Pocket-sized conversation that holds

A native client is published on the iOS App Store and on Google Play. The trynectar app talks to the same backend as the web product — identical account, identical thread, identical memory graph — and adds push notifications, sub-second cold start, and a chrome-free fullscreen interface. The binary clocks in around 35 MB and is free to download on either store with no in-app purchase requirement to use the core experience.

Both platforms are first-class. iOS 15 and up on iPhone and iPad, Android 9 and up on phones and tablets across major OEMs. Whatever you do on one device replicates to the other in real time — the account is the unit of state, never the device. A roleplay started on iPhone before lunch can continue on an Android tablet that evening with zero context cost in either direction across the handoff.

Browser is the default surface and works everywhere. Phone, tablet, desktop — no install step, no app-store gating, no version mismatch to manage. The native install is purely additive: push notifications, faster cold start, fullscreen view. Most users start on the web and only install once the product has earned a spot on the home screen rather than the other way around in this category.

Not in any meaningful way. There's no background polling — push relies on Apple and Google's standard notification infrastructure, which is essentially free in battery terms. Active chat sessions cost roughly what an active iMessage or WhatsApp session costs on the same device. Image generation is server-side, so the device GPU stays idle throughout. Passive daily drain sits in the noise floor of normal use.

When the companion sends an unprompted message — a follow-up, a check-in, a thought between sessions — push fires on the device with the app installed. Per-character mutes are supported. Quiet hours are configurable. Frequency caps prevent flood scenarios from compounding. Push is off until you opt in at first launch, and revoking the permission later is one trip to system settings without anything else breaking afterward.

Sync is sub-second on a normal connection. A message sent from the trynectar app is already in the laptop browser tab before you've put the phone back down. Memory updates, image gallery additions, character settings, read receipts, and unread badges all replicate together rather than catching up one at a time. There's no merge-conflict logic anywhere in the stack because the thread is a single object, not two copies that need reconciling later.

Free on both stores, free to use on the bottom tier, no card required at signup. Free tier covers unlimited text chat, the persistent memory layer, basic image generation, and push delivery. Premium adds voice replies and higher-resolution image renders, but the core experience runs in full without paying anything. The free tier was designed as the primary product rather than a stripped sample stuck to push upgrades.

Two prompts, both optional. Notifications, requested at first launch for push delivery. Photo library, requested only when you actively upload an image into a chat. Nothing else — no contacts, no location, no microphone, no calendar, no background services beyond the standard push listener tied to the OS itself. Revoking either permission later from system settings does not break the app's core flow.