What it is
Persona is an iOS app with 12 hand-tuned AI companions — Study Buddy, Code Buddy, Night Companion, Soul Friend, and more. Every persona has hard-coded safety rules. Conversations run on Apple Intelligence (on-device) or your own API key with open-source models like Llama, Qwen, Phi, or Gemma. We never run a backend. The developer never sees what you say.
Why people pick Persona
Zero data collected
Conversations live on your device. iCloud sync is end-to-end-encrypted by Apple.
No romantic role-play
Persona refuses to play a partner or lover. The Soul Friend is a close friend — not a girlfriend or boyfriend.
Real crisis support
50+ countries of crisis hotlines, surfaced automatically when our on-device detector spots distress.
One-time pricing honesty
Subscription only. No countdown timers, no fake urgency, no analytics SDKs. Cancel any time.
Legal
Where to get it
Persona is on the iOS App Store. Search "Persona AI companion" or use the link from your App Store country.