# SuperBetter: Mental Health — The Power of Living Gamefully > Applies game psychology to improve mental health, resilience, and life skills. (iPhone/iPad app by SuperBetter, LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/superbetter-mental-health/id536634968 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [SuperBetter, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1031294212) - Category: Health & Fitness, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.65/5 from 7,880 App Store ratings · 267 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 74 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2012-06-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-28 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/superbetter-mental-health/id536634968/reviews.md ## What is SuperBetter? Improve mental health, resilience and social-emotional skills. SuperBetter is at heart a simple and transformative idea – we can use the same strengths naturally displayed in game play to confront real-life challenges, build skills, manage stress & practice self-care. SuperBetter uses the psychology of game play in all of life. Playing SuperBetter means bringing a gameful mindset to real-life - challenging yourself, going for epic wins, adopting a secret identity, completing quests, battling bad guys, activating power-ups and checking-in with allies. The 7 rules for living gamefully is a framework to be stronger, happier, braver & more resilient in everyday life. Invented by researcher & game designer Jane McGonigal, SuperBetter is backed by science. In a randomized controlled trial at University of Pennsylvania playing SuperBetter for 30 days was associated with significant improvements in mental health and resilience. The SuperBetter app makes it simple to go for epic wins, track your gameful strengths and build your whole-person resilience - mental, social, emotional & physical. Proven results in 10 minutes a day. SuperBetter is for youth, teens, young adults & everyone who wants to unlock their heroic potential using the power of living gamefully. Over 1 million people have played SuperBetter. SUPERBETTER PRODUCTS > Hero account: Play SuperBetter on your own. > Host account: A web-based portal to host challenges for squads. > Player account: Join squad challenges when invited by a host. HERO ACCOUNT: PLAY ON YOUR OWN 14-day free trial Grow your mental health, social-emotional wellbeing & physical resilience with a library of over 40 solo challenges. Create your own challenges to go for personal epic wins. Join squad challenges from hosts. Watch a demo video on the SuperBetter website. HOST ACCOUNT: HOST CHALLENGES FOR SQUADS Promote mental health, resilience, social-emotional learning and skills for success with groups in a way that's practical & engaging. Designed for educators, the Host account is available to anyone: > Middle & high school teachers promote social-emotional learning. > Small groups, teams & clubs foster youth mental health & resilience. > Universities empower student success & student wellbeing. > Small businesses make it a low-cost employee wellbeing program. The web-based host portal makes it easy to create squads & host challenges. Squad challenges bring the SuperBetter methodology to life. Each has an epic win and 5-days of activities. Hosts select from a library of over 90 challenges to promote mental, emotional, social & physical resilience, or create custom challenges to have squads go for any epic win they choose. Squad members play about 10 minutes a day on the SuperBetter mobile or web app. They use a free Player account or a low-cost Hero account. Learn more on the SuperBetter website. PLAYER ACCOUNT: SQUAD PLAY ONLY The Player account is a companion to the Host account. It is a free account to play with squads only. Players can join squad challenges when invited by someone with a Host account, and play a weekly challenge hosted by SuperBetter. DESIGNED FOR SMARTPHONES The SuperBetter mobile app is designed for smartphones. If you have a Chromebook, iPad or tablet device you can play on the web app. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS The Hero account price is $24.99 per year. Pricing is for U.S. customers. Pricing in other countries may vary. Charges may be converted to local currency depending on country of residence. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the end of the current subscription period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. ## Key features - Improve mental health and resilience - Build social-emotional skills - Use game psychology for real-life challenges - Track gameful strengths - Complete solo and squad challenges - Access over 40 solo challenges - Host challenges for groups ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Hero Plan | $24.99 | per year | ## What do users think of SuperBetter? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💪 Helpful for mental health and resilience - 👍 Gamifies self-improvement in an engaging way - 🎨 Visually appealing and fun design - ✨ Customizable to individual needs **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy app experience - 🔒 Difficult to use without social media integration - 💰 Subscription model limits free access - 📱 Outdated and not mobile-optimized **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes and login issues - Inconsistent tracking of completed tasks - Compatibility problems with newer devices - Unreliable notification and reminder system **Most requested features** - More flexibility in creating custom content - Better integration with allies and social features - Improved tracking and progress monitoring - Expanded content beyond just health and wellness ## Recent user reviews (10 of 267) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/superbetter-mental-health/id536634968/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Was much better! *2026-01-12, version 1.3.9* Old version was way better. ### 5/5 — Wonderful app, genuinely life changing but I’m here to try and give specific feedback *2026-01-08, version 1.3.9* In the app it would be AMAZING if we could move our ‘reflections’ around; change the order - that way we can come back to a thought elaborate I’m imagining like they are post it notes Then my DREAM would be that you add an option to download our reflections. As in just notes we are writing for ourselves, as a transcript. It would be wonderful. These are the only ways I can imagine this being any better. Thank you so much for creating this. I don’t know if you are taking feedback at this point. But hoping this makes its way to someone ### 5/5 — Best resilience app ever *2025-05-10* I love this app. I suffer from chronic physical and mental health conditions, as well as trauma. I recommend at all schools, social services agencies shelters for those who have been abused law enforcement hospitals in all therapists learn about this game. It would be especially helpful for those suffering from physical or mental illnesses, who have been bullied or who have been traumatized in any way, but especially abuse to help build up resilience **Developer response:** Thank you for recommending SuperBetter! ### 1/5 — Cannot figure it out *2025-03-09, version 1.3.9* I am by no means stupid but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to play this. For example, I created some Power Ups buy I CANNOT complete them. There should be a “done” or “completed” but there isn’t. I have searched for help in their FAQ, Zendesk etc. There is a How To Play section which is useless-it assumes you already know how to play! I am very rarely this disappointed in an app but I will be asking for a refund for this. ### 5/5 — Gamify Your Wellbeing! *2024-12-05, version 1.3.9* A very easy and fun way to stay on top of self care and wellness ### 5/5 — Great App *2023-11-27, version 1.3.9* A great app! ### 5/5 — Great game for mental health! *2023-07-19, version 1.3.4* Super Better is a great way for me to add some fun and creativity to my mental health challenges, and I can even make my bad guys and power-ups to tailor the app to my needs! Super Better also has me check in daily with my family and friends so it not only helps keep me healthy but my relationships as well. Overall a great way to work on my mental health! ### 4/5 — A LIFESAVER. To the developer, please invest in keeping it functional *2023-07-17, version 1.3.4* SuperBetter catapulted me out of a deep depression. I tried the app a year ago but it didn’t take. This new version managed to push me out of my funk. Thank you so much, Jane McGonigal, for this app and the insights from your own experience with depression that birthed it. Every day, I look forward to going on quests and battling my demons. Unfortunately, five days in with this new version, I am missing some of my current notes (I know I couldn’t keep notes from the old version). I find these notes to be vital benchmarks on how I’m doing as well as a virtuous feedback habit loop. I have had to write my notes in an actual notebook in case more of them go missing. SuperBetter is an important LIFELINE for me. I hope SuperBetter LLC continues to invest in keeping this app functioning smoothly. SUPERBETTER SAVES LIVES. ### 2/5 — A lot of bugs, inflexibility, and no free trial *2023-06-28, version 1.3.4* I am one of the OG users of SuperBetter and was really excited when I heard it was getting an update. I do like the new UI, much more aligned with current design trends but that’s about all I like. First, I don’t like that I couldn’t have some type of free trial to test some of the features. At the very least make a free trial if people want to play solo just to check it out. I feel like this is an easy thing to add. Second, there are a lot of bugs! Notes wouldn’t save, entire plans would go missing, I couldn’t add Power-Ups, Quests, Bad Guys, etc. Way too buggy to use regularly. Third, the information and standard power-ups etc. make the app really inflexible. It feels like while you advertise the app to be a flexible way to conquer your goals, you really want the user to stay within the pre-designed goals. It really needs more flexibility and ease of use with that flexibility. I want to be able to decide what my own powers and quests are and use the pre-designed ones as inspiration or fillers. This is especially important if you want to market this to groups that want to create their own items specific to their group. This app has SO MUCH potential but I feel like there’s more focus on it looking like a cool game versus being a useful app, It needs more work before I would consider using this in the classroom. ### 1/5 — Cumbersome And Boring. *2023-06-14, version 1.3.3* This “game” functions poorly. It’s really difficult to figure out how to operate the app and if you’re an individual, playing for “free” there seems to be a paucity of invitations to play. Even if I paid a subscription price, I doubt the boring, clunky operations would improve. ## Frequently asked questions about SuperBetter ### What does the SuperBetter app do? The SuperBetter app uses the psychology of game play to help users improve their mental health, build resilience, and develop social-emotional skills. It encourages a gameful mindset to tackle real-life challenges, manage stress, and practice self-care, aiming to make users stronger, happier, braver, and more resilient. ### What are the key features of SuperBetter? Key features include improving mental health and resilience, building social-emotional skills, and applying game psychology to real-life challenges. Users can track their gameful strengths, complete over 40 solo challenges, and participate in or host squad challenges. The app is designed to show proven results in about 10 minutes a day. ### How much does SuperBetter cost? The app offers different account types. A 'Hero account' allows users to play on their own and comes with a 14-day free trial, after which it requires a subscription. A 'Player account' is free and is used to join squad challenges when invited by a host. A 'Host account' is available for those who want to create and manage challenges for groups. ### What kind of challenges can I do in SuperBetter? You can engage in over 40 solo challenges designed to grow your mental health, social-emotional wellbeing, and physical resilience. Additionally, you can create your own custom challenges to achieve personal 'epic wins'. For group play, hosts can select from over 90 pre-made challenges or create custom ones for squads to tackle together. ### Who is SuperBetter for? SuperBetter is designed for youth, teens, young adults, and anyone who wants to unlock their potential and improve their overall well-being. It's particularly beneficial for educators, small groups, teams, clubs, universities, and small businesses looking to foster mental health, resilience, and social-emotional learning. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4.0 — 2026-03-31 Stability improvements and Performance optimization ### 1.3.9 — 2023-08-29 Thank you for playing SuperBetter! This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements. If you experience any issues, please let us know at https://superbetter.zendesk.com. SuperBetter was redesigned in early 2023 to serve as a tool for educators to address the youth mental health crisis. If you had an account on the original app, you will need to create a new account. History from the old app is not available in the new. The original web app can be accessed through the end of 2023. Find a link in our Help Center FAQs. ### 1.3.8 — 2023-08-23 Thank you for playing SuperBetter! This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements. If you experience any issues, please let us know at https://superbetter.zendesk.com. SuperBetter was redesigned in early 2023 to serve as a tool for educators to address the youth mental health crisis. If you had an account on the original app, you will need to create a new account. History from the old app is not available in the new. The original web app can be accessed through the end of 2023. Find a link in our Help Center FAQs. ### 1.3.7 — 2023-08-17 Thank you for playing SuperBetter! This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements. If you experience any issues, please let us know at https://superbetter.zendesk.com. SuperBetter was redesigned in early 2023 to serve as a tool for educators to address the youth mental health crisis. If you had an account on the original app, you will need to create a new account. History from the old app is not available in the new. The original web app can be accessed through the end of 2023. Find a link in our Help Center FAQs. ### 1.3.6 — 2023-08-11 Thank you for playing SuperBetter! This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements. If you experience any issues, please let us know at https://superbetter.zendesk.com. SuperBetter was redesigned in early 2023 to serve as a tool for educators to address the youth mental health crisis. If you had an account on the original app, you will need to create a new account. History from the old app is not available in the new. The original web app can be accessed through the end of 2023. 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