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Lettie is a global penpal app where connection starts with a letter, not a photo. Write in your own language and every letter translates across 16 languages. Profiles blur into focus as you exchange letters, and contacts unlock only after five.
Hey Product Hunt, I built Lettie because dating apps had turned into a photo-sorting game. Swipe, judge, repeat and you still know nothing about the person.
So I went back to something slower: letters.
You write a letter and it travels to someone on the other side of the world. No swiping. Their photo starts out blurred and comes into focus only as you keep writing to each other. You can exchange contacts after five letters.
The part I care about most: language should not decide who you get to meet. Write in Korean, they read it in Portuguese. Every letter and reply translates across 16 languages, and you can see the original side by side with the translation, so you pick up a language while you are getting to know someone.
It is live on iOS and Android, free to use.
I would love to hear what you think, especially if you have ever had a penpal. What made it stick?
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About Lettie on Product Hunt
“Penpal dating where letters come before looks”
Lettie was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #12 on the daily leaderboard. Lettie is a global penpal app where connection starts with a letter, not a photo. Write in your own language and every letter translates across 16 languages. Profiles blur into focus as you exchange letters, and contacts unlock only after five.
Lettie was featured in Android (57.4k followers), Dating (5.4k followers), Social Media (89.2k followers) and Languages (14.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 76.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Lettie?
Lettie was hunted by 김준형. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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