🕯️ Light a Virtual Candle

Some messages shouldn't arrive with confetti. This one begins in the dark: a single match, struck by their hand, and a small steady light beside your words.

Free to create, send and open · no signup · no app · no watermark · photo gifts: 30 days · gifts without photos: 60 days · automatically deleted, from creation

← swipe to strike →
A quiet, dignified reveal — they strike the light themselves.
For sympathy, remembrance, anniversaries of loss, and hard seasons.
No ads, no noise — just the flame and your words.

How it works

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    Write what you want to say — short is enough.

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    Add a photo if it belongs there.

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    Send the link — they light the candle.

Not sure what to write?

Tap a line to start with it — it lands in the card, ready to edit.

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Questions

What is a virtual candle?

A small ritual sent as a link: their screen is dark until they strike a light, which reveals your message. People light them for remembrance, sympathy, and support.

When is it right to send one?

After a loss, on an anniversary of one, before a scary appointment, or when someone is grieving and words feel small. It says 'I'm thinking of you' with the volume low.

What should I write?

One true sentence beats a paragraph of condolences. 'I remember her laugh in the kitchen' will be kept forever.

Is it free and private?

Yes. Free to send, and only people with the link can ever see it.

More ways to send it

Light a Virtual Candle in a minute

Free, no signup. Add a photo and your words, and send the link.

Light a candle

Open a Gift is free to create, send and open. There is no signup and no app for either side, no watermark on the gift, and gifts are automatically deleted: after 30 days with a photo, or 60 days without a photo, measured from creation. It opens in any phone or desktop browser, straight from WhatsApp, iMessage, email or any chat.