Frequently asked questions

sen-say is a system keyboard, a reply coach, and a thread auditor — built for texting across languages, cultures, and registers, with a built-in scam screener.

Those tools are dating-focused, English-first, and optimized for "rizz" (alpha-bro replies). sen-say is for cross-cultural texting — dating across language lines, ESL professionals, expats, language learners. Translation and cultural register are first-class; "rizz" is not.

On the free tier, all language processing happens on your phone — your messages never leave the device. On Plus and Premium, requests are forwarded to LLM providers (Anthropic, Groq) in real time and discarded. We never store, log, or train on your message content.

The free tier works fully offline using a compact on-device model. Plus and Premium features need a network connection because they route through cloud LLM providers for higher-quality analysis.

At launch: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Tagalog. The Cultural Compass covers eight countries (Japan, Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, plus an English-language baseline). More roll out post-launch.

Good, not infallible. Cultural and emotional nuance is the hardest territory for any model, which is exactly where sen-say focuses. Outputs surface a spectrum of likely reads rather than one verdict, so you stay in control. Send specific failures to hi@sensay.me — they feed our eval set.

The free tier — on-device translation, decode, and basic reply coaching — is free. Plus and Premium are paid subscriptions managed by Apple (App Store) and Google (Play). Exact pricing appears in the App; we keep it within typical productivity-app ranges.

No. We do not store message content, do not log it, and do not use it for training. Our LLM providers (Anthropic, Groq) commit by contract to not train on API data by default. The free tier stays on-device entirely.

Yes. sen-say is a system keyboard, so it works inside any text field on your phone — WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, dating apps, email, anywhere. The Coach and Analyze features are accessed inside the sen-say app itself.

Like you. Replies are coached toward your phrasing patterns and edits. The keyboard remembers your tone over time, so what you send keeps reading as you — not as a flattened AI assistant.

Yes. Scam Shield reads suspicious threads and links and names the pattern — pig butchering, fake recruiter, phishing, romance scam, advance-fee — flags the specific tells, and tells you what not to send. Cross-cultural by default: openers that read normal in one culture can be classic scam rhythm in another.

We are pre-launch as of mid-2026. App Store and Google Play submissions are queued. Email hi@sensay.me to be notified when listings go live.

From "sensei" — the Japanese word for teacher or coach. The hyphenated spelling is a bilingual pun: it works in both English (the app helps you say things) and Japanese.