Shora is a meditation app that matches short guided sessions to how you feel right now. You check in on four dials: mood, energy, focus, connection. Shora then composes a 3–20 minute session from twenty evidence-based techniques, and learns from how it landed.
Yes, though less of Shora is AI than the name suggests. A language model reads what you write about your day and turns it into four numbers, and that is the only model involved. Choosing the technique, fitting the minutes and learning what suits you are all plain algorithms, and people wrote every word you hear. Every script comes from a published protocol: cyclic sighing, box breathing, NSDR, body scan and the rest. Each is graded for evidence and linked to its study.
Those apps are libraries: thousands of sessions, and you do the choosing. Shora flips it. It asks how you feel first, picks for you, and gets better at picking every time you rate a session. Less browsing, more practicing.
Launched: Shora is publicly available on the App Store and Google Play, a normal install, no invite needed. It’s early days, though: the app improves every week, and we say so plainly rather than pretending it’s finished.
The core experience is free. Check in, get matched, and take guided sessions, no card required. Pro unlocks longer sessions, more depth, and extra voices, and your first month of Pro is on us with code SHORA30.
Four quick dials (mood, energy, focus, connection) that take about thirty seconds. Prefer words? You can write a few lines instead and Shora will read the tide from that.
Published research: breathing studies, MBSR, ACT, compassion-focused therapy, yoga nidra and more. Each technique in the library shows an evidence level, Strong, Moderate, or Emerging, and cites the studies behind it. The Science page has the full reading list.
A ninety-second, one-tap reset for panic or sudden stress. It runs a fixed sequence with no choices to make: paced cyclic sighing until your body comes down, then 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, in that order because grounding needs a mind that can think again. It pins to your home or lock screen, works with no signal, and is free forever with no account. It is never counted against any limit.
No. Shora is a wellness practice, not treatment, and we’re careful about that line. If you’re struggling, a licensed professional is the right ship. Shora can be a good companion alongside, and its SOS session is there for overwhelming moments.
Not to try it. You can check in and take sessions right away. An account (free) syncs your streak, journal, and what Shora has learned about you across devices.
It’s used for one thing: matching you to better sessions. We don’t sell it, we don’t show you ads with it, and you can delete your account and all of its data from inside the app, or from our website’s delete-account page.
Yes. Your journal entries are private and encrypted, and used for one thing only: suggesting your next session. We don’t sell your data or run ads against it, and you can delete everything from inside the app or from our website’s delete-account page.
A few minutes for most. You pick the time you have, from about three minutes up to twenty for deep-rest practices, and Shora composes to fit it.
Several guided voices and two languages today, English and Romanian, and you can switch any time before a session. We're adding more voices and languages as we grow.
Straight from the App Store. Search for “Shora” or use the link on the Download page. No TestFlight or invite needed anymore.
Email support@shoraapp.com or use the feedback line inside the app. It goes straight to the crew. Feedback from early users has already reshaped the check-in and the session player.
