm
Supportive prompts for after it ends. Gentle, never pathologising, and not a substitute for professional support.
Level one2 / 40
What’s one thing you’re proud of in how you handled it?
Friends · two to eight · free
Icebreakers
A real warm-up deck, not a crippled teaser. All 24 cards are free, forever, and they are the first thing you see in the app.
A table of free cards. Press the pile to draw one of the 64 free cards onto the table, a different card each time. Cards with a follow-up can be turned over.
Icebreakers2 / 24
What did you want to be at age seven?
24 here, five in every other deck.
What it costs
One deck is free outright. Every other deck opens five cards free.
Or take All-Access at $24.99 a year. It opens every deck, including any deck added while it is active, and it starts with a 7-day free trial. It is an annual subscription. There is no lifetime purchase, no bundle and no monthly plan.
Prices are the United States store. Apple sets the local equivalent everywhere else. Full price list.
Nothing to decide yet. The Icebreakers deck and the first five cards of every other deck are free.
| Deck | For | Cards | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icebreakers | A genuinely good free deck | 24 | Free |
| Deep Talk with (Almost) Strangers | Questions that fast-track real connection | 99 | $5.99 |
| Closer — for two | Everyday intimacy and repair | 99 | $5.99 |
| Family Table | Questions and activities, all ages | 60 | $3.99 |
| The Miles Between | For love across the distance | 60 | $3.99 |
| First Three Dates | Low-pressure early dating | 50 | $3.99 |
| Sand & Sage | Daily solo reflection | 50 | $3.99 |
| Loud — for the group | Playful, second-round energy | 40 | $3.99 |
| After the Storm | Gentle post-breakup reflection | 40 | $1.99 |
Languages
All 522 cards in ten editions.
Not the interface only. Every question and every follow-up exists in English, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Ukrainian.
All ten editions can be read here without installing anything.
The Latin American Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean card text is machine translation still waiting on a native reviewer, and each of those pages says so on itself.
On the phone
Same app, different rooms.
Privacy
What stays on your phone.
Your conversations, answers, favourites and card progress stay on your iPhone. Purchases go through Apple, and RevenueCat is contacted when the app starts to check what has been bought and to restore access. The app ships with no advertising identifier. Analytics stay off until you allow them, and crash reporting may be active in the shipped build. The App Store privacy declaration lists purchase history, product interaction and crash diagnostics, and nothing at all under data used to track you.
Questions
What people ask before they download.
Is Frankly free?
Partly, and permanently. The Icebreakers deck is free outright, all 24 cards, and every other deck opens its first five. Paid decks are $1.99 to $5.99 each, or $24.99 a year for all of them, and the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. No lifetime tier, no bundles, and US prices; Apple sets the local equivalent.
How many questions are there?
522 cards across nine decks. 135 of them carry a follow-up question that appears only after the first one has been answered.
What languages does Frankly speak?
Ten editions across nine languages: English, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Ukrainian. Not the interface only. Every question and every follow-up is localized.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no feed and no profile. The app opens straight into the decks.
What does Frankly know about me?
Nothing it does not need. Your answers, favourites and progress stay on the iPhone. There is no advertising identifier. Analytics stay off unless you turn them on, and crash reporting may be active in the shipped build.
Can I read the questions without installing anything?
Yes. The whole free set, all 64 cards, is readable on this site in nine languages, with no app and no account.
Does Frankly work without a connection?
Yes. Every card is inside the app, so the decks play with no network at all: on a flight, underground, or abroad without data. The app is not completely silent, though, and it is worth being exact: it contacts its payments provider when it starts, to check what has been bought, and a connection is needed to buy a deck or restore a purchase. Nothing you write ever leaves the device.
Why is it rated 16+ if there is a family deck?
Because the rating covers the whole library, not each deck separately, and some decks are written for adults. The App Store advisory reads “Frequent Mature or Suggestive Themes”, alongside “Contains Health or Wellness Topics”. Family Table itself is written for all ages; the rating it inherits is the library's.
Was any of this written by AI?
No. Every card was written and edited by a person, one at a time, and nothing in the app is generated while you use it. There is no model running behind the deck. The app itself was built with AI tooling, which is a different thing and worth saying plainly.
Press
Writing about Frankly?
Press and editorial enquiries are welcome at farid.jafarlee@gmail.com. Frankly is made by Farid Jafarli, an independent developer in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Frankly has been written about once so far: «Frankly: застосунок для розмов без ШІ» in SPEKA, 26 August 2026, in Ukrainian. The press kit is on this site, screenshots and the written half both, free to use, with no request and no form.