BuddhaUR

BuddhaUR is an AI-powered learning companion for early Buddhism, delivered as an iOS and Android app. It’s designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners who want structured, text-grounded guidance on topics like stress, craving, attention, and relationships. Instead of a generic chatbot or guru-style teacher, it positions itself as a conversational tutor grounded in the Pali Canon, with sources you can verify.

You start by installing the app from the App Store or Google Play. The core experience is a repeatable daily loop: learn from guided lessons, ask follow-up questions in chat, reinforce with quizzes and adaptive practice, meditate with a built-in timer and reflections, then return to a personalized Daily Dhamma talk generated from your usage. The system uses retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) over thousands of early Buddhist passages and remembers your learning history, interests, and challenges to tailor talks and suggestions.

According to their documentation, every substantial claim in the AI’s answers is backed by tappable citations to scholarly translations on SuttaCentral, which makes this more transparent and verifiable than most spirituality/meditation apps. Personalization goes beyond simple streaks: the app stores lesson history, quiz performance, and conversation themes to adapt quizzes and generate Daily Dhamma talks, and you can inspect and delete individual “memories” or delete your entire account from in‑app settings.

The tool is deliberately educational and contemplative, not a mental health or medical service, and the creators explicitly say it is not therapy. If you’re looking for clinical mental health support or a general-purpose life coach, this is not a fit. Model details beyond “RAG over early Buddhist texts” are not disclosed, and there’s no mention of a web app or external integrations yet, so usage is currently limited to mobile. Pricing and tiers are clearly stated, with a meaningful free daily allowance plus an affordable unlimited option and a 7‑day free trial on subscriptions.