Here's a curated list of free or low-cost mental health apps.
|
Name |
Description |
Keywords |
Platform |
| How We Feel | Identify your feelings, recognize patterns, and learn self-soothing strategies. | Self-Soothing Strategies | Apple Store, Google Play |
| Habitica | Goal-setting and routine-forming with RPG flavor. Set daily, weekly, or one-time goals and gain experience (unlocking cosmetic items) for their completion. And you can join your friends in a group adventure! | Routine | Browser, Apple Store , Google Play |
| Flora | Grow a tree and remove distractions from focus on your phone (and soon, your computer as well)! You can even grow trees with your friends for group focus and accountability. | Focus | Apple Store, Google Play & chrome extension coming soon |
| Calm Harm | Step by step self-care for basic needs when it's hard to figure out what to do. Eating, sleeping, water, movement, meds, it's all there in small steps. | Self-Harm | Apple Store, Google Play |
| You Feel Like Shit | Step by step self-care for basic needs when it's hard to figure out what to do. Eating, sleeping, water, movement, meds, it's all there in small steps. | Self-Care | Browser |
| Insight Timer | Library of guided meditation and music, giving a free guided meditation daily. You can also buy a membership for more options, but the free daily meditation is wonderful! | Mindfulness, anxiety | Browser, Apple Store , Google Play |
| Daily meditation app for Black folks, taking into account marginalization and discrimination stress. | Mindfulness, anxiety, Black folks | Apple Store, Google Play | |
| Daylio Journal | Daily bullet journaling and mood tracker to help with organization, memory, and time management. | Routine | Apple Store, Google Play |
| I Am Sober | Sobriety tracking, healthy habit forming, and community support. Recognizing milestones of sobriety is powerful and encouraging! | Sobriety | Apple Store, Google Play |
| GoNoodle | Fun, easy games and videos to get you up and moving. Movement can help create calm, process emotions, and raise mood! GoNoodle has a range of activities for people with different mobility. | Self-care | Browser, Apple Store , Google Play |
| Gratitude: Journal App | Daily gratitude journaling to elevate mood and increase satisfaction. Set reminders or pop in when you need it - but regular gratitude practice is linked to great outcomes! | Routine, anxiety, mood | Apple Store, Goodle Play |
| Recovery Record | Track eating disorder recovery, gain coping skills, and get encouragement from a community of people who have been there too. | Eating disorder recovery | Apple Store, Google Play |
| Recovery Path | Track addiction recovery, gain coping skills, and get encouragement from a community of people who have been there too. | Sobriety | Apple Store, Google Play |
| PTSD Coach | Coping skills, tracking symptoms, and direct links to help - geared towards veterans but useful for everyone. | PTSD, veterans | Apple Store, Google Play |
| VetChange | Cut back and assess problem drinking related to trauma for veterans, and the information can be used by anyone struggling with drinking. | Sobriety, veterans | Apple Store, Google Play |
| Breathwrk | Guided breathing exercises to help reduce anxiety, create calm, and help with emotional self-regulation. Once you know the exercise, you can do it whenever you want! | Mindfulness, anxiety | Apple Store, Google Play coming soon |
| Rootd | Cope with panic attacks in the moment through mindfulness, distractions, or radical acceptance of the feelings as they come. You choose how to cope! | Mindfulness, anxiety | Apple Store, Google Play |
| Interactive visuals increase mindfulness and calm, involving your senses and providing a way to find peace and a settled feeling. | Mindfulness, anxiety | Apple Store, Google Play | |
| Shine | Meditation and mindfulness for BIPOC and other marginalized groups, taking into account the stress that comes from discrimination and marginalization. | Mindfulness, anxiety, BIPOC | Apple Store, Google Play |
| The Safe Place | Information on mental health, useful exercises, and customized affirmations for Black folks. There is a Facebook community as well! | Self-care, Black folks | Apple Store, Google Play |
| Check in with (and track) your mood and get a guided meditation recommendation based on your input. With a membership, you unlock more options but the free version is extensive and useful! | Mindfulness, anxiety, mood | Apple Store, Google Play | |
| Solace | Set goals, gain information and resources, and be affirmed in your gender transition. Set your name, pronouns, and location and get customized information for your area. | Gender transition | Browser, Apple Store , Google Play |
| Cove | Make music that represents your mood and listen back whenever you want. This creates relaxation, emotional release, and the joy of creating. | Mindfulness, anxiety, mood | Apple Store |
| Finch | Work on self-care, gratitude, and mood regulation with an adorable pet that goes exploring and shares gratitude for the adventures with you. It feels good to take care of something (and ourselves)! | Routine, self-care, mood | Apple Store, Google Play |
