Slowly - Make Global Friends Software

I’ve only been on the app for a few days but I already love it. I was searching for a place to find pen pals and learn about new people and places along the way. Typical websites for this thing take a quick turn south because many will use it for dating. this app makes you create an avatar to keep the focus on communication for getting to know someone better. I really love that! I think the fact that each letter takes hours to arrive depending on where in the world they originated is amazing too because sometimes when communication is instant.. it can feel overwhelming to write back to so many people that you lose sight of the main purpose. I find this app to be therapeutic as well since I take my time to write to the other person and explain a lot about life on my side of the world. It’s also a lot of fun to hear what the other person has to say. I imagine that some of the friendships started on here will last quite a while! Thank you.

It’s a very good app, aesthetically pleasing, it doesn’t give constant notifications over nothing like some particular apps out there, and in my personal opinion I find this app to be safer as opposed to actual mailing and whatnot, (and as fun as physically mailing may be I’m sure dealing with the post office and post cards and never knowing if they actually got it has to be a bit worrying from time to time.) and unlike actual penpal-ing via postcards and whatnot there’s no need to give addresses and the sort, as that can be the sort of thing to worry about. However, there’s a few cons, to me they’re nothing major but some might find it a pet peeve, one of which how long it takes to send and receive letters, which at first can be a bit of a hassle, especially if it’s your first time having a penpal, but it’s the same as if you were to actually send a letter, excluding the bumps in the road whether the post offices make a mistake or they take their time sending things or what. One for me is some of the stamps in the stamp store requiring actual money (however the price is very low so?) to get them, but I understand that the app and it’s creators require a bit of income and it’s not as if not buying them will affect your time on the app. I just wish there were ways to acquire a few of the stamps other than by paying. All in all it’s a very nice app!!

I remember the days when we would send out pen pal letters in elementary school. The anticipation of waiting for your letters to get to your pen pal, the excitement of getting a letter back from them, just being able to connect with another human... This app perfectly recreates those emotions. Taking out selfies and instead making matches upon common interests was such a smart move. We live in such a visually stimulating world that’s fast paced, but this app makes you slow down and genuinely enjoy writing. I was BEYOND impressed and excited when I found out letters send in real geographical time. That is SUCH a cool way to go about it. I love the stamps, too! They’re so cute to pick and choose from. I would love if letters showed up in their own little envelope so that you could actually open them instead of seeing what they say right off the bat. This app is so darling! I recommend it to everyone.