Say what you mean, before it’s sent.
Hartly is a keyboard for teenagers’ phones. It notices when a message could land hard or when someone sounds low, and offers one small, kind next step. Right where they type, in every app.
How it works
Three small moments. That’s the whole idea.
Hartly stays out of the way until a moment matters. Then it offers one thing, and the teen decides.
Before something cruel sends
A quiet line above the keys offers a kinder way to say it. They can take it, change it, or send it anyway.
When someone sounds low
One of the psychologist’s tools, sized for a phone: a single breath, fact or feeling, what’s yours to control.
When it’s serious
Kids Helpline, Lifeline, 000, and a message to the trusted adult the teen chose. One tap, always.
Try it
Type like a teenager. See what Hartly does.
Pick a message. These are example answers to show the idea, not the live check.
Pick a message
Every example is made up. Please don’t type anything real.
The tools
A psychologist’s toolkit, sized for a text.
Each tool is built on well-studied ideas from talking therapies, reshaped to take a few seconds. Evidence-informed, never a replacement for a person.
One breath
A single paced breath before you send. Try it now.
Breathe in
Say this instead
The same thing, said so it lands the way you meant. Offered in one tap.
Fact or feeling?
Sort what actually happened from how it felt. Both are real; only one is the whole story.
What’s yours to control?
Hold what’s yours. Put down the rest, for now.
Negative, neutral, positive
Move one step up: from a harsh thought, to a neutral one, to a kinder one.
My person
The trusted adult the teen picks, one tap away. Not always a parent. Their choice.
Privacy
Built so teens keep it on.
Nothing typed leaves the phone
By default the check runs on the phone. If an extra check is ever used, the message isn’t kept and isn’t used to train anything.
Parents never see messages
The most a parent sees is that Hartly was switched off. Never what was typed.
Partners see totals only
Groups of 20 or more. Never names, messages or anything about one family.
Help is never blocked
Calls, 000 and crisis lines always work, whatever else is switched on.
For partners
Families never pay. Partners bring it to them.
Hartly reaches teens through the companies families already trust.
A benefit that keeps families
Offer Hartly to members’ teenagers as part of their cover.
Safe on the first phone
Offer Hartly with a teen’s first phone or plan, activated with a code.
Built into your app
A deeper connection: both sides of a chat, a pause at Send, and checks on chatbot replies.
The people
Designed by a psychologist. Run by people who care.
Radha Mahtani
Clinical lead
Registered psychologist working with young people. Hartly’s tools, wording and safety rules are hers.
Carla Green
Founder
Founder of CG Events in Sydney. Runs Hartly and its partnerships.
Built by Aaryan Mahtani.
Need help right now?
You don’t need Hartly to reach someone. These lines are free, confidential and open all day and night in Australia.