Self-Help Applications
Anxiety and Stress
Calm: Sleep, meditation, and relaxation; has in-app paid subscriptions
Calm Website | Calm App Store | Calm Google Play
Healthy Minds Program: Relaxation, meditation, well-being; completely free to use
Healthy Minds Website | Healthy Minds App Store | Healthy Minds Google Play
Insight Timer: Sleep, anxiety, and stress; has in-app paid subscriptions
Insight Timer Website | Insight Timer App Store | Insight Timer Google Play
Headspace: Exercise mindful awareness, relieve anxiety, and reduce stress; has in-app paid subscriptions
Headspace Website | Headspace App Store | Headspace Google Play
Breathwrk: Sleep, relaxation, breathing exercises, energy; has in-app paid subscriptions
Breathwrk Website | Breathwrk App Store | Breathwrk Google Play
Mindshift CBT: Strategies to relax and be mindful based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); completely free to use
Mindset Shift CBT App Store | Mindset Shift CBT Google Play
Exhale: Mindfulness app created for Black women to combat stress from oppression; includes meditations, daily messages, and activities; has in-app paid subscriptions
Depression
Daylio Mood Tracker: This app helps you identify patterns in the changes you may experience in your moods, events that trigger mood changes, and how to better understand your mood and identify adjustments you can make; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Daylio App Store | Daylio Google Play
What's Up? A Mental Health App: Journaling app utilizing CBT and ACT that tracks mood patterns, offers positive quotes, habit tracker; completely free to use, besides the option of donating
What's Up? App Store | What's Up? Google Play
Finch: Have your own self-care pet to look after utilizing healthy skills; mindfulness, sleep, quizzes, and quotes; has in-app paid subscriptions
Finch Website | Finch App Store | Finch Google Play
MoodTools - Depression Aid: Diary app that helps to combat negative moods and thoughts; PHQ-9 test, activities, and safety plan; has in-app paid subscriptions
MindTools Website | MindTools App Store | MindTools Google Play
Exhale: Mindfulness app created for Black women to combat stress from oppression; includes meditations, daily messages, and activities; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Anger:
Calm: Sleep, meditation, and relaxation; has in-app paid subscriptions
Calm Website | Calm App Store | Calm Google Play
Breathwrk: Sleep, relaxation, breathing exercises, energy; has in-app paid subscriptions
Breathwrk Website | Breathwrk App Store | Breathwrk Google Play
Ahead - Emotions Coach: Building your toolkit to better manage your emotions; has in-app paid subscriptions
Ahead Website | Ahead App Store | Ahead Google Play
Quit Anger: Combat anger with soothing techniques, anger log, and grounding techniques; has in-app paid subscriptions and is only available on Apple products
Intrusive Thoughts and Perfectionism
Calm: Sleep, meditation, and relaxation; has in-app paid subscriptions
Calm Website | Calm App Store | Calm Google Play
Headspace: Exercise mindful awareness and meditations; has in-app paid subscriptions
Headspace Website | Headspace App Store | Headspace Google Play
OCD.app - Anxiety, PTSD, CBT: For three minutes a day, train your mind to get rid of negative self-talk and replace intrusive with positive habits; has in-app paid subscriptions
OCD.app Website | OCD.app App Store | OCD.app Google Play
Mindshift CBT: Strategies to relax and be mindful based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); completely free to use
Mindshift CBT App Store | Mindshift CBT Google Play
Gratitude: A personal journal app where you can write about things you are grateful for and instill more positivity in your life; has in-app paid subscriptions
Gratitude Website | Gratitude App Store | Gratitude Google Play
Healthy Relationships
LoveNudge: This fun app provides you an opportunity to focus on developing healthy habits and goals for your romantic relationship; has in-app paid subscriptions
LoveNudge Website | LoveNudge App Store | LoveNudge Google Play
Gottman Card Decks: Based off the work of the Gottman Institute, this app provides statements, questions, and suggestions for building your romantic relationship; completely free to use
Gottman Card Decks Website | Gottman Card Decks App Store | Gottman Card Decks Google Play
Paired: Daily quizzes and exercises for you and your partner to promote healthy discussions; has in-app paid subscriptions
Body Image
ThinkUp: A platform to record your own or listen to recorded positive, motivational statements and phrases; has in-app paid subscriptions
ThinkUp Website | ThinkUp App Store | ThinkUp Google Play
Body+: Body acceptance and positivity, coping with negative beliefs about self; has in-app paid subscriptions
Body+ App Store | Body+ Google Play
Worth Warrior: Uses a progression model to deconstruct negative thoughts, boost self-worth, and identify healthy habits to empower your body image; completely free to use
Worth Warrior Website | Worth Warrior App Store | Worth Warrior Google Play
Self-Compassion
Healthy Minds Program: Relaxation, meditation, well-being; completely free to use
Healthy Minds Website | Healthy Minds App Store | Healthy Minds Google Play
UCLA Mindful: This meditation app includes meditations in both English and Spanish. Mindfulness meditations range from focusing on bodily sensations, to managing distress, to cultivating loving-kindness; completely free to use.
UCLA Mindful Website | UCLA Mindful App Store | UCLA Mindful Google Play
Happier Meditation: This meditation app not only includes meditations, but also conversations from leading people in mindfulness and self-compassion research and practice; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Happier Website | Happier App Store | Happier Google Play
Exhale: Mindfulness app created for Black women to combat stress from oppression; includes meditations, daily messages, and activities; has in-app paid subscriptions
Lonliness
TalkLife: Peer support app that helps the user make connections and share experiences with others around the globe; has in-app paid subscriptions.
TalkLife Website | TalkLife App Store | TalkLife Google Play
Bubblic: Daily prompts that encourage you to record your response and listen to others' responses; only uses voice recordings and no other identifiers for your account; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Time Management
Todoist: Helps keep your tasks organized across multiple platforms; prioritize projects, set goals, visualize your productivity, and earn points for completing tasks; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Todoist Website | Todoist App Store | Todoist Google Play
Remember the Milk: If you like making lists, this fun app can help you manage to-do lists across multiple devices to help you stay more organized and productive; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Remember the Milk Website | Remember the Milk App Store | Remember the Milk Google Play
2Do: Task manager app that allows to seamlessly add tasks to your day and organize your priorities; has a color-coding option to better organize your tasks; has an in-app paid subscription.
2Do Website | 2Do App Store | 2Do Google Play
Trello: If your list of to-dos leads to feeling overwhelmed, this app can help you plan out your projects and tasks to combat procrastination; completely free to use
Trello App Store | Trello Google Play
Forest: Foster your tree and forest while being productive, if you leave the app before your task is done, your forest withers; has in-app purchases.
Physical Well-Being
Thinkable Health: Improve thinking patterns and coping strategies when experiencing physical pain; can also be helpful for anxiety and depression; has in-app paid subscriptions
Thinkable Health Website | Thinkable Health Google Play
Strava: Record your workout routines, track your progress, and gain insight on better ways to improve physical health; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Strava Website | Strava Google Play
Medisafe: Medication tracking app that sends reminders to take pills and when to refill prescriptions; has in-app paid subscriptions
Medisafe Website | Medisafe App Store | Medisafe Google Play
Birda: Bird-watching app that motivates the user to spend time in nature while collecting information on the birds around the area; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Trauma
CBT-I Coach: Learn sleeping patterns and skills and how to improve sleep environment; completely free to use.
CBT Coach Website | CBT Coach Google Play
PTSD Coach: This app can help you learn about and manage symptoms that often occur after trauma; completely free to use.
PTSD Coach Website | PTSD Coach Google Play
ACT Coach: Teaches the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, tracking logs, and exercises; completely free to use.
Self-Harm
Calm Harm: Provides tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm; completely free to use.
Calm Harm Website | Calm Harm App Store | Calm Harm Google Play
Calm Urge: Record your daily feelings and find coping strategies and exercises to curb your urge to self-harm; has in-app paid subscriptions.
Calm Urge Website | Calm Urge App Store | Calm Urge Google Play
Suicide Safety Plan: Helps user to construct a safety plan to identify coping strategies, support networks, and how to manage suicide ideation; completely free to use.
Suicide Safety Plan Website | Suicide Safety Plan App Store | Suicide Safety Plan Google Play