Apps built for two provide private spaces for couples to share messages, photos and videos — without bombarding friends’ walls or news feeds.
These social apps connect couples on several levels. They encourage teamwork with shared to-do lists and drive intimacy through caring note exchanges.
“Too often, social media plays a role in exacerbating an already existing condition of disconnection,” Dr. Karen Ruskin, a licensed marriage and family therapist, tells Mashable. “A couples app provides an opportunity to use technology to the couple’s advantage, rather than playing a role in the potential harm of the couple.”
SEE ALSO: How Social Media Helps Romantic Relationships ThriveThese apps are extremely advantageous to modern-day couples. “It is common for a spouse to travel for work and get lost in the relationships developed while away from one’s spouse,” says Ruskin. “To have a couples app that provides for real-time connection creates a presence to help save the couple from disconnection.”
The apps are also beneficial to those in long-distance relationships. Apps such as Pair, Avocado and Feel Me add “touch” to mobile messaging — mobile “hand holding” or “kissing” then reinforces asynchronous messages with a live connection.
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