Whilst an app is never going to save your life, it may be able to make things just that little bit easier for you to deal with or even help you understand how your mind works. Let's have a look at some of the apps that might be able to help you on your anxiety journey. If it were up to us, these apps would be free for use but unfortunately you may have to pay for some of these.
Should we find any free ones, we will let you know (or if you know something we don't, let us know here).
Calm
Calm, with its comprehensive suite of features for sleep and anxiety management, stands out as a valuable tool. Its soothing interface, coupled with an extensive library of guided meditations, sleep stories, and breathing exercises, offers support for anxiety and sleep. Calm offers support to those struggling with sleep disruptions or anxious thoughts. This is significant as anxiety often presents with unique and complex sleep challenges, which further compound it. Compromised sleep can further lead to anxiety via a number of alterations in the body and mind—such as inducing shifts in the microbiome and leading to increased inflammation—all of which can impede mental health.
Mindshift CBT
Mindshift CBT is a comprehensive mobile application designed to address anxiety from a CBT perspective. Its evidence-based approach offers users a wide array of tools and techniques to effectively manage anxiety in various situations. From cognitive restructuring exercises to mindfulness practices, Mindshift CBT equips users with practical skills to challenge negative thought patterns and cope with anxiety triggers.
Medito
Unlock the full potential of your mind with Medito, your free meditation and mindfulness app. Dive into a world of tranquility and self-discovery, and emerge with a rejuvenated spirit and improved mental well-being.
Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced meditator, our courses have you covered. With topics ranging from learning to sit, mindfulness, deepening your practice, open awareness, gratitude, and compassion, our 30-day challenges and meditative insights are designed to guide you every step of the way.
Headspace
We make mental health support accessible to everyone, no matter their background or experience. Through our flagship Headspace app, we provide mindfulness tools for everyday life, including meditations, sleepcasts, mindful movement and focus exercises. Our enterprise offerings combine this experience with a human-centered model of care, with coaching, therapy, psychiatry and EAP services under one roof. Our team of experts ranges from mental health clinicians, to Emmy award-winning producers and data scientists, working together as one to help millions of people around the world be healthier and more productive.
FreeCBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the "gold standard" of psychotherapy and is widely considered to be one of the most effective, evidence backed treatments for depression, anxiety, and panic. If you go into just about any therapist or psychiatrist, CBT will likely be one of the first treatments they try.
FreeCBT is a companion app for one of the most common exercises in CBT. You may have heard it called "the three column technique" or "catch it, check it, change it."
You don't need to be diagnosed with anything to try CBT. It can still help you overcome any stress, fear, and sadness you encounter in life.