AURA Sense passively reads your energy, stress and focus from the data you already log in Aura, explains every reading, learns from your corrections, and softens the interface on its own when you are drained. On-device, consent-gated, always undoable.
AURA Sense — the app notices when you are running on empty
AURA Sense is a proactive ambient layer inside Aura that estimates your energy, stress and focus from signals you already generate — mood and energy logs, habit completion, journal tone, Aura vitality, time of day and how you move around the app — then acts on that reading instead of waiting to be asked. Every message asks one question back: did I get it right? A no makes that reading harder to trigger, so the thresholds converge on you instead of on an average. Over weeks it also finds real recurrences, like the weekday that is reliably heaviest for you. The reading itself runs entirely on your device: no sensor, no camera, no upload, and a hard limit of three messages a day.
Why use AURA Sense
Sense acts on its own when your signals turn: it does not wait for you to open a chat and describe how you feel.
Every card asks whether it got it right. Answer no and that reading gets harder to trigger, until the thresholds fit you.
With enough days it names the weekday that is reliably heaviest for you and where the last two weeks are heading.
The only automatic change is a softer interface and a shorter dashboard. Nothing is spent, posted or written without you.
How to turn on AURA Sense
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Open AURA Sense
Open the Sense tile on your dashboard and read what it will and will not look at.
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Give explicit consent
Inferring an emotional state is special-category data, so nothing runs until you tap Enable.
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Log a mood to start
One mood entry is enough to lift the reading above the confidence threshold. Habits and journal entries you already record do the rest.
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Correct it when it is wrong
Answer the question on each card. Sense retunes its thresholds to you, and you can undo anything it did in one tap.
Frequently asked questions
What is proactive ambient AI in a wellness app?
Proactive ambient AI means the assistant continuously reads context in the background and acts first, instead of only answering questions. In Aura, AURA Sense estimates energy, stress and focus from data you already log and adapts the interface on its own when the reading is clear enough to act on.
Does AURA Sense read my heart rate, sleep or camera?
No. Aura is a web app, so it cannot access heart rate, HRV, sleep stages or any health sensor, and Sense never opens the camera or the microphone. It works only with what you log in Aura: mood, energy, habits, journal sentiment, vitality, time of day and in-app navigation.
What happens when AURA Sense gets it wrong?
You tell it. Every card asks whether the reading was accurate, and a no raises the threshold for that state so it takes a stronger signal to fire again. After a handful of answers the thresholds are tuned to you rather than to an average, and a level you keep rejecting effectively goes quiet.
Is my emotional state sent to a server?
The live reading is computed on your device and stored only there. Only if you turn on the separate history consent does Aura keep a daily summary on the server, and that is three numbers plus a level per day, never raw mood, journal text or the underlying signals. You can erase the whole server history in one tap.
Is AURA Sense free?
The passive reading, the reasons behind it and the privacy controls are free forever. The proactive half — the messages when your signals turn, and the interface that softens itself in heavy moments — is part of Aura Premium, which starts at EUR 4.99 a month.
How often will AURA Sense interrupt me?
At most three times a day, with at least three hours between messages, and never twice for the same reason within twelve hours. If your reading looks balanced or the confidence is too low, Sense says nothing at all.
Is AURA Sense a medical or mental health diagnosis?
No. It is a self-awareness tool for reflection, not a medical device, and it cannot diagnose or treat any condition. Every reading carries a confidence level and can be wrong, so treat it as a mirror rather than a verdict and speak to a professional for health concerns.