Peelr
A digital conversation card game for deeper connection: 500+ questions across five relationship decks, designed and built solo.
Peel back the person in front of you.
Peelr is a digital conversation card game built for real connection. It offers 500+ conversation prompts across five relationship decks, Friends, Family, Lovers, Coworkers and Strangers, each with three depth levels that guide players from lighthearted icebreakers to vulnerable, meaningful exchanges.
It is my own product, and I built all of it: the design and the full stack, front end and back end. The Supabase back end lets me push new questions every month, so the deck never goes stale, and it lives on your phone, so it is never stuck in a drawer when the moment is right.
Conversation prompts crafted across every deck and depth level
Relationship decks: Friends, Family, Lovers, Coworkers, Strangers
Depth levels that guide players from surface to soul
Physical card games cannot keep up with how we connect.
Conversation card games have surged in popularity, but the physical format comes with real limitations. Decks get lost, cards wear out, and you can never have them when the moment strikes. You are at a dinner party, on a road trip, or lying in bed with your partner, and the cards are sitting in a drawer at home.
Beyond availability, physical decks are static. They cannot adapt, grow, or learn from how people play. The opportunity was clear: bring the intimacy of card based conversation games into a digital format that is always accessible, endlessly expandable and beautifully designed.
We wanted something we could pull out at any moment, not just game night. Something that felt intentional, not forced. A tool for real conversation that lived in your pocket.
Design philosophy, PeelrDesigning for intimacy, solo.
Peelr is my own product, and I built every layer of it: the design, the iOS and web front ends, and the Supabase back end that powers the content and the monthly question drops. Designing a conversation game is really designing emotional pacing, and that idea shaped every decision.
Two calls defined the experience.
Put depth in the player's hands
Vulnerability needs safety. Jumping straight to the heavy questions makes people shut down, so I built three depth levels and let players decide when to go deeper: warm-up, exploration, then vulnerability.
An interface as calm as the conversation
I wanted the app to feel as quiet and intentional as the conversation it is trying to start, so I studied the most restrained software I know, the original iPod's menu simplicity and the Light Phone's calm, distraction free UI, and designed around a dark, gold and cream palette.
Measurable impact on connection.
High session depth engagement
Over 68% of sessions progressed past Level 1, indicating that the graduated depth system successfully encouraged players to move beyond surface level questions.
Strong cross-deck exploration
Players who started with one deck tried an average of 2.8 additional decks within their first week, validating the decision to design distinct relationship categories rather than a single generic experience.
Lovers deck drove retention
The Lovers deck had the highest return rate of any category, with couples returning an average of 3.2 times per week.
Premium perception validated
In post launch surveys, 91% of users described the visual design as premium or luxury. The dark aesthetic with gold accents differentiated Peelr in a crowded market.