Aura Recovery
Offline-first addiction recovery companion with therapy-grounded interventions, gamified progress, and AI companions; all data stays on-device.
The problem
Recovery apps demand cloud accounts to function, putting the most sensitive data imaginable behind a vendor's terms. Aura ships fully offline, with no telemetry, no sync, and no account, and still combines science-backed tracking, gamification, AI companions, and crisis tools across chemical, behavioural, and impulse addictions.
Support across the recovery journey
How Aura adapts by addiction type, plus the crisis and gamification tools. Switch tabs to explore.
Healer role: body-healing focus
- Smoking: lung recovery, oxygen, breathing comfort milestones
- Alcohol: liver regeneration, sleep quality, hydration
- Substances: physical healing timeline, energy restoration, withdrawal support
- Companion tone: soothing, body-first (“Your lungs are thanking you”)
Architecture
- Expo-managed React Native app with file-based routing and a local-only SQLite database, with no backend dependency
- All state (habits, journals, check-ins, inventory) persisted on-device via SQLite + Zustand; biometric unlock through expo-local-authentication
- Companion system: a free default plus premium mascots with Rive animations, messaging calibrated to recovery stage (validation early, celebration later)
- SOS panic mode: a crisis hub of six tools (4-4-6 breathing via Reanimated, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, urge-surfing, physical challenges, motivation, ambient sounds), totaling 10 grounding prompts, 8 physical challenges, and 8 affirmations, with haptics and one-tap emergency contacts
- Gamification economy: XP and Sparks from real-world quests, a Time-Reclaimed visual, and a health timeline tied to the addiction type
- Marketing site in Next.js (Framer Motion) with a Firebase-backed waitlist, the only place the app touches the network
Highlights
Crisis help at a tap
Six crisis tools (breathing animation, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, urge-surfing, physical challenges, and emergency shortcuts) with haptic guidance, built for the moments when clarity feels impossible.
Offline privacy by design
Zero cloud uploads, zero analytics, zero tracking. Everything works with the network off, including the journal, companions, stats, and crisis tools.
Role-based support across 10 addiction types
Mascot behaviour adapts across four roles (Healer, Coach, Banker, Trainer) over 10 addiction types in three categories (chemical, behavioural, and impulse), each with its own quests and tone.
Gamification that rewards real life
XP and Sparks come from offline quests (Touch Grass, Social Link); Time Reclaimed and a science-backed health timeline make progress tangible.
Impact
6
SOS crisis tools, one tap away: breathing, grounding, urge-surfing, physical challenges, motivation, sounds
10
Addiction types with role-based support
100%
Offline: no telemetry, sync, or account
2,000+
Waitlist signups for v1.0