Pocket Buddha - AI Mindfulness
Dylan Clauson Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Pocket Buddha - AI Mindfulness is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Dylan Clauson. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated July 11, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 28 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Jul 11
- 2026 · v1.2
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About Pocket Buddha - AI Mindfulness
Pocket Buddha is a reflective AI companion grounded in Buddhist scripture and teaching. Ask honest questions about suffering, mindfulness, impermanence, anger, grief, or simply sit with whatever is on your mind — and receive thoughtful, warm guidance drawn from every major Buddhist tradition. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Pocket Buddha is not a generic chatbot. Its responses are shaped by a system prompt rooted in the Dhammapada, Pali Canon, Heart Sutra, Zen koans, Bodhicaryavatara, and the writings of teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Shantideva, and Nagarjuna. You can tune its voice to Theravada, Zen, Tibetan, or Universal traditions. FEATURES • Conversational AI trained to discuss Buddhist philosophy with care and accuracy • Six classic scriptures included to read and explore (Dhammapada, Heart Sutra, Metta Sutta, Bodhicaryavatara, and more) • Glossary of 30+ Pali and Sanskrit terms with pronunciation and meaning • Tradition selector: shape Buddha's voice toward your path • Daily wisdom: opt in to receive a quote each morning • Practice streak: track your days of reflection • Save teachings that move you for later • Multiple conversations with auto-generated titles • Crisis resources built in — 988 and international helplines one tap away PRIVACY FIRST • No servers. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. • Your conversations stay on your device. • You connect your own Anthropic API key (about $2/month for typical use). IMPORTANT NOTES Pocket Buddha is AI — a thoughtful one, but not a Buddhist teacher or spiritual authority. Its responses are generated by a language model and may be incomplete or imperfect. Use them as a starting point for your own reflection, not the last word. If you are in crisis, please use the in-app crisis resources or call 988 (US/Canada), Samaritans (UK), Lifeline (AU), or your local helpline. May all beings be happy. May all beings be free from suffering.
What’s new
Version 1.2 · Updated July 11, 2026
• Tap your daily wisdom notification to explore that teaching in conversation • Share teachings as beautiful image cards • Reflect on journal entries with Buddha, and lock your journal with Face ID • Practice milestones to celebrate your streak • Search every verse in the Scripture Library • Export all your data anytime • Refreshed minimalist design, smoother streaming, and many fixes
App privacy
The developer, Dylan Clauson, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
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:
- User Content: Other User Content
Used for: App Functionality
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