Psychia vs ZenIA

Psychia is an AI-powered mobile app for everyday emotional support and a private place to talk through personal concerns. It is available at any time, and conversations do not require an appointment. Its assistant draws on psychologists’ and psychotherapists’ knowledge and uses Solution-Focused Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy methods. Text conversations are included on every plan; voice conversations are available with Max. The free Lite plan offers unlimited text conversations, but may queue during busy periods and stores up to five conversations in history. A free account includes a three-day trial, and guests can start a conversation with a limited number of messages. Psychia supports Polish, English, and Ukrainian. The maker says information is stored in an AWS database and encrypted using AES-256, and that conversations are private and accessible only to the user. The maker also says the app does not replace psychotherapy or psychiatric help. It is closing its browser version and directs users to the iOS and Android apps; browser subscriptions cannot be transferred.

ZenIA is an Android emotional wellness app for emotional tracking, relaxation and self-management. Its AI assistant, Nia, is designed to listen, validate feelings and offer perspectives. Users can record daily emotions, identify patterns, and use grounding and breathing exercises. A community feature supports sharing experiences and reading others’ processes, with posts translated instantly into any language. With a smartwatch, ZenIA can use heart rate, variability and sleep patterns as physical context. With explicit consent, Android Health Connect can provide heart rate, steps and calories. The privacy notice says the chatbot uses Google Gemini models and messages may be processed by Google services. ZenIA says it does not use data for advertising or sell information to third parties, and may store data in Firebase on Google Cloud. Users can access or delete data and accounts; manual deletion requests are processed within 72 hours. The Free plan costs nothing and includes guided breathing and basic Nia access. Premium has no listed price.