sokoon vs Abby: An Honest Comparison From One Side of It
sokoon wrote this page, so apply salt as needed. Abby and sokoon look similar from the outside: both are AI chat apps for mental health, both run check-ins, both learn your patterns over time. The differences show up in three places that matter: what happens when conversations get deep, what the free plan actually is, and what each app promises about your words. Here is both sides, including the parts where Abby wins.
The short version
Abby is the better choice if English is not the language you process feelings in. It supports more than 26 languages, and that single fact outweighs everything else on this page if it applies to you. sokoon is the better choice if you want depth over breadth: conversations built on clinician reviewed dialogues that hold up past the third session, voice as well as text, and a privacy promise that is specific instead of vague.
| sokoon | Abby | |
|---|---|---|
| How it talks | Open conversation with a character matched to you, informed by CBT and DBT | Chat with daily check-ins and suggested action plans |
| Free plan | One full session every day, permanent, no card | Free tier, with core features behind Pro |
| Paid price | $6.99 unlimited text, $14.99 adds voice | Pro at $19.99 a month |
| Voice sessions | Yes, on Premium | Chat-first |
| Languages | English | More than 26 languages |
| Memory | Remembers across sessions; Mind Map shows your patterns | Learns patterns across conversations |
| Privacy promise | Encrypted, never sold, never used to train models | Check the privacy policy and trial terms yourself |
Where Abby is genuinely strong
The language support is not a checkbox feature. Processing feelings in your second language is like crying with an accent: possible, but it costs something. If Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, or any of Abby's other languages is where your feelings actually live, Abby offers something sokoon currently does not, and we would rather you have support that fits than win the comparison.
Abby's check-in rhythm is also well designed. It pings you daily, collects how you are doing, and turns that into summaries and suggested next steps. If what you want is a light, structured habit rather than long conversations, that rhythm works.
Where the depth runs out
The recurring complaint about Abby, in user reviews and in our own testing, is that replies turn generic once you get past the surface. The first few conversations feel personal. Then the responses start rhyming: validate, summarize, suggest a breathing exercise. The moment you bring something genuinely tangled is the moment you most need the thing across from you to follow the thread, and that is where the seams show.
sokoon was built at that exact layer. The conversations run on more than 3,000 clinician reviewed supportive dialogues, and the characters were designed with a psychologist around specific frameworks: CBT, DBT, Compassionate Support, Action Oriented. Depth is the product. The agreeable chatbot problem is real across this category, and the fix is structure under the warmth, not more warmth.
Money, and the fine print
Abby Pro is $19.99 a month. sokoon's unlimited text plan is $6.99, and voice is $14.99. We are cheaper at every tier, which we can say plainly because it is arithmetic, not opinion.
One practical note that applies to Abby and honestly to this whole category: read the trial and billing terms before you enter a card. Some apps charge at signup rather than after the trial, and refund processes vary widely. sokoon's free plan never asks for a card, and paid plans carry a money-back guarantee, because the least an app in this category can do is make leaving easy.
The label problem, again
Abby's marketing leans on therapy framing. We think that overpromises, for Abby and for anyone, and in states like Illinois that framing is now a legal problem, not just an honesty one. Neither app can diagnose you, treat you, or stand in for a licensed human. If that is what you need, real counseling has cheaper routes than people think. What an honest AI app offers is the layer around care: the Tuesday nights, the processing, the practice.
Compare with a conversation, not a table.
sokoon's free plan is a full session every day, no card required. Bring the thing that has been circling and see whether the depth claim holds.