Choosing Therapy
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Choosing Therapy rates Ash 4 out of 5, praising its transparency and refusal to flatter
ChoosingTherapy.com gave Ash a 4-out-of-5 review, praising its transparency, refusal to simply validate users, clean interface, and memory features, and noting strong app-store ratings of 4.7 stars across more than 2,000 reviews.
In a detailed review, ChoosingTherapy.com editor Abigail Rueger, MA, with medical review by Kristen Fuller, MD, rated Ash 4 out of 5 stars. She highlighted that Ash is trained on what the company calls "the world's largest and most diverse dataset of real human therapy" and quality-tested by a clinical and advisory team. The review gave Ash top marks of 5 out of 5 for transparency and for resisting sycophancy, the tendency of chatbots to simply agree, along with high scores for its clean interface, safety, and cost. Rueger praised Ash's "Spotlight" summaries and weekly insights, and how well it remembered past conversations to help her connect patterns in her moods and behavior. She also noted Ash's safety features, including referrals to crisis lines, calling them "more nuanced stops" than other AI models. The review cites app-store ratings of 4.7 stars across more than 2,000 reviews, while noting Ash is a support tool rather than a replacement for therapy.
