resolv is now on android

conflict takes two people. as of august 17, resolv finally does too.

resolv social is now on google play. same app, same community, same resources — on the other half of the world's phones.

get it on google play · get it on the app store

the problem with being iphone-only

we built resolv for the conflicts that actually wear people down — with a partner, a roommate, a parent. it's been on the app store since april 2020. it was iphone-only for every day of that.

here's the thing about pairs of people: they don't coordinate their phone purchases. in the us, roughly half of all couples and roommate pairs are mixed — one iphone person, one android person. which means for roughly half the people who found resolv, the app could only ever be in one side of the conflict.

that's not a small gap. that's structural. a conflict-resolution tool that only one of you can install isn't a conflict-resolution tool. it's a diary with extra steps.

we knew this the whole time. it bothered us the whole time. it's fixed now.

what's actually in the android app

everything. this isn't a lite version.

the community. anonymous peer support from people in the same kind of situation you're in. no real name, no profile photo, no performing.

today's loop. three small things on your home screen every day — read one resource (about two minutes), reply to one open post, check in on your why. small on purpose. conflict work that's too big to do daily doesn't get done.

stop / drop / go. a guided flow for the moment an argument is getting away from you. built for the middle of the fight, when nobody is in a state to go looking for a worksheet.

resources with trust scores. our library of mental health and medication information scores every cited claim from 0 to 100 — derived automatically from the facts of the research: study design, funding source, where it was published, sample size, preregistration, researcher independence. nobody hand-awards grades. retracted papers score zero. you deserve to know how good the evidence actually is before you change your life around it. the full method is written up in how we score evidence, and if you want to see the discipline applied to a subject where the hype runs miles ahead of the data, read our running tracker of where every psychedelic therapy actually stands with the fda.

expert consultations. when peers aren't enough, consult an expert — and attach the exact resources you've been reading, so you don't start from zero.

the part we're most excited about

every resource in resolv has a share link. it looks like this: www.resolv.social/r/61344.

send it to the person on the other side of your conflict. what they get, whatever phone they carry and whether or not they have resolv installed, is a page with that resource's headline, its summary, and its trust score — no app, no account, no signup. the full breakdown lives in the app, and the page hands them the buttons for both stores.

that last part is the sentence that was impossible to write a week ago. an android partner who tapped a shared link used to land on a page offering them a store they couldn't use. now the link ends somewhere for both of you: the same resource, and an app either of you can actually install.

being honest about what's still in flight: the version where that link opens straight into the android app, skipping the browser entirely, is built and in the release queue — it is not in the build sitting on the store today. the site side of it went live this week. until the app side ships, a shared link is one extra tap on android: the web page, then the app.

that's the whole thesis of resolv anyway: resolution doesn't happen in one person's head. it happens between two people. the software is finally on both their phones.

an honest note

we're a small community. that's not a marketing angle, it's just true — and honestly, it's part of why the conversations here are good. if you've been waiting on android, you're not late. you're early.

if you're weighing resolv against the paid apps and directories, we keep an honest side-by-side of the alternatives, including where we're the wrong answer.

google play · app store

free, anonymous, built in minneapolis. if something's broken in the android app, tell us — we ship fixes fast when the report is specific.

— adam

(resolv is not therapy and nothing in it is medical advice. in crisis in the us, call or text 988.)