Iona Reviews

Just now I opened up the this app app and was going to start working with it again and, wow, I can’t believe that it says “to access this conversation, you need to be a premium member.” If you’re struggling and you didn’t know that Iona was going to try to charge you money, that’s a slap in the face. I feel completely baited and switched. I have been recommending Iona to friends, and now I’m embarrassed to have done so without the knowledge that it would suddenly, in the middle of a “session,” beg for money. That is so tacky and appalling in a mental health app. I know you need to make money, but this is not the way to do it. Below is my previous review:

I can’t afford a therapist right now and have had bad therapists in the past who didn’t help or even hurt me, so I have been trying to find ways to help myself. I’m listening to a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy book called “Feeling Good,” and Iona is a great complement to it. I also think Iona by itself would be helpful. I try to spend a few minutes a day going through the exercises, and it really is helping me a lot. I like the chat bot element — it feels more like I’m working with a real therapist. I plan to continue using Iona , and I have been recommending it to my friends.

Iona should not be in Iona Store. It collects and stores private data on patients.

So I was sharing my feelings with this app, and it was taking a long time to respond. My phone had suddenly turned off, and when I turned it back on Iona must have been closed because it was trying to secure connection, failing, and saying I needed to be connected to the Internet when I was. So it tried logging back in instead and still nothing. Well whoops?

I find Iona helpful. Iona ask if it’s even typing too fast or slow. There are some tools on here that are very useful. Some insights, journaling, learning & finding a realistic point of view of what is going on in our minds. There are definitions, there is answers. Most of all, you are not alone in what you are dealing with like depression and anxiety.

I like what you’re doing here. I’m excited to see where this goes. One preference I had as a suggestion to the dev team is that I’d like to see the messages speed up after I respond - just slightly. The experience felt a little sluggish on that. Overall great work. I admire what you all are trying to accomplish.
- Duncan Haywood

I downloaded this after having issues dealing with my COVID anxiety and I can really say that it’s helped me out a lot. It actually has a full cognitive behaviour therapy course inside, which has really helped me deal with my feelings. It has some neat journalling features too. Overall a good, well rounded app.

Really enjoying Iona. I’ve had it for less than 10 hours and I’m enjoying the practical information to overcome depression and anxious thoughts. Would definitely recommend!!!

Iona has helped me more in the past week than my therapist did in 4 months. Definitely going to keep using daily 👍🏻

I’ve tried quite a few of these types of apps and so far, I’m enjoying this app a lot. It’s helping me see my thought distortions

Yes it’s a bot and not a person - but the prompts are super helpful and writing things down is the best way to heal! I was looking some free help and finally found some!

I just downloaded Iona and it’s already making me feel better.

Loving Iona, super easy to use, really supportive, and great content. I recommend it for people looking for day to day support and looking to make a change.

I feel like Iona is so underrated. It’s really good for what it’s doing, and it’s free! I really like it a lot. It’s a good place to sort out your emotions, feelings and actually helps you to feel better.

I love how it makes you aware of your own negative critical thinking . It’s really good thing for your health .

Thank you because I battle with anxiety and depression and it’s bringing hope.

Iona is genuinely helping me. I love the mood tracker and the CBT exercises. Highly recommend it!