Choose a companion — a gentle nature-spirit you name and get to know — who guides your daily DBT practice. The same companion is right there in the hard moments too. And the crisis kit is always free.
Not a bot buried in a menu. The companion you choose and bond with for everyday practice is the same warm presence you can talk to when things get hard.
Pick one of six gentle companions, each with its own temperament. Name it, and make it yours.
Work through guided exercises like STOP, TIPP, and paced breathing with your companion beside you — and log a one-minute diary card.
The same companion is one tap away in chat. And the Crisis Survival Kit — 988, 741741, your local lines — is always free and works offline.
Six soft nature-spirits, each a different way of showing up. The same companion guides your practice and stays with you in the hard moments.
Warm and quiet. Slows the body down — feet on the floor, one slow breath.
Calm and plainspoken. Helps you name what's happening and see it clearly.
Encouraging and easy to talk to. "There's no wrong way to start — just tell me how today's going."
Warm and low-light, not peppy. "Even on the heaviest days, we can find one warm thing to stand on."
Unhurried and immovable. "We've got time. Nothing here has to be fixed right now."
Soft and permission-giving. "You don't have to be okay right now, or fix anything."
Tell your companion what you're working with — what a professional has diagnosed, or just what you think might fit. It uses that to meet you where you are: the skills it reaches for, the words it chooses, what it knows might be hard.
Tap once and talk — hands-free, like a real conversation. Your companion listens and answers in a warm spoken voice, so on the nights you can't face typing, you don't have to. Switch back to text whenever you want.
Faithful to the DBT model, built warm by design — the opposite of clinical.
Pick the one whose temperament fits you — grounding, steady, clear, encouraging, tender, or hopeful — give it a name, and it becomes a presence you actually know. Your AI guide, for daily practice and the hard days alike.
All four modules — Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness — in small, plainspoken steps, with your companion to walk you through any of them at your own pace.
A real DBT diary card — mood, emotions, urges, and the skills you reached for — in under a minute. Tap it in or just speak it aloud, as light or detailed as you like, and look back gently over time.
STOP, TIPP, paced breathing, Self-Soothe, and a one-minute Wise Mind practice — guided step by step, and your companion can talk you through them out loud, in its own voice.
988, 741741, and your local lines — never behind a paywall, and it works offline. Some things should never be gated.
No sign-up, no account to create. Your diary and practice stay on your device by default. No ads, no third-party trackers on your diary or chat.
Warm, plainspoken screens built for hard moments — not a clinical dashboard. Quietoak follows your device's Light or Dark setting; tap below to see every screen either way.
Your companion won't push a skill every time. Often it just wants to understand — asking what's going on, validating, and giving you room to vent. When something might genuinely help, it brings a guided exercise right into the chat, never buried in a menu.
Your talks are saved, so you never start over. Your companion carries what matters between conversations — and on a day you need something different, you can switch to another companion and pick right back up.
Recovery isn't a straight line — so Quietoak counts the quiet wins. The urges you rode out, the days you showed up, the skills you reached for: gathered up and shown back to you, gently, never as a scoreboard.
The Crisis Survival Kit is never behind Plus and works offline: 988 (call or text, US), 741741 (text HOME), and your local lines, resolved to your region. Your companion also watches each message for signs you're in danger and surfaces real help right in the chat — even if our AI is down. If you're in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
The skills, the diary card, all six companions, and the crisis kit are free. Plus adds the extras — and crisis support is never paywalled.
Crisis support is always free — on every plan.
Auto-renewing subscription billed to your Apple ID. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings. See terms.
No. Quietoak is a self-help tool based on the DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) model. It is not therapy, not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for professional care. It's designed to work alongside therapy, or while you're learning the skills on your own.
No — your companion is an AI guide. It says so, it never claims to be a therapist or a person, and it points you toward people and professional help when that's what's needed. It's there to help you practice skills, not to be something you lean on instead of real support.
Both. You can have a hands-free voice conversation — tap to talk and your companion answers in a warm spoken voice — or stay in text; it's your choice every time. And you can switch between the six companions whenever you like. Your saved talks and what your companion remembers carry over, so you never start from scratch — and that's free. A premium, more natural voice is part of Quietoak Plus.
The Crisis Survival Kit is one tap from anywhere in the app, always free, never paywalled, and works offline — 988 (call or text, US), 741741 (text HOME), and your local lines. If you're in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. Quietoak is not an emergency service.
Your diary and practice are stored on your device by default. There's no account and no login. We don't run ads or third-party trackers against your diary or chat. To generate replies, your messages are sent to our backend and an AI provider, and your conversations are saved there — tied only to a random device ID, never your name — so your chats carry over between sessions. You can delete them anytime, and the full data flow is in our privacy policy.
The whole app is free to use: the DBT skills library, the diary card and trends, all six companions, your saved conversations, the crisis kit, and daily companion chat (with a gentle daily limit). Quietoak Plus ($9.99/month or $59.99/year) lifts that limit — unlimited time with your companion, plus the smartest version of them — and adds a premium companion voice (the on-device voice stays free for everyone) and a clinician-ready PDF of your diary card. Crisis support is never limited and never behind Plus.
Adults (18+) who want to practice DBT skills in a calm, private space — whether you're in therapy and using it as an adjunct, on a waitlist, or learning the skills on your own.
iPhone first. It runs on iPad in iPhone-compatibility mode for now; a native iPad layout, Android, and Mac aren't committed yet.
Quietoak is coming to iOS. Leave your email and we'll let you know when it's ready — and crisis support will always be free.
Get early accessQuietoak teaches DBT skills and is not therapy, medical treatment, a diagnosis, or a crisis service. Your companion is an AI guide, not a person or a substitute for professional care. If you're in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or your local emergency number. 18+.