Aitherapy

As an AI therapist app, Aitherapy keeps the barrier to entry low: the free plan gives you 25 messages a day, and you pay nothing to start talking.

Aitherapy is an AI mental health chat tool that offers support for stress, anxiety and everyday life challenges at any hour.

That makes sense for you if you are new to therapy and want a low-pressure first step, or if you already see someone and want something between appointments.

Privacy is a large part of the pitch.

Aitherapy says conversations are covered by HIPAA-inspired safeguards and that your data is never sold or shared.

Read that wording carefully, because inspired by HIPAA is not the same as formal compliance.

The service also calls itself clinically validated and built on current mental health research, but that is the company's own claim.

The daily cap is the main catch.

Twenty-five messages covers a short check-in, though a long or difficult conversation may hit the limit before you are done.