Relationship Calculator FAQ

A1: A free page with three parts: Calculate (two names, a relationship and a bond score with a reading, small ideas and a woven band), My circle (every bond you calculated, a small step for each day and badges) and Play (who is more likely and talk cards for two).

A2: It is free and there is no account or registration. Like every page on ZeroDataUpload, it is supported by advertising.

A3: No. Everything you type is worked out and kept in this browser on your device, and the bond card picture is drawn there too. The page itself, its ads and its analytics load from the internet as on any website, but the names and answers are never sent with them.

A4: Your bonds (the two names, the relationship, your five answers if you gave them, and the date), the days you marked a step done, the badges you earned and the name in Person one of your latest bond, so it is filled in next time. Nothing is kept until you calculate a bond or mark a step done. Clear my circle, at the bottom of My circle, removes the bonds, steps and badges.

A5: Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on computers and phones. Share on the bond card appears where the browser offers a share sheet, as on most phones; Save picture works everywhere.

A6: Yes. Tab reaches every button and box, the arrow keys move between the three tabs, Enter in the first name box moves to the second and in the second calculates once a relationship is chosen, and Escape closes the questions and the picture window.

A7: No calculator can measure a relationship, and this one does not try. The quick score is a game made from the two names and the relationship you pick; it knows nothing else about the people. Every result says what its score is made of.

A8: Both names are written in small letters with spaces, punctuation and invisible characters left out and put in alphabetical order, then joined with the relationship. A fixed formula mixes that into a starting number for a seeded number generator, which gives the score. The same two names and relationship always give the same score, in either order.

A9: The game was made to be friendly. Most relationships score from 62 to 99, exes get a peace score from 52 to 98 and rivals a rivalry heat from 38 to 99. A lower number would not mean anything either.

A10: The relationship is part of what is mixed into the number, so Asha and Ravi as friends and as colleagues are two different bonds with two different scores, each kept separately in My circle.

A11: No. RAVI, ravi and Ravi with extra spaces give the same score, and a name with an accent typed two ways (as one character, or as a letter followed by an accent mark, as some keyboards do) counts as the same name. Accents and vowel signs that are part of a name do count, so two different Hindi names never count as one.

A12: Five things that matter for that kind of bond, such as trust, romance, communication, teamwork and laughter for a couple. They are made from the score and the names, spread a little around the score, as part of the game; they are not measured one by one. One is marked as a superpower and one as room to grow, with a small idea for it.

A13: For enemies, rivals, frenemies, office rivals, business competitors and feuding neighbours, the score is how hot the rivalry runs, and the reading adds a chance of peace. The ideas are about cooling things down.

A14: Share bond card makes a picture to save or send, and Copy message copies the message shown in the result. A copied or shared line reads, for example, Asha & Ravi: 87% bond strength, followed by the reading's heading and "A game on the Relationship Calculator, just for fun". The tool itself posts nothing anywhere.

A15: A short set made for each kind of bond: couples, family, friends, work, rivals, exes and crushes, plus one for every other relationship. Each asks about everyday things, such as how your disagreements end or who hears your good news first, with four answers from the strongest to the weakest.

A16: The first answer counts 3, the second 2, the third 1 and the last 0. The five answers become a share between 0 and 1 that sets 55 percent of the score, on a range from 55 to 100 (30 to 100 for a rivalry); the name game sets the other 45 percent. All first answers lift the score close to the top, all last answers bring it down.

A17: No. It reflects your own answers a little more than the quick score does, but it is still a game. It gives no verdict on anyone and is not advice from a counsellor.

A18: Yes, the five answers are kept with the bond so it shows the same score when you open it again, and a quick result for the same pair and relationship keeps them. Retake the 5 questions replaces them.

A19: They are written for each kind of bond: a small thing to try, which you can change with Show another idea, and a message to send, which you can change and copy. They are gentle suggestions, not rules.

A20: For rivals and exes the result says it plainly: if someone has hurt you or you feel unsafe, skip the hellos and the messages. You owe them nothing, keeping your distance is fine, and if you are in danger, call your local emergency number.

A21: A pattern of coloured threads made from the two names. Each name gets a thread colour, and both names together pick a third colour, the widths of the threads and one of five weaves. It starts weaving as you type.

A22: The same two names always weave the same band, in either order, but with so many possible pairs some other pairs share a band. The relationship does not change the band, only the score.

A23: A picture of 1080 by 1350 pixels, a good size for a phone or a social post, with the relationship, both names, the score, the band, the reading's heading and line, and a footer that says it is a game. It is drawn on your device.

A24: Save picture downloads it as a file named after the two names. Share, shown where the browser offers a share sheet, opens it. On a phone you can also press and hold the picture.

A25: The list of every bond you calculated, newest first, each with its band, score and relationship, and buttons to open the reading again, play with that pair or remove it. At the top are three numbers: how many bonds, the top score (rivals and exes are left out of that one) and how many of the seven groups you explored.

A26: Each day the page picks one of your bonds and one small idea for it, the same all day. Mark as done when you have done it; a new step comes the next day.

A27: Nine small goals: your first bond, five bonds, ten bonds, three family or relative bonds, two work bonds, a rival or an ex, a reading with the five questions, bonds in five different groups, and three daily steps done.

A28: Remove on a bond asks you to tap again within a few seconds. Clear my circle asks in a window and then removes every bond, the steps marked done and the badges; only this tool's data is touched.

A29: Who's more likely deals seven statements from a deck; press the name of the person more likely, or Both of us, and see the final count. Talk cards deal questions to take turns answering, with Next card and Previous card. The decks are couples, family, friends, work and a bit of everything; Play from a bond fills in the names and the matching deck.

A30: The Love Calculator is a name game for couples only, with a twelve-statement relationship check-in, cards for couples and a count of your days together. The Relationship Calculator works for any two people, from parents, siblings and in-laws to colleagues, rivals, exes and pets, with five questions made for each kind of bond, a woven band and a picture to share, a circle that keeps every bond with a small step for each day, and cards for family, friends and work. Both say plainly that their name scores are a game.