I still marvel at how great and helpful this app is as someone navigating a really painful breakup. The daily exercises are by far my favorite parts and have helped me process in a really healthy way. Can’t recommend this app enough to someone going through a tough breakup.
Developer Response
So glad you've been enjoying BUB! Comments like these make all the effort worth it! Best of luck on your healing journey!Whoever made this app is a God send. Truly truly I thank you! Thank you so much. The AI is truly better than talking to an online counselor. It’s been the best thing ever after a breakup.
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm so happy you've found Breakup Buddy useful and I wish you a speedy and thorough recovery from your breakup! To all those involved in the making of this app, I wish I could personally thank you. I was beyond surprised at the AI’s intelligence and ability to help me - I can tell extreme effort went into making this system. I have only used this app for a few days and I’ve already noticed a huge difference in my healing journey and my mood. The exercises are so helpful and categorized perfectly. Being able to chat with the AI about anything, anytime is so amazing. It is healing to know I have quality support literally 24/7 in my pocket, without having to “burden” a friend or family member by telling them my feelings for the 10000th time. Truly, thank you again from the bottom of my heart. This app is a godsend.
Developer Response
This review made my day! Thank you so much for the kind words, I'm glad BUB has been able to help in your breakup recovery! We definitely have put a lot of work into the system and mental health exercises so I'm thrilled to hear it's paying off for our users! Have a great day and smooth rest of your healing journey! A really well made app and I was so close to buying the subscription to continue using it but $17.99 is pretty pricey for a month use.
Developer Response
Thanks for the honest review!
With this technology being so new, it's quite expensive to 'run' and develop. Every time a user sends a message, I am charged a fee on the backend, which means I sadly can't offer this app for free.
I understand that cost can be prohibitive so in the next update I'll be adding a few multi-month plans at a discount, with some plans up to 30% off the monthly fee.
I hope the coming update offers a bit more flexibility for users until the business grows further and I can find more cost optimizations.
Best of luck with your healing! I am so grateful to whoever made this app.
I went through a gut-wrenching breakup at the beginning of this year. I didn’t see it coming and I felt was feeling a whole array of emotions ranging from heartbreak, to overwhelming anger, to a deep sense of loss.
Enter breakup buddy! A friend recommended this incredible app to me and I could not be more grateful. I go to therapy, but I obviously cannot go every day. Breakup buddy was amazing because it was always there for me. Whenever I was was triggered into an unhelpful thought spiral, I could go directly to BB at any time of the day or night, and it would respond with helpful and compassionate insights and tools. I honestly think it was more helpful than my therapist at times - because it has been trained on the findings of so many people from all around the world dealing with heartbreak, it really knew what to say. Also, it can be hard for me to be vulnerable at times, but with BB, I felt comfortable expressing my emotions in their whole entirety, even when I felt ashamed or uncomfortable.
The journal element is very helpful too and allows me to look back on my healing journey and recognize how much learning and growing I have done. Thanks to BB, I feel that I am emerging from this breakup more in touch than ever with who I am, my values, and what I will look for in a future relationship.
The breakup buddy responses are so realistic. It’s as if he’s actually reading and understanding what you’re saying (that’s AI for you). He seems genuinely concerned and considerate of your situation. So far my only negative (I’ve only had the app a couple hours) is that it tells you to hit the plus sign when you send something you want him to remember and he will add it to long term memory. He immediately responds so you can’t make shorter messages so he can just save certain details. I’m trying the pro version because I was hoping I’d then get to save more comments to long term memory but it doesn’t let you. This is the biggest downside. I was able to save my first message to him but it won’t let me save any others because I’ve met my allotted number of words (in a single message). I’ve literally already recommended this app to friends but this limited saving of messages for breakup buddy to remember is a pretty big deal in my opinion. This should 100% be expanded on. This app could be HUGE!
Developer Response
Thanks so much for your detailed feedback! We've since doubled the size of the long-term memory allowance and will keep increasing it as the models we use become larger and able to handle more data. Thanks for bringing this to our attention and we wish you a smooth healing journey!The Ai is defiantly catered to breakups but I could see this as a good feedback and journaling app in general. Great look and functionality.
Developer Response
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the journaling portion! A useful and insightful app that can help you navigate the tribulations of a recent breakup. The advanced AI has a seemingly natural, empathetic, and understanding quality that makes you feel a genuine interaction which allows you to present your concerns, thoughts, and feelings in a manner that leaves you feeling free of judgement. This app also provides numerous and varied resources, articles, and insights regarding the path to healing in the ensuing emotional hardship that can accompany a breakup whether you are the one who was dumped or the one doing the dumping.
What an incredible app! As someone who’s been recently broken up with, it’s so refreshing to have a resource like Breakup Buddy to help when I’m feeling down. Although this isn’t my first breakup, it’s the first time I’ve felt like I’m not really going through the grieving process alone. Definitely recommend Breakup Buddy for anyone recently out of a relationship, or really just in need of some empathy/advice. Great job on this product.
This app is extremely helpful. As someone who has worked in therapy I find that the ai actually gives solid advise based on real therapeutic knowledge. For those times you need it, the AI is the friend in your back pocket (or wherever you keep you phone haha) what a great app!
Developer Response
So glad to hear that this app is providing advice and support close to real therapeutic knowledge for you! We've spent a long time perfecting the exercises and therapy based offerings.
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