Maia
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveRelationship app for couples: shared voice or text check-ins, daily activities and coaching prompts.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Free to download on both stores with in-app purchases. The vendor publishes no tier list or figure on its site, and store reviews mention a subscription without agreeing on a number, so none is recorded.
Use tool ↗About Maia
Maia is built for two people rather than a solo journal. Both partners talk to the same assistant by voice or text, and it returns prompts, daily activities, quizzes and suggestions aimed at defusing recurring arguments or planning time together, sharpening its advice as it sees more of how the pair actually interacts. Dr. Marisa T. Cohen, a licensed marriage and family therapist, helped train it, and the founders pitch it against the six-year gap couples typically leave before seeking help. The company is a two-person team in San Francisco founded in 2023 by Claire Wiley and Ralph Ma, and went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch. It ships free on iOS and Android with in-app purchases.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Shared voice and text assistant for couples with adaptive suggestions; iOS and Android apps; no pricing shownourmaia.com ↗
- Founded 2023, YC Winter 2024 batch, two-person team in San Francisco, founders Claire Wiley and Ralph Ma, AI trained with Dr. Marisa T. Cohenycombinator.com ↗
Is Maia legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Apr 30, 2021 (5 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Porkbun LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 5, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2023The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Maia, United StatesOur research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of Maia
Maia is one of the few relationship apps where both partners share one assistant instead of each keeping a private chat, which changes what the advice can be about. Therapist involvement in training gives it more grounding than a generic chatbot with a relationship prompt. It is a two-person company with no published pricing, so both the roadmap and the bill are unknowns.
Pros
- Both partners use the same assistant, so advice is grounded in the shared account
- Voice as well as text input
- Trained with input from a licensed marriage and family therapist
- Native apps on both iOS and Android
Cons
- No pricing published anywhere before you install
- Two-person team, so continuity risk is real
- Mobile only, with no web version
Best for
- Couples who want structure between or instead of therapy sessions
- Partners comfortable sharing conversations with the same assistant
- People wanting daily prompts rather than a one-off assessment
Not for
- Anyone in crisis or needing clinical intervention
- Individuals looking for solo relationship coaching
Watch out: It is psychoeducation, not therapy, and a two-person YC company holding both partners' conversations is a meaningful privacy surface.