Handwritten by default
Notes now look handwritten on clean, unlined paper, just like a real letter.
how to use it
Just write. Prefer typed letters? Tick “Use typed letters” under your note.
- Grown-ups
- Kids
- Better
Version 1.7 ·
In your own hand
Ideas from our first family: notes that feel handwritten, and an easy way to talk to one person inside a bigger letter.
Call someone out with @
Write one letter to everyone, and give each child their own line. Names show with their little animal and a soft colour.
how to use it
While writing, tap a name above the page, or type @ and their name.
- Grown-ups
- New
Pick who's writing, right there
On the family tablet, kids choose themselves at the top of the note, so Mason and Yara can each reply in their own words.
how to use it
Tap your face at the top of the note. Older kids can also start with /theirname.
- Kids
- New
Asked to keep it on your phone
Grown-ups now get a gentle nudge on the day page to add Same Moon to their phone and turn on quiet alerts.
how to use it
Open today's page and follow the little card at the bottom.
- Grown-ups
- Better
Alerts on the family tablet
The kids' tablet can chime softly when a grown-up leaves a note. Silent from 8:30pm to 7am.
how to use it
On the tablet, open Settings and tap “Turn on quiet alerts”.
- Kids
- New
A 7pm nudge
If you haven't left anything on today's page by 7pm, a gentle reminder arrives. Only while a trip is on, and only for those who haven't written yet.
how to use it
On by default. Switch it off in Settings.
- Grown-ups
- Kids
- New
Alerts only while a trip is on
Phone alerts now only arrive while a notebook is open. Finished trips stay quiet.
how to use it
Nothing to do.
- Grown-ups
- Privacy
Version 1.6 ·
Show, don't tell
A friendlier front door, so families can see what the notebook feels like before they begin.
Peek inside a real notebook
A finished notebook from a pretend family that anyone can open, no sign-in needed.
how to use it
Tap “Peek inside” on the home page and turn the pages yourself.
- Website
- New
Lovelier link previews
When you share Same Moon in a message, it shows our moon picture and a short line about it.
how to use it
Paste samemoon.space into WhatsApp or iMessage to invite a friend.
- Website
A sky that knows the time
During the day the sky is soft and light; at night it turns deep blue with stars.
how to use it
Nothing to do. Open the app in the evening and watch it change.
- Better
Version 1.5 ·
Stay close
Keep the notebook on your phone and hear when something new arrives.
Put it on your home screen
Same Moon can sit on your phone like any other app.
how to use it
On Android tap “Add to phone”. On iPhone tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”.
- Grown-ups
- New
Quiet alerts
A gentle note on your phone when someone in the family leaves something on the page. Silent at night.
how to use it
Turn on “Tell me when someone leaves a note” in Settings. Pick your quiet hours.
- Grown-ups
- New
Version 1.4 ·
Kids, take turns
Ideas from the kids who used it first.
Switch kids in one tap
On the family tablet, each child can write as themselves without starting over.
how to use it
Tap a face under the date to switch who's writing.
- Kids
- New
Change your mind
Fix a typo or take off a sticker after you've left it.
how to use it
Tap the pencil or the bin under your own note.
- Kids
- Better
Version 1.3 ·
Lighter and quicker
We went through every screen to make it feel faster on ordinary phones.
Opens faster
The bookshelf shows your family straight away and today's page is ready before you tap.
how to use it
Nothing to do. It just feels snappier.
- Faster
Smaller photos, same smiles
Photos are shrunk before they're sent, so they arrive quickly even on slow internet.
how to use it
Add a photo as usual. You'll see it land on the page right away.
- Faster
- Privacy
A new colour every day
Each notebook cover wears a different soft colour each day, or the one you choose.
how to use it
On the bookshelf tap Manage and pin a favourite colour.
- Better
Version 1.2 ·
A little wonder
Small things to talk about across the miles.
A daily question
A short fun question for each child, matched to their age, answered when the day ends.
how to use it
Look for “A little wonder” on today's page.
- Kids
- New
The night sky bookshelf
All your trips float in a starry sky, newest first, like books on a shelf.
how to use it
Drag or pinch the sky to wander back to older trips.
- New
Version 1.0 ·
The first notebook
Where it all began: one shared notebook for every trip, one page for every day.
One page a day
Everyone leaves notes, photos, drawings, short voice messages and stickers on the same page.
how to use it
Tap Write, Photo, Draw, Voice or Sticker, then “Leave on our page”.
- New
Tap the moon
Each night everyone taps the moon once and a star appears. By the end of the trip, the stars draw a picture.
how to use it
Open tonight's page and tap the moon.
- New
A tablet for the kids
Young children use one shared family tablet. No logins or email needed, just a nickname and a little animal.
how to use it
Open samemoon.space/pair on the tablet and approve it from your phone.
- Kids
- Privacy
Private by design
Only your family can see your notebook. No ads, no likes, no strangers.
how to use it
Invite the other grown-up from the Family page.
- Privacy
Works without signal
Write on a plane or in a tunnel. It saves on your phone and shares when you're back online.
how to use it
Just write. You'll see “Waiting to sync” until it's shared.
- Better
more on the way, quietly
Peek inside a notebook