what toska is
toska is an anonymous space for heartbreak — a quiet app where people going through breakups write the things they never got to say, and read the words of others who are in it too.
there are no real names, no profile photos, and no follower counts to perform for. posts are short written reflections — grief, anger, longing, relief — shared under an anonymous handle with the people who understand them best: strangers going through the same thing.
it reads less like a social network and more like a shared journal left open on a table at 2am: serif type, soft colors, one continuous stream of things people finally said out loud. after midnight the whole app drifts into a dusk-purple night theme, because that's when heartbreak does its loudest talking.
the name comes from the russian word тоска — a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for.
the app
toska for iPhone — currently in private beta on TestFlight.
why it exists
from the letter inside the app, written by toska's founder:
that's the whole thesis. heartbreak is one of the most common painful experiences a person goes through, and almost none of the internet is actually built for it — general social media rewards performing recovery, and advice forums move on faster than grief does. toska is built for the middle part: still sad, still up at 2am, not ready to pretend otherwise.
how it works
- write it down. short posts, tagged by feeling — longing, anger, regret, confusion, still love you, moving on, acceptance. the tag tints the post and lets readers find the feeling they're in.
- a daily prompt. every day the feed opens with one question you've been avoiding — "describe the way they said your name. who says it like that now." — and you can answer it or scroll past it.
- letters. longer-form mode for the message you'll never send — up to 2,000 characters of everything they never heard.
- whispers & midnight posts. words that quietly disappear — after an hour, or at midnight tonight — for the thoughts you need to say out loud but not keep.
- feel it, don't perform it. readers can mark that they felt a post. that's the whole vocabulary. no clout, no virality mechanics, no follower leaderboards, and follower counts are private by default.
- replies that stay gentle. the reply box literally says "say something gently…" — and layered moderation holds it to that.
- share a card. turn a post into a quiet, typeset image in thirteen moods — with your anonymity intact.
- drafts & your week. a private space for the things you're not ready to post, and a weekly recap of what you felt — for you, not for an audience.
what toska deliberately is not
- no direct messages. heartbreak plus anonymous DMs is a bad combination, so it doesn't exist here — by design, permanently.
- no dating or "matching." this is where you put the last relationship down, not where you pick the next one up.
- no "days since the breakup" streaks or recovery scoreboards. grief isn't linear and the app never pretends it is.
- no ads, no engagement-bait notifications, no selling of anything you wrote.
safety & care
heartbreak is a vulnerable place, so toska is built defensively: every post and reply passes through layered content moderation — for harassment, slurs, sexual content, and personal information like names and phone numbers — on the device and again on the server. content that violates the rules is held before it ever reaches the feed, and every report is reviewed, with action as fast as we can — we aim for within 24 hours.
when someone's words sound like more than heartbreak, the app responds gently — a private check-in with crisis resources (call or text 988, or text HOME to 741741 in the US) shown before anything is shared. words that signal real crisis are reviewed by a human.
anonymity is protected off-platform too: share cards carry your words, never your handle. accounts require users to be 18 or older.
we collect as little as possible and sell nothing. everything you wrote can be exported or permanently deleted from inside the app. the details live in our privacy policy and terms of service.
questions, answered
- is it really anonymous?
- yes — posts appear under a generated handle, never your name or photo. no one, including people who follow your handle, can see who you are. the one limit: anonymity is not a license to harm others, and we cooperate with law enforcement where the law requires it.
- does it cost anything?
- no. toska is free, with no ads and nothing sold. it's a small product built to stay small and careful.
- who is it for?
- anyone 18 or older going through a breakup, a divorce, a situationship that ended, or the long tail of one that ended years ago. fresh grief and old grief sit in the same feed.
- is this therapy?
- no. toska is peer support — people in it together — not a substitute for professional care. if you're in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or text HOME to 741741; the app surfaces the same resources whenever it matters.
- when can i download it?
- toska is in private beta on TestFlight and coming soon to the App Store. want in early, or want to know when it ships? email salte@saltedevelopments.com.
- what happens to my words if i leave?
- delete your account in settings and your profile, posts, replies, and personal data are permanently removed. you can also export everything first.
about SALTE DEVELOPMENT LLC
toska is designed and built by SALTE DEVELOPMENT LLC, an independent software company registered in Texas and based in Dallas. we build small, careful consumer software with an editorial sensibility — products that treat their users like readers, not metrics.
toska is our first title. it's currently in private beta on TestFlight ahead of its public App Store release, with a read-only web home for shared posts planned to follow at this domain.
contact
email salte@saltedevelopments.com for anything — support, press, partnership, or beta access. app-specific help lives at toskaapp.com/support.