How it works

No questionnaire, no intake form, no five stages of grief. You type a sentence and it answers like someone who is glad you came.

1. You start with one sentence

You don't need to explain yourself or summarise your life. "I'm so tired" is a complete first message. The listener responds to what you actually said, not to a template of what it thinks you should be feeling.

2. It listens like a person, not a pamphlet

Expect short replies. It reflects back what it heard, asks at most one question, and leaves room for you. It won't lecture you, list ten coping strategies, or tell you to drink water. If all you want is to say the thing and have it land, that is allowed.

3. Memory — what it keeps, and why

A conversation that forgets you every time is exhausting. So every few messages, Ill Just Listen writes down a small number of durable facts: people in your life, what you're going through, what you're working toward, what helps and what doesn't.

It only keeps things you actually said about yourself.
It does not store passing moods or guesses about you.
You can read the whole list, add to it, or delete any line — the memories panel is in the app.
Deleting a memory stops it being used immediately.

4. The safety layer

This is the part we care most about, and the part you should judge us on. Before a message is answered, it is checked for language suggesting suicide, self-harm, or violence. If it matches, the reply changes shape: the listener asks whether you are safe right now and puts real, human help in front of you — 988, 741741, 911, findahelpline.com.

It will not diagnose you, name a condition, discuss medication, or run a therapy technique. It won't promise to keep a plan secret, and it will never claim it can keep you safe. It is software, and it says so.

5. Free, and what happens later

Today: 25 messages a day, free, with memory. No card, no trial clock. A paid plan for people who use it heavily is coming — it will be an ordinary monthly subscription, and the free tier will stay free.

The best way to understand it is to try it for two minutes.

Start talking — free

Ill Just Listen is not a healthcare provider, and nothing here is medical advice. See Not a doctor and Safety.