Find Joy in Self‑Care: A Guide to Apps Supporting the Black Community and Allies

Discover a collection of apps fueled by the Black community that can serve as a toolkit for fostering comfort, inspiration, and healing through self-care.

Mind your mental health with these apps

Alkeme offers tools and guidance from Black licensed therapists and wellness practitioners. Find culturally compassionate support for intergenerational trauma, systemic racism, anxiety, and microaggressions through the lens of the Black experience.

Turn to Headspace for guided meditations like “Connecting to Black Joy” or “Pride For Your Whole Self,” led by Black teachers. Browse Calm’s Celebrating Black Creators collection too. It gathers Black voices found throughout the app across Sleep Stories, meditations, and more.

Get into your body with fitness apps

Founded by former college athletes turned iOS developers, Black-owned Fitnesse offers tools to help you cultivate and sustain healthy training habits.

If you’re itching for more IRL experiences, head to Strava. You’ll find Black communities across a range of activities, like hiking, cycling, and running.

To accompany your rides, Peloton includes audio that celebrates Black artists. (Ally Love’s 30-minute “Black & Brilliant” ride is a fun one to start with.)

Enjoy a movie or show with these streaming apps

Streaming platform kweliTV tells the stories of the African diaspora’s diverse cultures through hundreds of award-winning series, indie movies, documentaries, and kids’ shows by Black creators from around the globe. No sidekicks or fairy godmothers here—for content to be on kweliTV, the lead character has to be of African descent.

With a BET+ subscription, unlock a world of films, original series, and classic shows starring Black actors, comedians, and personalities.

Max’s Black Voices collection celebrates the Black experience. The reality series Homegrown follows farmer Jamila Norman as she helps families nurture their outdoor spaces. Or tune in to HBO documentaries on Donna Summer and Lil Nas X.

Discuss all things books with these reading apps

With almost 2,000 members, the “Black to Front” community in Fable is a safe digital haven for book lovers to celebrate and discuss books by Black women. Your reading life will never feel lonely!

If you’d rather listen to your books, Audible has curated mysteries, memoirs, and more from Black creators. Browse these titles on the Discover tab in the app.

Color your way to calm with these coloring apps

Explore the Color Me Melanin book in the Lake app for portraits by Mississippi-based artist Brooke Rankins. Muna Abdirahman’s Character Frenzy and Jamaican artist Paul Davey’s Sukhāsana also feature diverse characters waiting to be brought to life.

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