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Rosebud

by Rosebud Health

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AI journaling app with follow-up questions, guided journals and pattern insights for personal growth.

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At a glance

Pricing
from USD 12.99/mo
HIPAA
Not disclosed
SOC 2
Not disclosed
EHRs
—
Founded
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Independent score  ·  By our public rubric

3/100Tracked
How it’s computed →
  • Regulatory & Compliance
    0/25

    No FDA clearance listed

  • Clinical Integration
    0/13

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Evidence Strength
    0/20

    No peer-reviewed coverage

  • Vendor & Market
    3/18

    Seed-stage or unfunded

  • Sentiment & Transparency
    0/18.5

    No clinician sentiment data available

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Regulatory & Compliance

  • FDA clearance0/12

    No FDA clearance listed

  • HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA0/13

    No public HIPAA/SOC2/BAA attestation

Clinical Integration

  • EHR integrations (count)0/7

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)0/4

    None of the top-3 EHRs covered

  • Bidirectional write-back0/2

    No bidirectional write-back documented

Evidence Strength

  • Peer-reviewed papers0/14

    No peer-reviewed coverage

  • RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0/6

    No RCT, meta-analysis, or systematic review

Vendor & Market

  • Funding & adoption signal3/12

    Seed-stage or unfunded

  • Years in market0/6

    Founded year not recorded

Sentiment & Transparency

  • Clinician sentiment (Reddit)0/14

    No clinician sentiment data available

  • Pricing transparency0/5

    No public pricing

Scored October 15, 2026 · Public scoring method v1.1.0

Bottom line

AI journaling app with follow-up questions, guided journals and pattern insights for personal growth.

Pricing from from USD 12.99/mo.

Editorial review  ·  By MedAI Verdict

Bottom line

Rosebud is a consumer AI journaling app. It asks follow-up questions as you write, remembers earlier entries and surfaces patterns over time. It sells to individual consumers, and its free plan ended on 30 September 2026.

What is Rosebud and who sells it?

Rosebud was founded in 2023 by Chrys Bader and Sean Dadashi, and it raised a USD 6 million seed round announced in June 2025, according to TechCrunch. The homepage claims more than 100,000 users and a 4.9 rating across 5,000 ratings, which are the company's own numbers. It calls itself "the world's best AI journal" for processing emotions and spotting patterns, and describes a single platform for journaling, habit-building and emotional support.

What does it do?

Entries get follow-up questions and personalised reflections, and the homepage quotes Fast Company calling it "surprisingly thoughtful". There are guided journals, including one built on Internal Family Systems, and people can create custom journals. Rosebud says it remembers earlier entries and helps make sense of them. Apps run on iOS and Android.

What do users say?

The independent signal is thin and mostly from review roundups. A summary on nilo.io of third-party reviews credits Rosebud with thoughtful follow-up questions and good recognition of patterns over time. The same summary lists complaints about strict pricing and conversational usage limits that are not clearly disclosed, plus occasional memory confusion in long dialogues. A competitor's blog calls $12.99 a month among the priciest journaling apps, though that source competes with Rosebud.

What does it cost?

Third-party price summaries give the Bloom plan at $12.99 a month or $107.99 a year, about $8.99 a month billed annually. The App Store lists heavier Thrive tiers at $24.99 and $59.99 a month. The free plan was retired on 30 September 2026, per the Rosebud help centre. The same summaries mention a 40 percent discount for students, seniors and people with disabilities.

How is journal data handled?

How long journal text is kept and who can see it are not stated, and neither are HIPAA, SOC 2 or HITRUST status.

The verdict

Rosebud is a consumer journaling app priced at $12.99 a month or $107.99 a year. Its follow-up questions and pattern spotting are described by the vendor and by review roundups, and no clinical study of it is published. It suits a person who wants a guided writing habit and is willing to subscribe.

Editorial review last generated October 15, 2026. Synthesized from clinician sentiment, peer-reviewed coverage, and our editorial silo picks. Refined by hand where vendor facts change.

Pricing

What it costs

Single paid tier at USD 12.99/month per provider.

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Bloom, monthly (third-party figure)USD 12.99—Third-party figure from dayora.ai, a competitor site, not confirmed on rosebud.app (rosebud.app/pricing returned 404 on 2026-10-15). Trial length unresolved.
Bloom, yearly (third-party figure)—USD 107.99Third-party figure from dayora.ai, about $8.99 per month billed annually. Discounts of 40% for students, seniors and people with disabilities are reported by third parties.
Thrive (iOS listing)——App Store lists $24.99 and $59.99 per month tiers. Rosebud help centre reportedly retired the free plan on 2026-09-30 (reported by third parties).

Source: vendor pricing page. Last checked October 15, 2026.

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