Launching today
Ambly
Real letters that travel the world before they arrive
2 followers
Real letters that travel the world before they arrive
2 followers
Write a letter to someone you love and watch it travel by plane, train and ship along a real map, through real post offices, before it arrives sealed at their door. End-to-end encrypted, no feeds, no read receipts. Free on iPhone and the web.
Hi there!
I built Ambly after feeling like messaging has gotten too fast with everyone wanting instant responses and read receipts stressing me out.
Ambly is slow on purpose. You write a letter or a postcard first, then once sent, it's collected and sorted at your nearest real post office. It takes a real-time journey by plane, train, truck, or ship across a live map to the post office near the person you wrote to, and out for delivery to their virtual door. Depending on distance it takes from an hour to a few days. You can follow every leg, and they can too if you let them.
A few things I cared about:
Private: letters and photos are end-to-end encrypted on your device. The server only ever holds sealed envelopes.
Calm: no feed, no typing dots, no read receipts.
A bit of fun: stationery, stamps to collect, postmarks from every city your mail passes through, and an Atlas of the whole postal network moving in real time.
It's free on iPhone and at amblypost.com. I'd love to know if others feel the same way about messaging and if you'd want to use this!