Lunchbox BlogWhat is a lunchbox note?
A lunchbox note is a little note someone finds in the middle of their day, written that morning by someone who was thinking of them. Lunchbox Notes brings that to the phone. You write a note, and it waits on their home screen until they look.
The note in the lunchbox
You probably remember one. Folded twice, a bit damp from the apple, in a handwriting you knew by heart. “Good luck on the test. You know this.” You read it at a table full of other kids, said nothing, and kept it in your pocket all afternoon.
Nobody keeps a text message like that. A note feels different. That feeling is the whole app.
Write it
Pick who it is for, then pick something to write on: a sticky note, a postcard, a ticket, a birthday card, a photo with a few words on it. Write in a hand that looks like a hand. Draw a little sun. Add a sticker, or a photo you take right there.
Send it now, or for later
Send it straight away, or choose when it arrives: at lunch, this evening or tomorrow morning. Write it tonight, and it is there for their lunch tomorrow, wherever they are.
Where it arrives
On their home screen. Not in a feed, not in a busy chat. Just your note, waiting for them.
They open it and can answer with a reaction, or a few words of their own. When you send the next note, the old one goes into their memory box, a calendar of every note they ever got. It is the shoebox, on a phone.
A note with a surprise
You can hide a note under a cover. They tap a lunchbox, tear open a letter, pull down a mailbox door or shake a jar, and the note comes out. The waiting is part of the fun.
They tap the lunchbox to open it.
There are eight covers to choose from: how to cover a note.
Who it is for
Kids. Kids 13 and up get a lunchbox of their own. A kid does not need an email address or a phone number. Their parent sets them up, and only the people the parent says yes to can write to them. Kids write back too, with photos and drawings.
People far apart. A partner in another time zone. A parent on a long trip. A grandparent across the ocean. Write tonight, and it is there in their morning.
Friends. The roommate who left before you woke up. The friends from that trip you still talk about.
Grandparents. Nothing to learn. The note is simply there when they pick up the phone.
Small on purpose
Only people you connect with, by your code or in a group you join, can write to you. There is no feed, no followers, no likes and no ads. Just notes between people who care about each other.
Try it today
Write one note to one person. Pick a paper, add a sticker, and send it for lunchtime. Then put your phone away and picture them finding it.
Try it now: Lunchbox Notes is in beta.
iPhone opens TestFlight, Apple’s app for trying apps before they’re out. Android opens Google Play.
Rather wait for the App Store and Google Play? Get an email when it’s out.
