Sonia

What is Sonia?

Sonia is an AI mental health app that offers private voice and text conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships and emotional wellbeing. It is not a licensed human therapist.

Key capabilities of Sonia

• Voice and text sessions: Talk or type with a customizable AI therapist.
• Memory: Remembers earlier sessions and connects themes over time.
• Weekly insights: Tracks emotional resilience and shows summaries.
• Mindfulness exercises: Guided exercises and meditations.
• Support plans: Builds a personal plan from conversations.
• Partner sessions: Supports couples sessions.

How Sonia works

Users open the app and start a voice or text session. The AI draws on cognitive behavioral principles and remembers prior conversations to personalize guidance, then produces weekly insights and a support plan. The App Store listing says it was designed with licensed therapists and researchers from Stanford, MIT and ETH, describes HIPAA-compliant privacy design, and states it is not for crisis situations.

Who uses Sonia?

Adults looking for between-session support, stress and anxiety coping tools or a low-barrier way to talk through emotions. It does not replace professional care or crisis services.

Sonia pricing

The iPhone app is free to download with in-app purchases. Sonia Grow is listed at $64.99 per month or $419.99 per year on the US App Store. Third-party sites list different plan prices.

Sonia alternatives

Doctronic and August AI offer AI health guidance, while Suki AI and Nuance DAX Copilot are clinician documentation tools. Sonia is aimed at consumers seeking emotional support.