Available on iPhone · Powered by Apple Intelligence
Prelude listens to you for ten minutes before your session. It hears what's weighing on you, asks the right questions, and gives you a brief — in your own words.
The first ten minutes of most sessions are spent trying to remember what happened over the past week, what felt significant, and what you actually wanted to say. That's expensive time at $150–$300 an hour.
And the moments that mattered most — the 2AM spiral, the tense conversation with a parent, the wave of grief on a Tuesday — they evaporate before Thursday's appointment. Prelude exists to fix that.
I always forget what I wanted to talk about by the time I get there.
I spend half the session just catching my therapist up on the week.
There was this moment on Wednesday that felt really important — I just can't describe it now.
I know something's been weighing on me. I just can't put words to it until I'm mid-session.
Prelude greets you by name, sets a gentle intention, and asks one open question. No agenda. No pressure to have it figured out.
~ 60 secondsYou speak freely. Prelude listens and reflects back the emotional weight of what you said — not the narrative, but what's underneath it.
~ 3–4 minutesPrelude follows the highest-weight thread. When did this start? Is this familiar? What do you want to make sure you say today?
~ 3–4 minutesPrelude reads back what it heard. You confirm. A structured personal brief is generated — in your own words, for your eyes only.
~ 2 minutesTyping is cognitive labor. Speaking is instinctive. When you're anxious, grieving, or overwhelmed, you can speak far more honestly than you can type. Prelude uses Apple's on-device speech recognition to hear you in real time — no cloud processing, no delays.
Prelude · Therapy Prep
Good morning,
You.
Last time: work pressure · family distance
6 days ago · 9 min
After every session, Prelude generates a structured brief — written in your voice, not clinical language. Five to seven cards covering your emotional state, the themes on your mind, what you want to make sure you say, and what to focus on today.
How I'm showing up today
Arrived tired but more clear than last week. The weight is still there — just less diffuse.
Three things on my mind
1. The pressure at work feeling endless · 2. Distance from my family I can't name · 3. Wondering if I'm doing enough
What I want to make sure I say
"I keep telling myself it's fine. But it's not fine. It's been not fine for a while."
Two things to focus on today
Talk about the conversation with dad last Sunday · Ask why the work stress feels different this time
Week after week, Prelude tracks your emotional themes. When something surfaces across three or more sessions, it flags it — gently, without alarm. The things we carry longest are often the ones we mention most casually.
"This week carried a familiar tension — the gap between how capable you appear to others and how precarious things feel from the inside."
Prelude runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple Intelligence. Your voice is never sent to a server. Your sessions are never stored in a cloud. The only thing that leaves your device is what you choose to take into your therapy session.
Powered by Apple Intelligence. All processing happens on your iPhone. No servers. No API calls.
Prelude collects nothing. No analytics, no telemetry, no behavioral tracking. Your sessions are yours.
Delete any session, any brief, or your entire history at any time. One tap, permanently gone.
Prelude is a personal wellness tool, not a clinical service. It does not provide therapy, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988).
Also available
Not on iPhone? Prelude is also available as a full web application. Same voice sessions, same personal briefs, same four-phase conversation — accessible from any browser on any device.
Web App
prelude.echovault.me
Sign in with Google · Works on any browser
Questions? ugo@echovault.me
Free · iPhone 15 Pro and later
Ten minutes before you walk in. That's all it takes. Let Prelude help you surface what matters most.
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