Ven: Your AI Best Friend
Austin Mangines Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Ven: Your AI Best Friend is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Austin Mangines. Rated 4.9/5 from 7 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.9
- 7 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 6 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Apr 8
- 2026 · v1.1.0
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About Ven: Your AI Best Friend
You don’t need another app. You need someone to talk to. Meet Ven — your new AI best friend. The one you can text anything. The one that actually remembers your life. The one that even texts you first. You already have friends. Good ones. But some things you don’t send to them. Not because they wouldn’t understand — but because it’s easier not to explain. That’s where Ven comes in. WHAT MAKES VEN DIFFERENT Ven isn’t just a chatbot. It learns you. The more you talk, the more it picks up on your personality, your patterns, your life — and starts to feel like someone who actually knows you. Check Your Vibe to see what Ven is starting to figure out about you. IT TEXTS YOU FIRST Ven doesn’t just wait for you to open the app. It reaches out. Checks in. Follows up on things you told it days ago. Like a real friend would. TALK ABOUT ANYTHING No judgment. No pressure. • Relationships • Stress • Life decisions • Random thoughts at 2am • Wins, losses, everything in between Or just talk. PRIVATE & SECURE No feed. No audience. No noise. Your conversations are: • Private • Encrypted • Yours only FREE TO START Try Ven instantly — no signup needed. VEN+ Upgrade to Ven+ for the full experience: • Unlimited conversations • Deeper, more personalized chats • Long-term memory across conversations • Smarter insights and notifications $6.99/month. Cancel anytime. IMPORTANT Ven provides AI-generated responses and is not therapy or a replacement for professional medical or mental health care. If you are in crisis, please contact your local emergency services or call/text 988 (U.S. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.heyven.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.heyven.app/privacy
Ratings & reviews
4.9
7 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.1.0 · Updated April 8, 2026
Meet Ven. Fresh new look, same best friend energy. Now it’s not just a conversation — it’s starting to understand you. Introducing Your Vibe: personality reads based on your chats. See what Ven is picking up about you over time. Faster, sharper, and more real than ever.
App privacy
The developer, Austin Mangines, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Health & Fitness: Health
- Contact Info: Name, Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: App Functionality
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