Explore apps for feeling stressed or worried
These apps are designed to give you fun and simple ways to relax, calm down, and feel more in control when life feels a bit too much. Whether you’re feeling stressed about school, friendships, or just having a tough day, you can use them to help clear your mind, boost your mood, and find some calm whenever you need it.
Clear Fear is a free app designed to help young people manage anxiety using techniques based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). It offers simple tools and strategies to understand and reduce anxiety, including journaling, mood tracking, and guided exercises. The app is specifically created for teenagers but can be helpful for anyone.
The Clear Fear app is recommended for ages of 11-19 years. Younger users can work on several of the tasks with the assistance and support of a parent/carer or teacher.
Mental Health
Entirely Free
75%
Level 3
75%
Level 3
Molehill Mountain is designed to support autistic people in managing stress and anxiety. It provides tools for self-reflection and tracking, helping users better understand their emotions and responses over time. The app aims to improve wellbeing by offering structured ways to recognise patterns and manage day-to-day challenges.
Molehill mountain is suitable for adults and children over 4 years old.
Mental Health
Neurodiverse
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Entirely Free
71%
Level 2
72%
Level 2
Remente is a self-care and wellbeing app designed to help teenagers and adults manage stress, anxiety, and their general mental wellness. It provides tools like mood tracking, relaxation techniques, and informational resources. The app also generates weekly insights and average mood scores based on user input, helping you stay on track with your emotional wellbeing. You can use it at your own pace, and it fits around your daily routine.
Healthy Living
Mental Health
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In App Purchases
74%
Level 2
73%
Level 2
Luma is designed to help people manage anxiety and stress using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques. The app guides you through a structured process to record, reflect on, and reframe your worries. It includes features to monitor patterns over time and supports a simple, self-guided approach to mental wellbeing. You can use it at your own pace and it fits around your daily routine.
Mental Health
In App Purchases
79%
Level 2
79%
Level 2
Happify: for Stress & Worry is a self-help app designed to support mental wellbeing by helping users manage stress and anxiety. It combines elements of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), positive psychology, and mindfulness through interactive activities and games.
Healthy Living
Mental Health
In App Purchases
81%
Level 2
80%
Level 2
CheckingIn helps users of all ages build self-awareness and manage stress through regular emotional check-ins and mindfulness prompts. It encourages simple, daily habits like rating your mood and tracking your feelings over time, helping you reflect and identify patterns. You can use it at your own pace, and it fits around your daily routine.
Mental Health
In App Purchases
70%
Level 2
70%
Level 2
Combined Minds is a free mental health support app developed to help friends and family members support someone experiencing mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, or addiction. Designed for teenagers and adults, it provides accessible, easy-to-understand guidance and relaxation strategies to help users respond with confidence and care.
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Utilities/ Administration
Entirely Free
81%
Level 2
81%
Level 2
Tellmi is an anonymous, peer-support app for teenagers and adults that helps users manage anxiety, depression, loneliness, stress and other emotional challenges. The app is designed to support mental wellbeing and reduce feelings of isolation by enabling users to share experiences, express emotions and connect with others going through similar issues. It includes moderated chat forums, mental health content and a supportive community aimed at preventing self-harm and promoting resilience.
Mental Health
Entirely Free
86%
Level 2
86%
Level 2
85%
Level 2
Wysa: Mental Wellbeing AI is a conversational self-help app designed to support people experiencing anxiety, stress, or low mood. Using an AI chatbot and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, it helps users manage thoughts and emotions. It includes tools for self-monitoring, guided support, and reflective journaling, alongside optional assessments for depression, anxiety, and stress levels. The app is suitable for teenagers and adults.
Healthy Living
Mental Health
In App Purchases
87%
Level 4
87%
Level 4
Lungy is a breathing and mindfulness app designed to help users manage stress and anxiety. It guides users through structured breathing exercises using calming visuals and tracks average breaths taken to support relaxation and awareness.
Mental Health
In App Purchases
76%
Level 2
Smiling Mind is a free mindfulness and meditation app designed to support the mental wellbeing of children, teenagers and adults. It helps users manage stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression through guided practices focused on relaxation, emotional awareness and resilience. The app includes age-specific programmes, making it suitable for schools, families and individuals looking to build healthy emotional habits using mindfulness and breathing techniques.
Healthy Living
Mental Health
Entirely Free
76%
Level 2
76%
Level 2
Amaru is a self-care and wellbeing app for teenagers and adults that uses a virtual pet to help users manage stress, anxiety and depression. It supports emotional wellbeing through interactive self-care activities such as breathing exercises, mindfulness practices and health journaling. By caring for their virtual pet, users are encouraged to engage regularly in healthy habits, making the experience both supportive and engaging.
Mental Health
In App Purchases
71%
Level 2
71%
Level 2
eQuoo is a mental wellbeing app that uses interactive stories and games to help you build emotional skills and resilience. Aimed at managing anxiety, depression, and stress, the app takes a gamified approach to self-development and includes learning modules presented in a "choose-your-own-adventure" style. You can use it at your own pace and it fits around your daily routine.
Mental Health
Utilities/ Administration
In App Purchases
83%
Level 2
