Press kit

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Everything you need to write about Collar & Key without waiting on an email: the facts, approved descriptions, screenshots and logos. All of it is free to use in coverage of the app, and nothing here needs our sign-off first.

At a glance

Fact sheet

Name

Collar & Key, written with the ampersand. Not “Collar and Key”, “CollarAndKey” or “Collar”.

What it is

A private organizer for two adults in a consensual power-exchange (D/s) relationship: a signed contract, rules and tasks, consent controls, and an honest shared record of how the dynamic is going.

Developer

V&B Software, LLC. A small, independent, self-funded studio run by a married couple.

Availability

Available now on the App Store and Google Play, and on the web. Data syncs across every device you sign in on, and the mobile apps work offline.

Price

Free to download and use. CK Premium is an optional monthly or yearly subscription; one subscription covers both partners. Prices vary by region, so please link to the store listing rather than quoting a figure.

Audience

Adults only (18+). There is no matching, no partner browsing and no advertising. The optional community is off until a user turns it on.

Press contact

contact@vandbsoftware.com. Interview questions, review access to CK Premium and higher-resolution assets are all available on request.

Copy you can use

Descriptions

Use any of these as written, or trim them to fit.

One line

Collar & Key is a private app for couples in a consensual power-exchange relationship, built around a contract both partners sign.

One paragraph

Collar & Key is a private app for two adults in a consensual power-exchange relationship. It turns what a couple has already agreed to into something they can both see: a written contract both partners sign, rules and tasks that actually get tracked, and an honest record of how the dynamic is going. Consent is built into the mechanics. A safeword stops everything from anywhere in the app, nothing in the contract changes without both partners' approval, and either partner can pause the dynamic at any time.

Full description

Collar & Key is a private app for two adults in a consensual power-exchange relationship. Couples in a structured dynamic usually start well: they talk it through and agree on terms. Then it drifts. Expectations get added in passing, a rule gets reinterpreted, a firm limit gets fuzzy. Collar & Key is a place to keep the agreement two adults have already made, and to see clearly how it is going.

Partners build a contract together, clause by clause, covering rules, rewards, consequences and the Dominant's own commitments. Both sign it, and every amendment goes back to the other partner for approval with full version history. Day to day, the app tracks scheduled tasks with photo or video evidence, quick commands, permission requests, praise and corrections, and a rewards balance that shows what caused every change. Regular check-ins, guided programs, chastity keyholding, scene planning, a shared journal and long-term analytics round it out.

The app was built by a married couple in a D/s dynamic who both write software for a living, and it is run by their independent studio, V&B Software, LLC. It is private by default, has no advertising, no partner matching and no data sales, and is paid for by an optional CK Premium subscription that covers both partners. Collar & Key is available for adults 18 and over on iPhone, Android and the web.

The story

Built by a couple, for their own dynamic.

We're a married couple in a D/s dynamic, and we both write software for a living. Our own arrangement kept drifting, and the tools available were notes apps, spreadsheets and memory. So we spent about two years building the thing we wanted, and running every feature against our own relationship first.

Most of that time went on arguments rather than code: what should require both signatures, whether a missed task should feel like a failure, and how much an app is allowed to ask of you.

Consent as a mechanism

Both partners sign, changes need acceptance, a safeword stops everything, and ending the dynamic takes both.

Discretion by default

Everything is private until a user chooses otherwise. No ads, no matching, no data sales.

An honest record

History is added to, not rewritten. A corrected outcome sits beside the original instead of erasing it.

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What it does

Key features

Contracts

Built clause by clause and signed by both partners. Every amendment goes back for approval, with full version history.

Consent controls

A safeword that stops everything from anywhere in the app, visible limits, an interests comparison, and a pause either partner can use.

Daily structure

Scheduled tasks with photo or video evidence, quick commands, permission requests, praise, corrections and earned rewards.

Check-ins and programs

Regular check-ins with prompt decks, and guided programs that build a new habit with both partners' agreement.

Keyholding and scenes

Chastity keyholding with countdowns, agreed limits and release conditions. Scenes that can be planned, run and reused.

Journal and analytics

A shared journal plus private topics, and charts that show how the dynamic is going over time.

Optional community

Off until a user turns it on. Couples can publish and borrow clauses, tasks, scenes and lists, and follow dynamics they admire.

Images

Screenshots

Plain iPhone screens at full resolution. Select one to open the original. All names and content in them are sample data.

Store images

The captioned App Store set, for when you want the framed version.

Logos & artwork

Brand assets

Colors & type

Ink

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Paper

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Signal red

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Bone

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Before you publish

Notes for coverage

Usage

Everything on this page may be used in editorial coverage of Collar & Key, in print or online, without asking first.

Framing

The app is for consenting adults who already have an agreement. It is not a dating or hookup app, and it doesn't introduce anyone to anyone.

Review access

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Corrections

If you spot something wrong after publishing, tell us at contact@vandbsoftware.com and we'll help get it right.