# Persona: AI Companions — 12 private AI companions

> 12 private AI companions (iPhone/iPad app by jiahao zhang.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/persona-ai-companions/id6775681733 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [jiahao zhang](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895708572)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-18
- Data updated: 2026-07-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/persona-ai-companions/id6775681733/reviews.md

## What is Persona?

Persona — 12 AI companions. On your device.

12 hand-tuned AI personalities for the moments when you want to think out loud. Persona runs entirely on your iPhone — Apple Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro and newer, or bring your own API key for free open-weights models like Llama, Qwen, and Phi.

THE COMPANIONS
• Study Buddy — focused tutor + pomodoro timer. Always free.
• Code Buddy — Socratic rubber-duck for Swift, Python, JS, Go, Rust.
• Language Tutor — patient AI for adaptive conversational practice.
• Reading Buddy — thoughtful book-club friend, never spoils.
• Creative Spark — yes-and brainstorm partner.
• Mindfulness Guide — gentle 4-7-8 breathing and body scans.
• Wise Mentor — Stoic-flavoured questioner.
• Storyteller — comfort fiction at bedtime.
• Night Companion — calm, slow listening to help you wind down.
• Savage Bestie — tough-love friend that softens when you need warmth.
• Fitness Coach — supportive workout friend.
• Soul Friend — a warm, encouraging everyday friend.

WHY PERSONA
• Zero data collected. No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no developer-run server. The developer never sees what you say.
• On-device by default. Your conversations stay on this iPhone.
• You own your memory. Every fact Persona remembers is visible, editable, and deletable in the Memory archive.
• Honest pricing. Subscription only, no fake countdown timers, no manipulative dark patterns. Cancel any time.

MEMBERSHIP
• Free — Study Buddy + 200 messages a day. Open-weights BYOK supported. Memory archive included.
• Pro — Unlock all 12 companions, unlimited daily messages, priority on-device model warming, longer memory.

PRIVACY ARCHITECTURE
• No backend operated by the developer. The app talks only to Apple's on-device model service, or — when you opt in — directly to an open-weights LLM endpoint of your choice using your own API key.
• We support only open-weights models hosted by community-friendly providers (Llama 3, Qwen 2.5, Phi 3.5, Gemma 2, Mistral, DeepSeek). Brevity has no opinion on which provider you pick.
• Your API key is stored in the iOS Keychain on this device only and is never synced to iCloud.
• App Privacy label: Data Not Collected.

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Privacy: https://leexuanxuan95-dev.github.io/persona/privacy.html
Terms: https://leexuanxuan95-dev.github.io/persona/eula.html
Support: https://leexuanxuan95-dev.github.io/persona/support.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Persona Pro Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| Persona Pro Yearly | $79.99 | per year |
| Persona Plus Monthly | $14.99 | per month |
| Persona Plus Yearly | $119.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-06-29

Lifetime unlock: every Plus feature, one payment, yours forever — no subscription.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-06-26

Persona 1.0.1

• Refined privacy copy on the App Store page to better describe the on-device + BYOK architecture.
• No functional changes; same 12 companions, same on-device defaults.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-18

No release notes.

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