Prices checked October 2026

Lovewick vs Paired

Lovewick and Paired both help couples talk more, but they lean different ways. Lovewick is a relationship organizer: questions, a big library of date ideas, reminders and a memories timeline, with a generous free plan. Paired is a daily-question app with quizzes, games and expert courses, mostly behind Premium.

Disclosure: we make Lovely, a couples app, and it appears on this page with its weak spots stated. Everything else is from each app's own site and App Store listing.

The 20-second verdict

Lovewick

3/9 rows

Free; Plus $29.99/yr or $9.99/mo

Choose it if you want date ideas, reminders and a memories timeline with lots of free questions.

Paired

3/9 rows

Free; Premium $14.99/mo or ~$75-80/yr

Choose it if you want structured quizzes, games and expert-led relationship content.

Lovely

4/9 rows

$24.99/yr or $9.99/mo per couple, 7-day trial

Choose it if you want daily questions, home-screen widgets and games for the lowest yearly price.

LovewickPairedLovely
Built forOrganizing the relationshipA structured relationship programDaily questions, widgets and games
Free versionโœ“ 1,000+ questions, date ideas, remindersOne shared question a dayโœ“ Daily questions, widgets, canvas, journal
Premium price$29.99/yr or $9.99/mo$14.99/mo; $74.99-79.99/yrโœ“ $24.99/yr or $9.99/mo
Date ideasโœ“ 750+ ideas, filter by cost and distanceSome in topic packsNo
Reminders and memoriesโœ“ Anniversaries, wishlists, timelineImportant datesShared journal
Quizzes and gamesQuestion card decksโœ“ 1,000+ quizzes and gamesTwo-player games, story builder
Expert contentNoโœ“ Therapist-led coursesNo
Home-screen widgetsNot listedNot listedโœ“ Countdown, live drawing, distance
App Store rating4.8 from 1.9kโœ“ 4.7 from 209k4.6 from 14
LanguagesEnglishEnglish, French, Germanโœ“ 5 languages

Prices from the US App Store and each app's site, checked October 21, 2026. Lovewick's site also mentions older lower prices; the App Store lists $29.99 a year.

Where Lovewick wins

Lovewick homepage: relationship app with conversation questions, date ideas and reminders

A free plan you can live on. Lovewick promises never to take content away: more than 1,000 questions in six decks (intimacy, interests, personality, values, family and money), over 750 date and intimacy ideas you can filter by time, cost or long distance, wishlists that can hide surprises, anniversary and birthday reminders, and a timeline of memories. Lovewick Plus ($29.99 a year) adds premium question sets and removes the daily limit. Your partner can even answer without being paired.

Where Paired wins

Paired on the App Store: rated 4.7 from more than 200,000 ratings

Structure and expertise. Paired's Premium plan unlocks more than 1,000 quizzes and games, guided journeys and courses created with therapists, plus weekly insights about your answers. It is the most reviewed couples app by a wide margin and is updated constantly. The free plan is thin, though: one shared question a day. Premium costs $14.99 a month or around $75-80 a year and covers both partners.

Where Lovely fits (our app)

Lovely: Couple Games & Widgets on the App Store, with daily questions, widgets and games for couples

We make Lovely, so weigh this section accordingly. It is the newest app on this page (launched August 2025, built by one developer) and it has far fewer reviews than Lovewick or Paired: 4.6 stars from 14 ratings on the US App Store. Judge it on what it does, not on popularity.

What it does: a daily question you both answer (with text, true or false, or a photo), home-screen widgets (a countdown until you meet, a live shared drawing that appears on your partner's screen, the distance between you), a shared canvas, a journal, snaps that disappear after 24 hours, and two-player games like Tic-Tac-Toe and a story you build one line at a time. It works in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German, and an iPhone can pair with an Android phone.

Price: free to download, and Premium is $24.99 a year or $9.99 a month with a 7-day trial. One subscription covers both of you. That makes it the cheapest yearly plan of any app compared here.

Take Lovely with you

Daily questions, love widgets for your home screen, a shared canvas and games โ€” with your partner, even long distance.

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Common questions

Is Lovewick free?โ–พ

Yes. The core app is free with more than 1,000 questions, date ideas and reminders. Lovewick Plus, at $29.99 a year or $9.99 a month, adds premium question sets and removes the daily question limit.

Is Paired worth paying for?โ–พ

If you will use the quizzes, games and expert courses, yes. If you mainly want one question a day, the free plan or a cheaper app covers it.

Which has more date ideas?โ–พ

Lovewick, with a library of over 750 date and intimacy ideas you can filter by time, cost and long distance.

Do these apps work for long-distance couples?โ–พ

All three do. Lovewick filters date ideas for long distance; Lovely adds a distance widget and a countdown until you meet on both home screens.

Which is cheapest per year?โ–พ

Lovely at $24.99 a year for both partners, then Lovewick Plus at $29.99, then Paired at around $75-80.

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