# Solo mode

> You don't need a partner to use Open Heart. Solo mode is the full app for one person: journaling, feeling tracking, AI reflection, weekly insights, monthly summaries, crisis resources. Free forever.

Solo mode is what you get without pairing. It's not a stripped-down preview of the couples experience — it's a full-featured solo journaling app on its own.

## Who it's for

- People who want to journal weekly but don't want or need a partner involved
- People curious about Open Heart whose partner isn't ready
- People going through a separation or breakup who want a structure for processing it
- Therapy clients who want to track patterns between sessions
- Anyone in early recovery from a difficult life event

## What's in solo mode

- **Daily and weekly entries** with category, feeling, intensity, body
- **Feeling tracking** across weeks, with a sentiment trend chart
- **AI reflection** — short coaching responses on each entry (optional)
- **Weekly insight** — a 2-3 sentence reflection on the week
- **Monthly arc summary** — a 3-4 sentence read on the past month
- **Therapist export** — a one-page summary you can share with a therapist
- **Crisis resources** — region-specific hotlines, always one tap away
- **Biometric lock** — Face ID or fingerprint to open the app
- **Recovery phrase** — 24 words that let you restore your data on a new phone
- **Data export** — full copy of every entry, in a file you can save

## What's not in solo mode

The features that fundamentally need two people:

- **The simultaneous reveal** — there's nothing to reveal solo
- **Conversation starters with partner context** — solo gets entry-based reflection prompts instead
- **Repair check-ins** — built around the partner conversation
- **Inherited Pro** — no partner to share a subscription with

## Pricing

- **Free forever** — solo journaling, feeling tracking, basic AI reflection
- **30-day free trial** of premium on first install (AI coaching, weekly insight, monthly summary, therapist export)
- **$9.99/month or $59.99/year** to keep premium features after the trial

You can use solo mode forever without ever paying. The free tier is real, not a runaround.

## Switching to couples later

You don't have to start over. When you're ready to pair:

1. Settings → **Invite a partner**
2. Send the link to your partner
3. They install Open Heart and tap the link
4. Both phones show the same 6-digit code — if it matches, you're paired
5. From now on, your shared entries are part of the weekly check-in

Your existing solo entries stay private. They're locked with your solo key. Couples mode uses a separate shared key with your partner. Pre-pairing entries are never visible in any future reveal.

## Switching back from couples to solo

If you unpair, the shared key is destroyed. Your solo key is preserved. You can keep using Open Heart in solo mode with your full history (minus your partner's entries, which only worked with the shared key).

## Related

- [Couples mode (pairing)](/docs/features/couples-mode)
- [Therapist export](/docs/features/therapist-export)
- [Crisis resources](/docs/privacy/crisis-resources)