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How it works

From opening the app to closing a moment.

This is what happens on your phone, taken from the app itself. Nothing here needs an account or a connection.

The journey

  1. Choose a companion

    During setup you meet all five and pick one to make your home. You can switch pals any time in Settings.

  2. Arrive in the Sanctuary

    Your companion's painted scene, your name, a greeting that follows the time of day, and one question with five soft suggestions.

  3. Visit a companion's space

    One tab beside the Sanctuary shows your companion's space. Pick a different suggestion and that companion's space opens instead, without changing your home.

  4. Do the moment

    One focal thing per screen, with few words.

  5. Close warmly

    Your companion closes the moment with a warm word, often by name. There is nothing to rate and one clear way back to your day.

The Sanctuary

One screen, one question.

The Sanctuary is your companion's painted scene with a greeting that follows your phone's clock, such as “Golden hour”, “Quiet night”, “Slow morning”. Below it are five suggestions, each opening one companion's space.

The panel shows the Sanctuary's own words, set in type. It is not a screenshot.

The text of the Sanctuary screen: the question and the five suggestions

What would feel good right now?

Choose a gentle suggestion, or just take a moment.

  • Stretch a littleMove with Babu
  • Rest your mindSleep & Zen
  • Feel more energyA little adventure
  • A tiny winSmall step, big you
  • Find a moment of calmStep back a little

Home and visiting

You never lose your companion to get something done.

The app keeps two things apart: who you adopted, and what you need right now. Picking a different suggestion opens that companion's space for this visit. Your home stays the same, and each space always shows the companion who owns it.

Diagram: your home companion stays the same while you visit another companion's space

  1. 1. Home

    Babu

    You adopted Babu. The Sanctuary is his.

  2. 2. Visit

    Luna's Calm

    You tap Find a moment of calm.

  3. 3. Back home

    Still Babu

    Nothing about your home changed.

Move, with Babu

You watch Babu move. Nothing watches you.

This is one of Babu's nine flows, Neck & Shoulder Reset, as it ships in the app: a short, muted, looping video. There is no camera and no form checking.

Closing a moment

Each companion closes in their own words.

There is nothing to rate and one clear way back to your day.

Journey tab

The Season of You

  • The five companions appear as blossoms in rings that fill only with moments you really finished.
  • The season only ever grows. Missing days changes nothing.
  • After at least three real moments, a few gentle qualities can appear, such as “Moon Person” or “Calm Keeper”.
  • No numbers are shown: no counts, percentages or streaks.
Diagram of five companion rings, each filled only by finished momentsBabuKikoRyuHaruLuna
A diagram, not a screenshot. The app shows no numbers.

How it compares

Some common approaches, and what AsanaPals does.

These describe approaches found in the category, with sources. They are not a ranking of any app.

Progress tracking
Common approachSome apps count consecutive days of practice, such as a meditation run streak. Research has found that people treat keeping a streak as a goal in itself. [2][1]
AsanaPalsNo streaks, counts or percentages. A moment is remembered in plain words, and missing a day changes nothing.
Companion characters
Common approachSelf-care pet apps exist, where you look after a virtual pet by completing self-care goals. [3]
AsanaPalsNo goals to complete. You keep a companion company, and the companion you need depends on the moment.
Guided movement
Common approachSome yoga apps use the phone camera to track your pose and give form feedback. [4]
AsanaPalsNo camera. Babu does the movement on screen and you follow at your own pace.
Data
Common approachA 2023 review of 32 mental health apps gave 19 of them a privacy warning label. [5]
AsanaPalsThe app has no account, no network access and no analytics. Your moments stay on your phone.
Sources
  1. Silverman & Barasch, “On or Off Track: How (Broken) Streaks Affect Consumer Decisions”, Journal of Consumer Research 49(6), 2023. Across seven studies, intact logged streaks increased later engagement relative to broken ones, and people treated keeping a streak as a goal in itself.
  2. Headspace Help Center, “How does the run streak feature work?”. Describes a run streak that counts consecutive meditation sessions.
  3. Finch: Self-Care Pet, App Store listing. A self-care app built around a virtual pet that you care for by completing self-care goals.
  4. VentureBeat, “Zenia is using computer vision to build an AI-driven fitness trainer”. A yoga app that tracks your pose with the phone camera and gives form feedback.
  5. Mozilla Foundation, *Privacy Not Included review of mental health apps, May 2023. 19 of 32 mental health apps reviewed received a privacy warning label.

Checked 24 September 2026.

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