Free Tools
See how you come across
Tools, games, quizzes and a look at who fills your day. All free, with no sign-up.
Tools
For a message that matters.
Quills Check
Paste a message you’re about to send, or one you got. See how it reads, and what to say.
Quills up
Wow, thanks for leaving me your dishes AGAIN.
Quills down
Hey, the dishes were in the sink again this morning. Can you do yours tonight?
Apology Checker
Paste an apology before you send it. See what’s working, and what might take it back.
I’m sorry you felt left out, but I told you we were busy.
A “but” can take the sorry back.
Just for fun
Quick ones to play.
Mixed Signals
A new message every day. Guess what they meant, then see how everyone else read it.
After you said you’d rather stay in on Saturday, Sam, your partner, texted:
k. if that’s what you want
Say It Worse
Paste a text and see it ruined seven ways.
Quizzes
For fun, and something to talk about.
What’s Your Texting Style?
Twelve everyday moments. Pick the reply you’d really send, and see how your texts come across.
yesss!!
Hype Texterk
Dry Texterso sorry!!
Over-ApologizerWhich of the seven are you?
What’s Your Conflict Style?
Twelve everyday moments: what you do when something’s wrong, and how you come back from it.
it’s fine, really
Peacekeeperas I said on the 12th
Case Maker…
Quiet OneWhich of the seven are you?
Data
The numbers on who we spend time with.
Who Fills Your Day?
Hours a day with a partner, kids, parents, friends and coworkers, at every age, in the United States and Canada.
See the numbers ›How much time do couples spend together?
23 min
talking, out of about 5 hr 10 min a day together.
See the numbers ›How much time do people spend with friends?
27 min
a day, down 55% since 2003.
See the numbers ›How much of your time with your parents is behind you?
By 25
more than half of it, from 15 on, has gone by.
Pick your age ›