There’s something poetic about a therapy app hitting #1 on Product Hunt on Valentine’s Day. [Lovon](https://lovon.app/) launched on February 14, 2026 and racked up 534 upvotes to claim the top spot, which honestly makes sense — nothing says “I love me” like finally talking through your anxiety at 2 AM.

So what is Lovon exactly? It’s an AI therapist you talk to by voice. Not text, not chatbot-style back and forth — actual voice conversations. You open the app, start talking, and it responds the way a real therapist would. I’ve tried a bunch of mental health apps over the years, and most of them feel like glorified journaling prompts. Lovon feels different because speaking out loud changes how you process things. There’s a reason traditional therapy is a conversation, not a worksheet.

The app was built with a PhD psychologist who has over 40 years of clinical experience — [Dr. Daniel Kriegman](https://lovon.app/about), who specializes in family therapy. The therapeutic approach leans on CBT and Emotion-Focused Therapy, so it’s not just nodding along and telling you everything is fine. It actually pushes back on unhealthy thought patterns, which is what good therapy should do.

On the privacy front, all conversations are end-to-end encrypted and your data is never used for AI training. That matters a lot when you’re literally speaking your deepest insecurities into your phone.

The team behind it — co-founders Sergey Bakaev and Anton Ponikarovskii at [BABAYAGA Inc.](https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-lovon-raises-850k-ai-relationship-coach-couples) — raised an $850K pre-seed round in 2025 and originally started with a couples relationship app before pivoting to broader mental health support. The pivot clearly paid off.

You can grab it on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lovon-ai-therapy-to-calm-mind/id6504766574) or [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.babayaga.lovonapp&hl=en), and there’s a 3-day free trial to test it out. If you caught the [Product Hunt launch](https://www.producthunt.com/products/lovon), the code PH2026 gets you a free week.

Is it a replacement for a licensed therapist? No, and the team is upfront about that. But as something you can reach for when you’re spiraling at midnight or need to talk through a rough day before your next real session — yeah, I think this one’s worth trying.