Roast my app: Blueberry - Stop ghosting people you like
Hi r/roastmystartup,
My name is Dean, I’m the one of the creators of Blueberry.
The Problem:
Our journey began when I very publicly got roasted for being a horrible texter.
In my defense, I don’t do it on purpose. When I “accidentally ghost”, it usually goes something like this:
- I see a text while I’m busy
- I think, “I’ll respond to this later”
- I completely forget about it
Once I’ve forgotten about it, it gets buried by the endless spam, group messages, and general noise that clutters my iMessage inbox, never to be found again.
This has had real consequences for me. Genuinely, I’ve lost work opportunities, fallen out of touch with previously close friends, and let potential dates fizzle out simply because I forgot to reply.
The Solution:
Blueberry finds the messages that need a reply and auto-drafts a response in your voice. It lives right in your menu bar so you can view and send responses in one click.
You can edit the response or choose an alternative variation, and it works with individual or group messages.
I want to be very clear, we don’t want to replace your iMessage app or automate your texting. Our goal is to remove the small bit of friction that turns “I’ll answer this later” into three months of accidental ghosting.
We also added some fun features like an unhinged mode, which is deranged and hilarious, and a flirt mode, for those of us who struggle to send that perfect text ;)
Comparison:
Apple Intelligence Smart Reply helps after you open a conversation. Blueberry proactively finds the conversations you forgot and prepares replies beforehand.
NOX combines multiple messaging platforms into one inbox. Blueberry is intentionally focused on iMessage and works from the menu bar without replacing Messages. Costs $25/month.
Privacy, Security, and Transparency:
Blueberry needs Full Disk Access to read your iMessages and Automation permission to send replies you approve.
Recent thread context is sent to the cloud to generate drafts. Our models are hosted on AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex servers (Soc2 Type 2 and Soc 3 security compliant). This means that your iMessages stay private and secure, and model providers cannot see your data or use it to train on.
Blueberry will never send messages automatically - you will always be the person to hit send, and we have a 5 second unsend just in case you change your mind!
Great for people who:
- Live in Do Not Disturb mode,
- read texts but don’t reply
- get overwhelmed by group chats
- constantly say, “Sorry, I just saw this.”
Pricing:
- Lifetime Free: 10 free message drafts per day
- Pro: $4.99/month
- Download Blueberry
The Developers:
My name is Dean, one of the two creators of Blueberry.
Blueberry is still very early. We’d love to hear what’s useful, what’s lame, and what you would need to make this a product you use everyday.