Coming November 2026

An AI companion for family caregivers

Caring for someone you love is hard, and most of what’s out there is built for their care, not yours. Alanna gives you a place to talk through the stress of caregiving, keep track of appointments, start each day with affirmations written for caregivers, and connect with others who get it. Any time of day, with no waitlist.

You’re talking with Alanna, an AI companion. Not a human, not a licensed professional.
Alanna
Hey Amy. I know you’re holding a lot. What’s heaviest right now?
I’ve given 9 years of my life to being a caregiver to my mom with dementia. I watch everyone else’s life moving forward and mine has been on hold.
Nine years of watching other people’s lives move forward while yours waited, and every one of those days you were showing up for your mom. That’s an enormous amount of life to give, and the grief of it being on hold is real.
Tell Alanna what’s on your mind…
Alanna is a general wellness companion, not a substitute for clinical care.

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Caregiving takes a toll on caregivers

63M
family caregivers in the US, roughly 1 in 4 adults
56%
say caregiving makes it difficult to care for their own mental health
41%
report feeling lonely

Most caregiver tools are built for logistics, like medication schedules, meal trains, and shared calendars. Very few are built for the person doing the caregiving.

What’s included in the Alanna app?

Alanna

A judgment-free place to talk, any time of day, about the things a caregiver can’t say to anyone who loves the person they’re caring for. Alanna doesn’t just reflect your feelings back. She offers practical coping skills and grounding techniques, so you have something to do with what you’re carrying instead of swallowing it. She isn’t a therapist and doesn’t pretend to be or operate as one.

Daily Affirmations

Ten a day, written specifically for caregiving. Caregivers can be some of the hardest people on themselves: I’m not doing enough. I’m failing him. I’m a terrible person for being this tired. Research on self-affirmation links it to lower stress, and studies connect a caregiver’s confidence in their own abilities with a lighter sense of caregiver burden. These aren’t generic positivity. They’re written to answer what caregivers actually say to themselves.

Allies

Small, moderated peer support circles where no one shares a name or a face. Caregiving carries a particular loneliness that persists even in a room full of people. Peer support is one of the most common ways caregivers find connection, because someone living the same thing offers something a professional can’t. Keeping identities private is deliberate: it protects your privacy and makes it easier to be honest.

Journal

A private space to think on paper, whether you want to free-write like a diary or just get a few thoughts down. It’s paired with calendar and task tools for appointments, medication lists, and to-dos, plus reminders so nothing slips. The mental load of caregiving logistics is its own kind of exhaustion, and moving it out of your head frees up room for everything else. Your journal is yours alone, and our team never reads it.
A Note from the Founder

When my husband was diagnosed with cancer, I became his caregiver. During chemo treatment, there were days he could barely move from the pain and exhaustion. And the hardest part wasn’t taking care of him. It was crying alone in the shower, where no one could see how scared, exhausted, and helpless I felt. It was the resentment of watching cancer come for someone I love again, after watching my mom and sister fight their own battles. It was showing up to work every day like a functioning human while I was terrified he would die.

When I was caring for my partner Chris through his intense cancer journey, almost everyone asked how he was doing. And while I greatly appreciated that, I was silently suffering in my exhaustion and fear. Almost nobody asked how I was.

It took me right back to my years working at a veterans nonprofit, alongside family caregivers of veterans. Their blood, sweat, and tears kept their homes running, even when everything felt like it was falling apart. Once I became a caregiver myself, I started seeing them everywhere.

There are 63 million family caregivers in this country and they are still one of the most overlooked groups of people we have. So I built them an app, an AI emotional support companion made just for family caregivers.

– Adrienne Selena Hildebrand, CEO & Founder Holistic Wellness Coach & Somatic Healing Practitioner
Host of the Us Unfiltered Podcast
Read her full story →

Common questions

Everything you want to know before you start.

What is Alanna?

Alanna is an AI companion for family caregivers. She’s a place to talk through the emotional side of caregiving: the exhaustion, the guilt, the grief that starts before anyone is gone, and the things you can’t say out loud to anyone else. She also includes daily affirmations, a private journal with calendar and task tools, and Allies, small pseudonymous peer support circles.

Who is Alanna for?

Adults caring for someone they love. That could include partners of people with cancer or chronic illness, adult children of aging parents, families living with dementia, parents of medically complex kids, veteran and military families, and anyone who is caring for another human being.

Is Alanna therapy?

No. Alanna is a general wellness and self-help tool, not therapy, counseling, or medical care. She isn’t a therapist or counselor, she can’t diagnose anything, and she isn’t a substitute for professional care. You’re welcome to use her alongside a therapist or doctor.

Is Alanna a real person?

No. Alanna is an AI, not a human, and she’ll tell you so any time you ask. Like any AI, she can sometimes get things wrong.

How much does Alanna cost?

$16.99 a month or $169 a year, after a 7-day free trial. A card is required to start the trial. Your subscription renews automatically until you cancel, and you can cancel before the trial ends so you aren’t charged.

Is what I tell Alanna private?

No one on our team reads your conversations in ordinary operation. We don’t sell your information, we don’t use your conversations for advertising, and we don’t use them to train AI models. Your journal is private to you. There is one narrow exception: if an automated system detects an explicit disclosure of serious harm to a child or a vulnerable adult, an authorized person reviews that part of the conversation, because the law requires reporting abuse. Our Privacy Policy explains exactly how that works.

What if I’m in crisis?

Alanna is not a crisis service. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988, text HOME to 741741, or call 911 if you’re in immediate danger. If Alanna notices language that suggests you may be struggling, she’ll offer crisis resources and keep talking with you. Her detection is automated and can miss things, so please reach out to 988 whether or not she notices.

Is Alanna available where I live?

Alanna is for adults 18 and older who are in the United States.