Ever thought of that “oops” moment where you sent a totally uncalled for message to your boss that could have cost you your job? Well, if you had the sense to send it through TigerText, you still have a chance of saving your job.

TigerText, a new iPhone texting application, has the option of adding a “self-destruct” timer to the messages. That is, once the time’s up, the message gets deleted from everywhere – the sender’s phone, the receiver’s phone, and also the messaging server. As per the company, these deleted texts are not “legally discoverable” anymore.

The timer can be set anywhere from 1 minute to 30 days. There are also other options of deleting all texts in a conversation, or the “auto self-destruct” – that is, deleting it as soon as the recipient opens it.

TigerText founder Jeffrey Evans says that “TigerText will completely change the way people think about electronic communication. For the first time, you have complete control over what happens to your texts after you hit the send button. It brings safety and peace of mind to anyone who sends messages that are intended to remain private.”

Fairly priced at subscription rates of $1.49 for every 250 messages per month and $2.49 for unlimited messages, TigerText also offers a free-to-try option of 250 messages for the first 15 days. All you have to do is sign up for an account once you download the application and confirm your phone number to start using TigerText.

For TigerText to work, the application should be available on the sender and receiver’s phone. The messages themselves are never stored on the phones. They are kept on the server, and the purging of expired messages happens every minute of the day, as per the vendor. Currently this app is available only for iPhones, while Android and Blackberry versions are already in the works.