How to use SnarkBack™.

Launch SnarkBack™. The Home tab is where all replies are generated. At the top of the screen you'll see two tabs above the input bubble: Paste message and Describe situation. Make sure Paste message is selected — it is the default.

Tap the input bubble labeled "Paste or type the message you received." Paste the other person's exact words. For this example, imagine your friend texted you:

You'll see a live character counter in the lower-left corner and a Clear button in the lower-right corner if you want to start over. There is no send arrow inside the bubble — replies are generated only by picking a tone or persona below.

Scroll down. You'll see two sections:

• Select a level of sarcasm — Mild, Witty, Full Snark, Unhinged. These are text-only tones.
• Famous Personas — a grid of character cards like William Shakespeare, Valley Girl, Rocket-Suit Billionaire, and more.

For this example, scroll to Famous Personas and tap the William Shakespeare card. When selected, the card's border turns SnarkBack™ blue with a thicker ring, so it's clear which one is active. Only one tone or persona can be active at a time — picking Shakespeare de-selects any tone.

Beneath the persona grid is a blue Generate reply button. Tap it once. This counts as one generation against your daily cap. Within a couple of seconds a new panel appears with your reply.

Because Shakespeare is a persona (not a tone), you'll see a Card | Text toggle above the reply. It defaults to Card. The graphic card looks like this:

Thy leisure is imagined, friend — my labors merely wear a quieter cloak. Pray, mistake not silence for idleness.

William Shakespeare

Tap Text to see the same reply as plain text with no artwork:

Card is best when you want to share the reply as an image (screenshot, Instagram story, group chat). Text is best when you want to send the words in-line inside Messages, iMessage, WhatsApp, email, and so on.

Beneath the reply is the action panel. You have six controls:

Shorter tightens the reply into fewer words, and Longer expands it with more detail. Less intense softens the tone; More intense sharpens it. Send opens your device's share sheet so you can send through Messages, Mail, or any app. Copy copies the reply to your clipboard. Refresh generates a brand-new reply from scratch. Shorter, Longer, Less intense, and More intense each generate a new reply built off the previous one. All five buttons count as one use against your daily cap.

Tap Send to open your phone's share sheet and pick Messages, Mail, or any other app. The reply is placed into the destination app for you to send.

On the Home tab, tap the Describe situation tab above the input bubble. The prompt inside the bubble changes to invite a description instead of a pasted message.

You'll also notice a new row appears inside the input bubble labeled Reply framing with two options: Continue and Coach me. This row only appears in Describe situation mode.

Type in a few sentences that explain the situation and the outcome you want. Be specific about the person, the vibe, and what you'd like to communicate. Example:

Continue tells SnarkBack™: "Just write it for me in my own voice." It goes straight from your description to a finished reply.

Coach me tells SnarkBack™: "Walk me through the strategy first." It opens a short coaching session before writing the final reply. That's what we'll use here — tap Coach me.

Scroll down and pick William Shakespeare from Famous Personas, then tap the blue Generate reply button.

Because you chose Coach me, SnarkBack™ doesn't jump to a finished reply. Instead it opens a coaching card that walks you through the strategy:

At the bottom of the coaching card is the blue Approved. Generate reply. button. Tap it when the strategy looks right. If it doesn't, you can edit your description above and generate again.

Because Shakespeare is a persona, you again get a Card | Text toggle above the final reply. Card looks like this:

Good sir, a week hath passed since first I sought thy aid — twice have I written, and twice heard naught. The heat remaineth broken, and the cold no gentler for our silence. Prithee, name a day this week upon which it shall be mended, lest I be compelled to seek remedy through the proper offices of the city.

William Shakespeare

Because this is a message you'll likely send inside a text or email thread rather than as an image, tap Text to switch:

Note: some personas — Professional & Polite, Romantic Flirt, and Faithful Friend — are text-only by design and won't show a Card option. Tones (Mild, Witty, Full Snark, Unhinged) are also text-only.

The same six action controls appear beneath the reply, and they behave identically to Example A:

Shorter tightens the reply into fewer words, and Longer expands it with more detail. Less intense softens the tone; More intense sharpens it. Send opens your device's share sheet so you can send through Messages, Mail, or any app. Copy copies the reply to your clipboard. Refresh generates a brand-new reply from scratch. Shorter, Longer, Less intense, and More intense each generate a new reply built off the previous one. All five buttons count as one use against your daily cap.

Tap Send to open your device's share sheet and drop the reply into Messages, Mail, or your email client of choice.

If you liked the coaching walkthrough and want to revisit it later, open the History tab. Coaching sessions live under their own Coaching tab there, separate from replies, and can be favorited or archived just like a reply. (History requires a signed-in account.)