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If you're rereading the same message 9 times…

What your boss actually meant.

Get the real read in 8 seconds. Then sleep.

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Before: a tense Friday 5pm Slack message that says 'when you get a sec, let's chat Monday.' After: a Subtext verdict card naming the pattern as Friday 5pm Surprise and saying 'sleep on it, reply Monday.'

If any of these are you…

If you know, you know.

  • It's 11pm Sunday and a tense email just landed.
  • Your boss said “as discussed” and you can't remember what.
  • Someone copied your manager and you don't know why.
  • You've drafted the same reply three times.
  • Friday 5pm: “let's discuss Monday.”

Subtext is for the rereading.

Three steps. No app to learn.

  1. 1

    Paste the message

    Slack, email, Teams, Messages. Or screenshot it.

  2. 2

    Tell us who sent it

    Your boss, a coworker, the one who CC's everyone.

  3. 3

    Get the read

    8 seconds. Pattern, meaning, three reply scripts.

Like having a clear-headed friend who reads texts with you at 11pm. Instant.

This is what you get.

Pattern name. What it means in two sentences. Three reply scripts — warm, neutral, firm.

No more re-reading. No more drafting and deleting. No more “wait, is it me?”

You're not crazy. You're perceptive.

Verdict card example. Pattern: Frustrated Micromanagement. Reading: your boss wants to align on timing but won't say so. They want you to ask for the meeting. Three reply scripts in warm, neutral, and firm tones.

People are using Subtext at 11pm Sunday.

And sleeping Monday.

  • “Used Subtext at 11pm Sunday. Slept Monday. Idk.”

    Marketing manager, Austin

  • “Saved me from sending an unhinged Slack to my manager. 10/10.”

    Engineer, NYC

  • “The reply scripts are scary accurate.”

    PM, remote

  • “I finally know if my boss is being passive-aggressive or just German.”

    Designer, Berlin

  • “Bestie I knew it.”

    Sales, Chicago

Concept testimonials from beta users.

The math.

The average overthought reply costs you 22 minutes and one unhinged draft you almost sent.

  • A bad Sunday-night spiral every weekend
  • Two coffees ~$12
  • Therapy ~$300/hr
  • A gym membership you forgot about $40/mo

Subtext

$3.99 / week

Or $29.99 / year — about $0.58 a week, billed yearly (86% off). Cancel anytime.

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The honest questions.

The ones you'd actually ask.

  • Will my boss find out I use this?
    No. We never connect to your work tools. You paste, you decide what to do, you close the app.
  • Is this a therapy app?
    No. It's a reading tool. We help you understand what happened in a message. Sleep, decisions, and big feelings are still your job.
  • What if I'm just being paranoid?
    Sometimes you are. Subtext tells you when. A few of our pattern labels are literally “you're reading too much into this.”
  • What if the verdict is wrong?
    You can tell us. We'll give you a different reading on the same message. We're not psychic — we're pattern-matching.
  • Why not just text a friend?
    Friends are great. But they're not always awake at 11pm, and they get tired of being the decode-this-text support line.

Founder pricing

For the first 1,000.

The first 1,000 subscribers keep $3.99/wk for life. After that, the rate moves up.

673 / 1,000 founder spots taken 67%

Only 327 spots left at this price.

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On the App Store and Google Play.

$3.99 / week or $29.99 / year. Cancel anytime.

Open the app. Paste the message. Get the read.

What we'll never do.

  • We'll never sell your data.
  • We'll never let your employer access this.
  • We'll never train models on your messages.
  • We'll never email you marketing spam.

What we do with your messages

  • Verdicts stay on your device. Your message is analyzed and deleted.
  • We delete everything when you do.
  • No accounts. No tracking. No selling your data.