Sealedwith

How it works

Sealedwith turns a message into something you open, not just something you read. You write it, seal it, and share one link. Whoever gets it has to break the seal.

No account, nothing to install, free. A message can be opened for seven days — after that it is gone.

The envelope

Put a name on it if you want — theirs, yours, or neither. Both are optional, and the names are written on the envelope in handwriting as you type. Leave them blank and the envelope goes out blank.

Every message gets a stamp from a small series. Which one you get is decided when you seal it, and it is never up to you.

A line and a photo

Add a photo, move and zoom it until it sits right, and write one line underneath. You need at least one of the two — a photo alone works, a line alone works.

How it opens

Three settings, all optional, all on one screen:

  • Straight away or scratched. Either the photo is simply there once the seal is broken, or it lies under a scratch-off layer they rub away with a finger. They uncover exactly as much as they choose to — the layer never comes off by itself.
  • A voice message. Up to twenty seconds, recorded right there. It can play the moment they open the message — or, if you hid the photo, once they have scratched part of it away, so your voice arrives with their finger still moving.
  • A lock. A password, a question only they can answer, or a time before which the message cannot be opened at all.

Look at it first

Before anything is created you see two things: the card as it will look in the chat where you paste the link, and what the other person meets after the seal breaks. Nothing exists yet at this point — you can still go back.

Seal it

Now it is made, and you get two links. One to send. One that is yours alone, where you can see whether it has been opened and delete it early.

Keep the second one. It is the only way back to your message — there is no account to log into and no way for us to hand it back to you.

You can have both mailed to yourself. The address is used for that one email, kept with the message, and gone when the message is.

What they see

An envelope with their name on it, and a wax seal. The seal does not give way on the first press — it cracks, chips, and then breaks. The message unfolds out of the envelope, the voice plays if you recorded one, and if you chose the scratch-off layer they uncover the photo themselves.

Then it is over. After seven days the link stops working.

Seal a message
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