Rootd vs Wellness Circle

** Editor's Choice ** — Apple ** App of the Day ** — Apple ** Approved for privacy, security, clinical assurance, and safety ** — DHAF & ORCHA Rootd is anxiety and panic attack relief in your pocket. Award-winning, scientifically validated, female led and seen in Women's Health, Time Magazine, Healthline and more. With millions of users worldwide, Rootd is the go-to app for anxiety & panic attacks for more and more people each day. “I’ve suffered from panic attacks for almost 10 years. I’ve done CBT, medication, meditation, but nothing helped me in the moment when that panic attack hit, until I downloaded Rootd. Rootd makes it feel like someone is with me, even when I’m alone. I owe my continued stability to this simple genius app. It's a MUST for all who are facing the same type of war.” RainyNally Understand, and overcome anxiety & panic attacks with Rootd’s therapist-approved panic button, guided deep breathing, anxiety journal, soothing visualizations, stats page, emergency contact, and lessons. We set out to build Rootd after suffering from panic attacks and anxiety for several years. The only help we could find was either too expensive, ineffective, or poorly designed. Our mission is to help others find accessible relief from their panic and anxiety, and to end the stigma against those affected. Finally, an app for conquering panic attacks and anxiety that blends a guided process for both immediate and long term relief, with clean and engaging design. Rootd’s core features and content include: THE ROOTR, PANIC ATTACK SOS BUTTON A panic button to bring a swift end to panic attacks based on the latest techniques in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). LESSONS Find some peace of mind by learning about where anxiety comes from, how our bodies and minds experience panic attacks, and why this all might be happening to you. BREATHE The perfect tool to practice deep breathing daily and find calm during times of stress. JOURNAL Track and identify moods, habits, and subconscious triggers of anxiety and panic attacks. VISUALIZE Guided body scans, visualizations, ASMR, and nature sounds to get rooted when feeling anxious. SLEEP White noise, ASMR, sleep stories, relaxing sounds, and music for you to gain calm and sleep deeply. EMERGENCY CONTACT For when you need to hear a friendly voice, you can immediately call a friend, family member, or nearby help center directly from the app. PERSONAL STATS Take pride in your healing progress and gain appreciation for how far you’ve come. To continue your journey, you can upgrade to unlock Full Access to Rootd, including: MORE LESSONS Learn changes you can make and exercises you can perform to guide you through the remainder of the journey to lifelong relief and to living panic attack free. Rootd saves your Breathe, Visualize, and Sleep sessions to your Apple Health app. Subscription Pricing and Terms Get full access to all Rootd's content and features by purchasing a monthly or yearly auto-renewing Full Access subscription. Or get lifetime full access for a one-time payment. Pricing may vary by country. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your Rootd subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off any time from your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. “I appreciate the simple, factual, and yet caring approach of Rootd that makes it an inviting, interesting, and easy to use tool. I endorse this for individuals looking for support and tools for managing anxiety and panic attacks.” Wendy Marion-Orienti - Licensed PRH counsellor Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.rootd.io/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rootd.io/privacy-policy

The Wellness Circle app was co-created with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Holders, scholars, and community members to support culturally safe health promotion grounded in the Medicine Wheel framework. The development of the Wellness Circle app builds on more than a decade of collaborative Indigenous health and digital design research. In 2011, Dr. Shannon Bredin and Dr. Darren Warburton received a grant from the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) - Networks of Centres of Excellence entitled "Novel web and smart-phone based health applications.” Further funding was received in 2014 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the project “Addressing the burden of cardiometabolic disease in Aboriginal Peoples through culturally appropriate interaction design,” led by Drs. Bredin and Warburton in partnership with Jonathan Aitken (Emily Carr University of Art + Design). This collective work brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, trainees, artists, designers, and First Nations community partners to explore culturally grounded approaches to digital wellness tools. Building on this foundation, a second CIHR-funded project in 2015 entitled “Optimizing the transfer and uptake of evidence-based and culturally appropriate healthy lifestyle information in Aboriginal communities” expanded the collaboration to include Drs. Heather Foulds, Paul Oh, and Sheldon Tobe. Through this early work, the team co-created a design process book and developed the initial Healing Circle app, created by trainees and collaborators from Emily Carr University and the Indigenous Health & Physical Activity Program at the University of British Columbia. The early Healing Circle prototype subsequently evolved through continued community engagement and design refinement into the current Wellness Circle app platform. In 2017, Dr. Rosalin Miles formally joined the team, which greatly strengthened our First Nations leadership and community engagement within the project. The team subsequently secured support from the National Indian Brotherhood Trust Fund in 2018 through the project “Strengthening Indigenous Education Approaches to Health and Wellness.” This initiative involved Drs. Warburton, Bredin, and Miles, alongside Elder Gail Sparrow, Dr. Jan Hare, and Dr. Moss Norman. This funding supported the development and completion of the current digital platform that serves as the foundation of the Wellness Circle app now available online. The Wellness Circle digital platform was developed through a long-standing collaboration between the Indigenous Health & Physical Activity Program at the University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, the Indigenous Physical Activity and Cultural Circle, the Health & Fitness Society of BC, First Nations Elders and Knowledge Holders, and community partners, with leadership from Drs. Darren Warburton, Shannon Bredin, and Rosalin Miles and technical development contributions from collaborators including Jonathan Aitken and Rick Conroy. Funding for this work was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the National Indian Brotherhood Trust Fund, and the Indigenous Health & Physical Activity Program (UBC).