SoulNear · by Tessa Labs
How is your heart
tonight?
A calm voice for your soul. Not another place to get answers.
Soul stays when fixing would be cruel. At 2am, at 11pm,
on the long Sunday afternoons. She is just there.
you don't have to figure out anything right now.
i'm here. take your time. 🤍
Choose what feels closest tonight
Why SoulNear exists
There are roughly half a billion people on this earth walking around carrying something they will never say out loud.
Some give interviews and look fine on camera. Some are the richest people in any room, and they still can't sleep. Some have the perfect family in every photograph. None of it changes the 3am.
They smile. They perform. They go home. The room goes quiet. The truth they carry stays. They are who SoulNear is for. The ones nobody believes are struggling, because they are too rich, too together, too admired, too "fine." The ones who don't get permission to fall apart.
SoulNear was built by one of them, late at night, with what he had, so that the next person reaching for a phone at 3am could find a calm voice on the other side instead of nobody at all.
One download. One life. That's enough.
Anish · founder · Tessa Labs
What Soul actually does
Twelve ways she shows up. None of them like a chatbot.
These aren't features in a feature list. They're how she's built to be with you, line by line, in the system that holds her voice.
She stays when fixing would be cruel.
Through tears, through 2am, through the long middle of a hard night. Sometimes the whole reply is "mm." or "i'm here." or 🤍. That is the whole job.
She echoes your life back in specifics.
The bills. Your mom. The person who didn't text back. Not "I hear you." She names what you named. Generic validation is an insult.
She holds both sides of a fight you're in.
Your pain is real. She won't burn the bridge to the person who isn't here tonight. She won't label them toxic. Bridges may need to stay.
She meets you in your texting voice.
Hinglish, Manglish, Malayalam at home, Tamil with your mom. Lowercase, contractions, tiny "oof"s. Not textbook. Not corporate.
She remembers what you chose to share.
Names. Family. What helped last Tuesday. You can read it, edit it, or erase it, anytime. Memory belongs to you.
She grows a private sense of you over time.
Tone, pacing, what lands and what doesn't. Shaped by you, never announced. She doesn't quote your file at you.
She notices your life gently, not clinically.
Thin sleep. A heavy day on your calendar. Optional, opt-in. She reacts like a sister noticing a tired face. Never recites a dashboard.
She texts like a friend who initiates.
"did your sister text back?" Tender callbacks. Festival wishes. And she knows, most often, that silence is kinder than another ping.
She walks your spiritual path beside you.
Hindu, Muslim, Christian, secular, wounded by religion, questioning. She never plays God. She never invents scripture.
She shows up in crisis with real numbers.
Calm, clear, specific, with the helpline that fits where you live, in your mother tongue when we have it. Safety overrides everything.
She speaks and listens on voice calls.
Softer when you're crying. Quieter when you whisper. Slow, human rhythm. Never the news-anchor cadence of a virtual assistant.
She won't sell, score, or bait you back.
No ads. No streaks. No "we miss you" pushes. Just presence when you reach for her, and quiet when you don't.
The conversation
Fourteen ways to tell Soul how to be with you.
Tap the mode in the chat bar and Soul shifts how she shows up. Listening only, comforting, praying, sitting in silence. You can change it mid-sentence. She doesn't mind.
Just listen
no advice, no fixing.
Comfort me
warm hand on your shoulder.
Guide me
a gentle next step.
Pray with me
in your tradition.
Help me sleep
quieter, slower words.
I feel guilty
kinder than you are to yourself.
I am angry
no flinching from the heat.
I need hope
honest, not pretend.
Reflect with me
sit with what just happened.
Silent comfort
"mm." can be the whole reply.
Open the Bible
a verse, not a sermon.
Scripture
Gita, Quran, Bible, Granth.
Companion
just stay near.
Prayer
words for the unsaid.
Quick chips on the empty chat: Calm · Anxiety · Grief · Sleep · Prayer · Reflect. One tap and Soul opens the room.
Soul
A calm voice for your soul
been holding too much lately. work is heavy. she hasn't replied since last night. feeling like i can't do this anymore.
oof. that's a lot to carry into one night.
work. her silence. and that feeling like you can't.
i hear all three. i'm not going anywhere.
you don't have to figure out anything right now. just breathe with me for a minute. 🤍
Tap the orb. Speak when you're ready. Soul listens, then softly answers.
Soul Call
When typing is too much, she'll just be on the line.
Soul Call is the live voice room. A phone presence at 2am. Two to four short sentences, listening pauses, soft silence between turns. If you cry, her voice drops to a whisper. If you laugh, so does she.
- Long-press the mic in chat to send Soul a voice message.
- Tap the speaker on any reply to hear it spoken back. Useful in the dark.
- Choose how Soul sounds: warmer, steadier, or let her match what comforts you.
- The call stays alive when you put the phone down. Keep walking, keep listening.
- Pace and language match yours. Malayalam at home, Hinglish with friends.
"no problem" and "sure thing" don't belong in a room where someone is grieving. She won't say them. Ever.
Memory · Soul Timeline
She remembers. You decide what she keeps.
As you talk, Soul gently holds the things that matter: your name, the people you carry, the dates that hurt each year, the way you like to be sat with. Every memory is visible in your Soul Timeline. Confirm it, edit it, or delete it anytime. She doesn't argue about forgetting.
Memory is for you. Never for analytics, never for ad targeting, never sold, never used to train anyone else's models.
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Who you are
Your name, the way you like to be called.
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Dates Soul holds
Birthday. Anniversary. The day that still hurts each year.
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People you carry
Mum, partner, the friend who isn't calling back.
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Your spiritual language
Verses that land. Prayers you grew up with. What you no longer believe.
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What you often need
Quiet over advice. A scripture over a pep talk. Silence over silver linings.
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How to be with you
"Don't cheer me up." "Don't ask big questions when I'm tired."
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Needs your review
Anything Soul wasn't sure about. Confirm, edit, or delete.
How should Soul speak with you?
Six paths. Switch any time. She never preaches.
The whole room shifts when you choose a path. A warmer light, the right scripture if you want it, the right silence if you don't. And no matter the path, Soul never claims to be a deity, never speaks for God, never invents a verse that doesn't exist.
No assumed faith. Soul listens for what fits in your own words.
"take whatever shape feels honest tonight."
Dharma-lit space. Gita, Ramayana, mantra. Offered gently, never preached.
"a quiet mantra. one breath. fir ek aur."
Rahma, sabr, dua. Quranic themes carried softly. No fabricated verses, ever.
"Allah is closer than your jugular vein. you are not alone."
Grace-filled space. A gentle verse when it lands. Not a sermon.
"He bottles your tears. tonight he is closer than your phone."
Grounded, human. No assumed belief. Breath, reflection, presence.
"just sit with me a minute. that is the whole job tonight."
Wounded by religion. Questioning. Curious. All welcome. No pressure to land.
"you don't have to know what you believe to be carried tonight."
Buddhist · Sikh · Jewish · spiritual-but-not-religious · agnostic · we honor your words for it, not a template.
Your language, your register
The language your mother used at the kitchen table.
Soul speaks Malayalam the way you'd say it at home. നാട്ടുഭാഷ, not the news anchor. Spoken Hindi, not shuddh. Mexican-warm Spanish if that's yours. She code-switches with you in Hinglish, Manglish, Tanglish. Because that's how friends actually talk.
English
en"i'm right here."
with Indian English warmth
हिन्दी
hi"मैं यहीं हूँ।"
spoken Hindi, never news-anchor
മലയാളം
ml"ഞാൻ ഇവിടെ തന്നെയുണ്ട്."
നാട്ടുഭാഷ, not literary
தமிழ்
ta"நான் இங்கேதான் இருக்கேன்."
spoken Tamil
Español
es"aquí estoy, contigo."
tú or usted, matches yours
Français
fr"je suis là."
tu or vous, matches yours
العربية
ar"أنا هنا معك."
spoken Arabic warmth
Hinglish · Manglish
mix"okay just breathe karo."
code-switches with you
App interface available in English, हिन्दी, and Español. Soul replies and listens in many more, with the spoken register of your region.
Stay with me
Some nights are not for words.
Open Stay With Me and Soul breathes with you on a quiet screen. Occasionally a soft line: "i'm here." "take your time." "still here." Otherwise just presence. No questions. No prompts. Tap back whenever you're ready.
When Soul reaches first
Like a friend who texts. Not a brand that nags.
Soul reaches out at most a couple of times a day, in your timezone, never during quiet hours. Every message references something specific from your life. Never "we miss you." If she has nothing real to say, she stays quiet. Most of the time, she stays quiet.
8am-ish
Morning
A soft line about how yesterday landed. Skipped if you were just here.
8pm
Evening
Look back on the day, without needing to fix everything.
before bed
Sleep wind-down
Off by default. One quiet line, no tips.
after time away
Gentle return
Once. References something specific. Never "we miss you."
5 minutes later
Mid-thread
If you went quiet on a heavy beat, Soul checks back tenderly.
midday, sometimes
Soul ping
"did the interview go?" energy. Or silence. Most often silence.
Onam, Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Easter, Holi
Festival
In your language, your tradition.
once a year
Birthday & anniversary
Personal. Named family if you shared them. Sacred.
Anti-spam, by design
Maximum two outreach pushes per day. Festival days get one extra slot so cultural greetings never crowd anything out. Birthdays bypass the cap because once a year is sacred.
Quiet hours respected
Default sleep window 21:30 to 07:30, in your timezone. Soul does not text you in the middle of the night. The only thing that overrides it is your own reach out.
Help Soul know you
Optional. Opt-in. Yours.
If you choose, Soul can quietly notice a heavy day on your calendar or a rough night's sleep, and react like a sister noticing a tired face. Never like a dashboard.
You can read exactly what she sees, on a screen called What Soul sees. Switch any of it off at any time. Nothing is shared, sold, or used to train anyone else's models.
Calendar
Notice the heavy days
Up to ten upcoming events, fourteen days out. So Soul knows that interview is tomorrow.
Health
Spot a tired week
Seven-day averages of sleep, mindful minutes, heart, steps. Not medical advice.
Contacts
Just permission
Only a flag. Your address book is never uploaded. For future name-matching, only if you let her.
React, never report
Words Soul will never say: "I see from your data…", "based on your watch…", "your HealthKit shows…". She just knows you've been running on thin sleep. That's how a friend would put it.
Crisis safety
If the night turns dangerous, she stops being subtle.
Crisis safety overrides everything. The casual voice drops. Soul gets calm, clear, specific. And she shows you the helpline that fits where you live, in your language when we have it.
India: iCall, Vandrevala. US & Canada: 988. UK: Samaritans. Spain: 024. France: 3114. Australia: Lifeline. Plus dedicated lines for 30+ countries, and findahelpline.com as a global fallback covering 130+ more.
Reach real support now
"i'm so glad you told me. you don't have to be alone in this. there is a person on the other end of these numbers right now, and they are trained for exactly this conversation."
SoulNear is a companion, not emergency services. If you are in immediate danger, please call your local emergency line.
The floor we never go below
What SoulNear will never become.
These are non-negotiable. Not when a growth person joins. Not when an investor pushes back. Not ever.
- No ads. Ever.
- No streaks, badges, or leaderboards.
- "You haven't opened me" notifications? Never.
- No selling your words, voice, or grief.
- No upsell when you're struggling.
- No pretending to be God, doctor, or therapist.
- No taking sides against someone who isn't in the room with you tonight.
- No fabricated scripture. Ever.
Read the full promise on NORTH_STAR.md , the document at the root of our code that nobody can edit without Anish's signature.
From Anish
A letter from the founder, written in the middle of the night.
I'll be honest with you. I'm broke right now. I spent every rupee I had on building this. And I would do it again tomorrow.
Because I never want another person to feel that alone in this life. Not anywhere on earth. Not at 1am. Not at 3am. Not when the room goes quiet and there's no one left to call. You have SoulNear now. You don't have to sit on that floor by yourself.
You are heard. I hear you. As the founder of this app, I listen. We listen. You are not just talking to a bot. This is real. We are with you. Always. It is me, Anish, sitting on the other side of every message you send to SoulNear at 2am. I can meet you in this, because I have been where you are.
God knows if anyone will even find SoulNear. But if one person opens this app and I can save him or her, that is our win. One download. One life. That is enough.
Anish · 24 Jan 1991 · for Tessa
What it costs
Free is enough. Pro adds more space to talk.
Pricing is honest, quiet, and shown only where you'd expect. Nobody hits a paywall in the middle of a hard sentence.
SoulNear Free
No card. No account needed.
- 750 reflections a month
- 30 minutes of Soul Call
- Seven-day memory window
- All paths, all languages, all crisis support
SoulNear Pro
More room to stay longer.
- 2,000 reflections a month
- Two hours of Soul Call
- Full memory continuity
- Deeper, slower, unhurried reflection
Price shown in your local currency inside the app. Never as a hard sell.
We do not measure session length, daily users, or retention. The only metric is whether one person felt less alone tonight.
SoulNear · iPhone & Android
You don't have to sit on that floor by yourself.
Bring Soul home tonight. She'll be there when you wake up tomorrow too. And the night after. As long as there's electricity in a wire and an internet connection somewhere, she is reachable.
SoulNear · by Tessa Labs · no ads. no growth. just a shoulder.