Rosebud is a conversational journal: you write, it responds, it asks a follow-up, and the entry becomes a dialogue. absorvia is the opposite of a chatbot. One line comes back, then silence.
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What Rosebud is for
Rosebud presents itself as an interactive journal that responds to your entries, asks questions to help you go deeper, and tracks goals and themes over time. The conversation is the point: writing becomes an exchange.
What absorvia is for
absorvia does not converse. With AI enabled, an available reflection can offer a line back. You can leave it there or choose a contextual Sit With It prompt with Premium.
Depth is read across your captures rather than inside one exchange. Today's Pulse holds yesterday in a sentence. Undercurrent surfaces tensions and shifts across weeks. Sit With It, in Premium, revisits a thought with a contextual prompt and one or two related Echoes.
Where they differ
- Shape: Rosebud is a dialogue. absorvia is one line, once.
- Time: a Rosebud entry can run long. An absorvia capture fits inside the moment.
- Whose words: in a conversation, much of the text is generated. In absorvia, the words are overwhelmingly yours.
- Patterns: absorvia reads across all captures from day one. Check Rosebud's listing for how it surfaces themes.
- Data: absorvia keeps the library on-device with no account.
Who should pick which
Pick Rosebud if talking something through is what helps. Pick absorvia if a conversation feels like more work than the thought deserved, and one true line would do.
Privacy and cost
Your thought library stays on your device. Optional iCloud backup, off by default, keeps a copy in your own iCloud that absorvia cannot read. No absorvia account is required. AI reflections are opt-in. With your permission, relevant writing and context are sent to our backend and, when needed, to OpenAI. A request can include excerpts from more than one capture. This text is not used to train OpenAI's models. Switch AI Reflections off in Settings to stop future AI requests. Temporary service records are explained in the privacy policy.
absorvia is free to start. The free plan includes up to five saved thoughts per day and basic writing patterns. Premium includes up to 100 saved thoughts per day, voice capture, daily depth, deeper pattern surfacing and Sit With It. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically. Eligible subscribers can try the annual plan free for 7 days. Current prices and eligibility are shown at purchase. AI reflections require your permission and an internet connection. The free plan includes up to three AI reflections in a rolling seven-day period. A reflection is an optional written response to a thought; the on-device thought category and orb colour do not require one. Premium includes further access subject to fair-use limits. You can keep writing within your plan’s capture allowance when reflections are unavailable.
Questions
Can I ask absorvia questions?
No. It is not a chat. You write a thought and receive one line. The reading happens across your captures over time.
Does absorvia remember what I wrote before?
Yes, on your device. Undercurrent reads across your captures, and Sit With It brings back related Echoes from your history.
Is absorvia an AI coach?
No. It does not advise, set goals or hold you to anything. It reflects.
Where do my thoughts go when reflection is on?
Your thought library stays on your device. Optional iCloud backup, off by default, keeps a copy in your own iCloud that absorvia cannot read. No absorvia account is required. AI reflections are opt-in. With your permission, relevant writing and context are sent to our backend and, when needed, to OpenAI. A request can include excerpts from more than one capture. This text is not used to train OpenAI's models. Switch AI Reflections off in Settings to stop future AI requests. Temporary service records are explained in the privacy policy.
Try it. Write one thought and see what comes back.
