Muse Chat

A private chat that stays separate from your texts

No phone number to share. Nothing to sign up for. It opens from your chat link, and you can add it to your home screen.

iPhone

  1. Open your chat link in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button.
  3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.

Android

  1. Open your chat link in Chrome.
  2. Tap the menu (three dots).
  3. Tap Install app.

On a computer?

Scan the code shown next to your chat link with your phone's camera. It opens the conversation on your phone, and you can add it to your home screen from there.

Questions

What is Muse Chat?

A private chat that opens from a link. It keeps one conversation separate from your text messages, so it is not mixed in with family, work or anything else on your phone.

Do I have to sign up, or share my phone number?

No. There is nothing to sign up for, and no phone number to share. Your chat link is how you get in. You only need the email address you used when you wrote, so a link can be sent to you.

How do I add it to my phone?

iPhone: open your chat link in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen, then Add. On an iPhone, alerts only arrive once Muse Chat is on your home screen.

Android: open your chat link in Chrome, tap the menu (three dots), then Install app.

I opened my link on a computer. How do I get it on my phone?

Scan the code shown next to your chat link with your phone's camera. It opens the conversation on your phone, and you can add it to your home screen from there. You can also ask for a new link by email at any time.

Can I change the name of the icon?

Yes, on an iPhone. When you tap Add to Home Screen, the name is editable. Call it anything you like. It stays on your phone.

What do the alerts say?

Only "You have a new message." They never show a name or any part of the message. Emails use a plain subject too, and her name only appears inside the email, below the message.

Can I lock it with a PIN?

Yes. Tap the lock icon inside Muse Chat and choose a four digit code. From then on, Muse Chat asks for it each time you open it. The code stays on your phone. It is a privacy screen: it stops someone casually opening the app on your unlocked phone.

I lost my link, or I have a new phone. How do I get back in?

Go to her contact page, choose We've talked before, and enter the email address or phone number you used. If it has talked with her before, a private link arrives within a minute (a phone number sends it to the email she has on file). You can also enter your email at the Muse Chat sign-in page.

How do I remove it?

Remove the icon from your home screen the way you remove any app. The app is gone from your phone.

Is my conversation private?

Your chat link is the key to your conversation, so anyone who has it can open it. Please keep it to yourself, and do not forward it. Add a PIN if the phone is ever shared.

On your phone the app is simply called Muse Chat, and its alerts say only "You have a new message." You can remove the icon from your home screen at any time. Please keep your chat link to yourself, because it is private.