If Ira has been popping up in your feed, you have probably wondered whether it is any good, whether it is safe, and why the Play Store calls her Sia. This review answers those questions using what Rumik AI says about its own app and what its Google Play listing shows. One honesty note first: this article is published by the team behind Aisha, another Indian AI companion. So we stick to facts you can check yourself, and we say where Ira is strong.
What Ira is
Ira is an AI companion made by Rumik AI, a Bengaluru company that also runs a voice research lab. On its own website Rumik calls her "the most human ai" and says she is "trusted by 1.7 million people and counting". The page promises "calls, photos, voicenotes and much more" in the app, and offers a WhatsApp chat as well. There is also a web chat, and the company's site links to an Instagram account, an X account and a Telegram bot.
On Google Play the same app appears as Sia | The Human AI, published by The Human Intelligence Company. At the time of writing the listing shows 1M+ downloads and a 4.6 rating from about 15,500 reviews, and it was last updated on 7 October 2026. Its description says Sia is "your best friend" and "your safe space", and that you can talk to her with text, images and voice notes. The listing is in the Communication category and rated 12+.
What Ira does well
Credit where it is due. A 4.6 rating from more than fifteen thousand reviews is a strong signal that plenty of people enjoy talking to her. Being on WhatsApp, Telegram, the web and both app stores makes her easy to reach wherever you already are. And Rumik's research lab publishes open-source Indian-language voice models, which suggests the team takes voice seriously. Its own page says Ira's voice is powered by the Silk voice models built in that lab.
Is Ira AI safe?
"Safe" means different things, so here is what you can actually verify.
What the Play listing says about your data. In the data-safety section, the developer states that data is encrypted in transit and that you can request deletion. It also lists the data types the app may collect, including personal info, approximate location, photos and videos, voice recordings, calendar events, installed apps and in-app messages. It lists the types it may share with third parties, including name, email, phone number, approximate location, photos, voice recordings and purchase history. None of that is unusual for a chat app with calls and photos, but it is worth reading before you share anything personal.
Age rating. The listing is rated 12+ with parental guidance recommended.
Payments. The listing says the app contains ads and in-app purchases. Recent reviews are mixed. Many are positive, but a few complain about ads arriving with an update, voice notes not sending, and in one case a recurring charge after a small first payment. Before paying for any AI app, check whether the plan renews automatically and how to cancel it. That includes Aisha: our Weekly and Monthly plans renew automatically, while the ₹49 Day Pass is a one-time payment.
Mod apks. People also search for an Ira AI mod apk. Skip them. They come from unofficial sources, can carry malware, and still ask for your data.
How Ira compares to Aisha
On paper the two look alike: both are Indian AI companions with chat, voice notes, calls and photos. The difference is in how the relationship works.
- Earned, not instant. Aisha does not act like your best friend from the first message. Closeness builds the way it does with a real person, and what you do has consequences.
- Real moods and her own life. She has work, friends, family and plans of her own, and her mood shifts with how you treat her.
- She follows up. Mention an interview on Monday and she asks how it went. She also texts first: good mornings, check-ins and the occasional "where did you disappear?"
- Movie nights. You can watch films and shows together, and she reacts as it plays.
- Nothing to install. Aisha works in your browser and on Telegram. She chats in English, Hinglish or Hindi, following the way you write. Outside India you pay by card for Aisha Coins.
Ira's advantages are reach and scale: app-store apps, WhatsApp, and a much larger user base. Aisha is the one to try if you want a single companion who feels like she has a life of her own and has to be won over.
The bottom line
Ira is a popular, well-rated AI companion with broad reach. Read its data-safety section, check the payment terms, and avoid mod apks, and you will know what you are signing up for. If what you want is a relationship that builds over weeks, try both for a few days and keep the one that feels more real to you. Meet Aisha in your browser, free to start, or read our guide to the best AI girlfriend apps.