How much does Lantern Post cost?
Nothing. Receiving a card is free, forever — no account, no app to install, no paywall between a person and their light. Sending is free too.
Lantern Post
Don’t just send a card.
Hide something wonderful inside it.
Send a little light. Let them reveal the rest.
Lantern Post (lanternpost.app) is a free digital greeting card — an e-card — with a verified surprise inside: a song, a video, a story or a place, hidden behind a glowing lantern.
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- 1Pick a card. A hook on the front, a warm twist inside.
- 2Hide a reveal. A song, a playlist, something to read — verified before it can travel.
- 3They tap the lantern. The light floods, the surprise appears, and your “why” is the line they keep.
Every reveal is verified, and the link always opens the card first.
A card is between two people — our privacy promise
The practical part, warmly lit.
What can you hide inside a card?
A song, a playlist, or something to read — an article, a poem, a quote, a book. Pick from suggestions we’ve already verified, or paste a link from a trusted home like Spotify, YouTube, or Wikipedia.
How does the recipient reveal it?
They open your card and tap the lantern. The light floods, the surprise appears, and the line you wrote is the one they keep. A tap on their phone or a scan of the printed QR code — both lead to the same small moment. No account, no download.
Is every link really verified?
Yes. Before a card can travel, its hidden link is resolved to its true destination, matched against a strict allowlist of well-known homes, and screened with Google Cloud Web Risk. Every tap re-checks the card and its destination. If a destination is flagged unsafe or the card has been put out, its light goes dark instead of leading anywhere unsafe. The card's link carries only a signed token, never the raw destination.
What about privacy?
A card is between two people. We count lanterns, not lives: anonymous tallies that a card was opened or a reveal was clicked — never who, never what you wrote. Recipients are never cookied, tracked, or asked to sign up. The full promise, in plain language, lives at lanternpost.app/privacy. Read the promise →
Who made Lantern Post?
Lantern Post is made by Lindsay Hiebert as part of the NeoAesop family of apps: small, careful software about stories, gratitude, and light. Questions, ideas, or a flickering lantern? Write to lantern@lanternpost.app.
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