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Support

Real human. Real reply.

One person reads every email — usually the founder. No ticket queue, no AI deflector, no auto-replies that ask you to "rephrase your question." Just a useful answer, in your inbox.

Free

Best effort.

2 weeks
reply window · often sooner

Free email support reads in waves — usually Tuesday + Friday mornings. Two-week ceiling, eight days average during the Founding period.

Pro

Priority reply.

24 hours
reply window · weekdays

Pro members get a one-business-day reply from a real person — typically much sooner. Weekend emails get answered Monday morning.

Three ways to reach us

The shortest path from you to an answer.

Pick the channel that fits the question. All three land in the same inbox.

i.

Email a question.

Bugs, feature requests, billing, refunds, "how do I do X." The single most reliable channel. Be as specific as you can.

raven@thestage.actor
Open mail →
ii.

Ask inside the app.

Settings → Support → "Send a note." Auto-attaches your device + version so we can repro. Pro emails skip the queue.

v 1.0+ · iOS · Mac · web
Get the app →
iii.

Check the FAQ.

The short list below covers refund, cancel, data, bug-report format. If it's there, it answers faster than an email.

Scroll · 5 questions
See FAQ →
Most-asked topics

Six questions before you email.

If your question is one of these, the answer probably lives behind one of these tiles.

Who answers

The same person who built the app reads the email.

The Stage is built by one actor — me, Raven — and supported by the same hands that wrote the code. If you email, you get an answer from the human who put the bug there in the first place.

That means support is slower than a company with a help desk, and faster than a company with a chatbot. Slow when I'm in tech-week. Fast when I'm not. Always honest about which.

"I'd rather take twelve hours to answer a real question than twelve seconds to deflect it. The actor on the other end of the email is the reason this app exists."— Raven, founder · actor · 2026
The pledge

Every email gets a real read.

No tickets auto-closed, no "thanks for the feedback, we'll consider it" boilerplate. You get a useful answer or a useful question back.

The cap

One human. One inbox.

Until Year-2 there's exactly one person on support. Pro priority exists because supply is finite and the trade is fair.

The honesty

Slow weeks are announced.

Tech-week, callback storm, family stuff — the auto-reply tells you. It also says when normal speed returns.

Quick answers

The short FAQ.

I found a bug — what's the fastest fix?
Email raven@thestage.actor with: device + OS + version (Settings → About), one sentence of what you expected, one of what happened. Screenshots help a lot. Critical bugs get a same-day TestFlight push.
I lost data — can you recover it?
Almost certainly yes. iCloud keeps versioned backups for 30 days. Email immediately with your Apple ID email and the approximate date the data existed. Don't delete the app — that wipes the local copy.
I want to request a feature.
Email it. The smallest, most specific descriptions become features first. "I wish I could do X when Y" is way more actionable than "an integrations layer." Founding Members get a quarterly vote on what's next.
How do I cancel Pro?
iOS: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Mac/web: Settings → Account → Manage subscription. Within 30 days? Email for a full refund instead. Your data stays either way.
Press, podcast, or partnership?
raven@thestage.actor with "press" or "partnership" in the subject. We do a small number of podcast and newsletter conversations per month. For agency licensing, late 2026.
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What we hold, what we don't, what we'd never sell. The short, true version.