Best Anxiety Relief Free Apps

4.3😊(516 ratings)

Free

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This app offers free, science-backed tools based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help users manage anxiety, stress, and panic. It provides techniques to reframe thoughts, relax the mind, and face fears.

What We Love

🤩 Amazing
👍 Helpful
🙌 Calming
🎉 Great app
💯 Fantastic
🌟 Wonderful
🧠 Useful for anxiety
🧘‍♀️ Relaxing
🤗 Grateful for the app
🥰 Love the app

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy/glitchy
🔒 Privacy concerns
🤔 Confusing/difficult to use
🔍 Limited features
🔢 Only 3 check-ins per day
🙅‍♀️ Doesn't save entries
🤯 Mind shifting errors in goals
🛑 Stopped working
🔤 Character limit in journal
🔑 Can't create account

Headspace: Sleep & Meditation by Headspace Inc.

Mental Health, Stress, Anxiety

Strong Contender

4.8😊(974K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

#14in Health & Fitness

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This app offers expert-led guidance for mental health, mindfulness, and meditation. It provides tools for stress, anxiety, and sleep improvement, along with access to therapists, coaches, and an AI companion. Build daily skills to care for your mind and improve overall well-being.

What We Love

🚀 Helpful for managing stress and anxiety
🌙 Effective for improving sleep quality
👍 Calming and soothing voice guidance
🧠 Beneficial for mental health and mindfulness
🤸‍♀️ Useful for physical and emotional well-being

Room to Improve

💰 Expensive subscription model
🔒 Limited free content, most features locked behind paywall
🤯 Overwhelming number of options and courses
🔍 Difficult to navigate and find desired content
🕰️ Lack of flexibility with session lengths and playback controls

Dare: Panic & Anxiety Relief by BMD Publishing Ltd

Panic Attacks & Anxiety

Worth Considering

Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation

4.8😊(6.7K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This app offers an evidence-based training program to help users overcome anxiety and panic attacks. It provides guided audios, a mood journal, and tools to manage worry, negative thoughts, and insomnia, empowering users to regain control of their lives.

What We Love

👍 Life-changing app
🚀 Effective techniques for managing anxiety
💡 Unique approach to dealing with anxiety
👍 Calming and reassuring voice
👍 Comprehensive content covering various aspects of anxiety
👍 Helpful for panic attacks and health anxiety

Room to Improve

🐛 Technical issues with the app not working properly
💰 Subscription cost may be too high for some users
🔒 Difficulty accessing premium content after purchase

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Five anxiety relief exercisesGoal setting for life improvementTools for panic attack management

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This app offers a suite of tools designed to help manage anxiety and promote calm. It includes guided exercises, a gratitude journal, motivational quotes, and a personalized happy place feature. Access tools via voice commands, widgets, or your Apple Watch.

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Access thousands of guided meditations, music tracks, and talks from world-renowned experts to calm your mind, reduce anxiety, and improve sleep. Daily new content is added, catering to both beginners and experienced practitioners.

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30+ Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy SessionsInstant Anxiety ReliefDaily Progress Tracker

This app offers a comprehensive CBT hypnotherapy program designed to alleviate anxiety symptoms. It provides over 30 sessions for stress relief, sleep help, and overcoming fears, along with a daily progress tracker and self-help training modules.

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Anxiety Checklist: Calm Mind

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This app offers science-based tools for managing anxiety and panic attacks. It provides immediate support during stressful moments and helps build long-term emotional resilience through CBT principles. Access guided sessions, journaling, and expert masterclasses to calm down and regain control.

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