Sonia: AI Therapy 17+

Has Potential!

I got this app from a reddit comment I saw on a forum. I want to say I'm blown away by how responsive Sonia is, but I've run into a bit of a bug. I had an alarm go off during my first session. After I snoozed the alarm, I was unable to continue the session. All the buttons on the app were unresponsive. I closed out of the app and saw that I had a session, but I was unable to continue where I left off. I started another session. It was going well until the same thing happened. An alarm went off and made it impossible to finish the session. I'm going to try a third time to hopefully start and finish a session, making sure there are no alarms set to go off. I truly can see this app taking off, but I still want to make it through a full session first before giving a more detailed review.

It's $13 a month so you know

REVISED: Company contacted me to explain their pay model. They worked to create a good customer experience. I would say give this app a try, especially considering the importance of mental health and the promise of AI in this space.

ORIGINAL REVIEW
Just a heads up – They don’t really tell you until you get into the app that it’s $13 a month. i’m not saying that’s good or bad but I wish they would’ve stated that upfront. The app seems pretty good but it’s hard to tell unless you complete a session before you’re charged for it.

Developer Response ,

Hello, thanks for your review and sorry to hear about your bad experience. We have made several changes to adjust for that. You can now test Sonia for 4 entire session before deciding whether a subscription makes sense and we have also included a new onboarding screen to communicate that clearly. We'd like to offer you a free subscription for all of 2024 to make up for this inconvenience. Feel free to email me directly at chris@soniahealth.com to get you set up.

From skeptic to evangelist

I thought it was just another AI wrapper and didn’t expect it to be helpful. Although the ui is not the best I used it once and it blew my mind. Despite trying to distract sonia, she helped me navigate my emotions and gave me targeted, practical advice im still using to this day!

The advice is: Pause and reflect, when I think someone doesn’t like me. I read too deeply into people’s nonverbal communication and think they don’t like me. With Sonia, I learned to pause and think of alternative ways to explain what the people are thinking.

Now I find myself more relaxed and worry less about nonverbal cues because I’m used to reflecting on different ways to explain the situation.