Bottled - Message in a Bottle

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.2
67K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

Make friends, chat, and have fun with penpals from all over the world.
Share what’s on your mind
* Write a message, put it in a bottle & throw it in the sea for someone to find!
* Meeting new friends and finding support has never been so simple
* Hop aboard our growing community of over 3.5M users
Bottled is building a positive and supportive community, away from the toxicity prevalent in Social Media.

Try the modern version of sending a message in a Bottle - a new way to meet people, have fun, and have meaningful conversations!

This is how it works:

1) You write a nice message, put it in a bottle, and throw it to the sea. Your bottle will be randomly received by someone, somewhere in the world.
2) If that person decides to keep the bottle, you have a new friend and you can start chatting with each other!
3) And if your message gets released, your bottle will float back into the sea to be received by another random stranger!

On Bottled you can:
- Send a photo, voice, or text message to someone somewhere in the world.
- Follow the journey of your Bottles in real time
- Play "Spin the Bottle" for fun questions and challenges and chat with your new friends from all over the world!

Don't know where to start? Let our "ChatGPT powered" Cheeky Captain help you write a nice message!

Whether you are looking for a new friend, a penpal, positive support, or a genuine intellectual connection, let serendipity decide your chance encounters with Bottled!

Slowly or instantly, you chat at your own pace and without pressure; improve your wellbeing and mental health on this supportive community. *** If you need assistance, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] ***
Updated on
Jan 1, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info and App activity
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
65.4K reviews
Marinette Dupain-Cheng
February 3, 2025
I loved its features like a world diary and bottle message. But the number of fake profiles is numerous and some were extremely rude. I've also made some good friends and it's worth it. Another thing, I would love to see is if you could add a certain word limit so that people put some effort and reply to what you've written in the bottle. Because there are numerous "hi"s and "wbu" for a lengthy and well-written message. This would help people stop treating it as a "hookup site". 🙏🏻💀.
2 people found this review helpful
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Nam Nam
September 11, 2024
I really love this app. I've met some nice people here who I enjoyed talking to. The only issue I have with it is that it often glitches (chat/screen going up and down while scrolling through a convo). I also hope that a feature (that can be turned off in preferences) can be added wherein a pop-up will appear when you click on the release/keep bottle asking if you're sure because I keep accidentally clicking it when I didn't mean to.
14 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
January 9, 2024
I have seen this app change over the years. It used to be possible to find quality people, if you really invested the time and effort. But nowadays less and less people actually try to have a meaningful conversation, because there are more and more people who don't put the effort in it anymore. So most conversations do not get past the "Hey, hru, how was your weekend?" threshold. In addition, when they do, sometimes people randomly delete or disappear. The mentality changed over the years.
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What’s new

Try out the new Bottled keyboard: with custom themes to match the vibe and meet Wilson the Parrot, your AI assistant to help you write the perfect letters and use translation tools to connect with your friends all over the world.

- bug fixes