Best Sadness Apps &amp; Games

4.6😊(6.2K ratings)

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This app provides 24/7 mental health support through a private, chat-based interface. It offers tools for mood tracking, journaling, and mindfulness, utilizing techniques from CBT, IPT, and DBT. Access requires a code from a partner provider.

What We Love

🤖 Helpful AI assistant
💬 Engaging conversations
🧠 Effective CBT techniques
🕰️ Always available
🙂 Friendly and supportive
👍 Practical and useful
🆓 Completely free

Room to Improve

🤖 Limited natural language understanding
🤖 Scripted responses can feel impersonal
🔒 Restricted access without code
🔒 Accounts suspended for previous users
📱 App not working for some users

Depression Test by Baris Sarer

Strong Contender

4.7😊(1.9K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app helps you screen for depression using a trusted questionnaire and monitor your progress over time. It offers self-guided CBT exercises to challenge negative thoughts and provides access to helpful resources.

What We Love

👍 Helpful for tracking depression
🙌 Accurate in identifying depression
📊 Useful for monitoring progress
💬 Provides a space to vent/journal
🆓 Free and accessible app

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
🤖 Concerns about self-diagnosis
🔒 Lack of password protection
🤔 Confusing or overwhelming for some users
🕰️ Issues with data/history deletion

Bird Alone by George Batchelor

Become best friends

Worth Considering

🎮 Games

4.8😊(11K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Nurture a lonely bird through daily conversations, creative activities, and life's big questions. This award-winning app offers a unique companion experience, exploring themes of friendship, growth, and existence.

What We Love

💕 Heartwarming and meaningful experience
🎨 Beautiful art and design
🎶 Relaxing and soothing audio
🐦 Adorable and charming bird companion
🤗 Provides comfort and emotional support

Room to Improve

💔 Sad and emotional ending when the bird dies
💰 Paid app with a short experience
🕰️ Limited daily interactions with the bird
🤯 Overwhelming grief for some users

More Sadness apps to explore

Tracking My Tears

by Tracking My Tears Co

Track crying episodesLog emotions and detailsPersonal journaling

This app helps you connect with your emotions by tracking your crying episodes. Log details about your tears, explore your feelings in a journal, and connect with others who understand.

by SentientIT Software Solution

Collection of sad love quotesQuotes about sadness and lifeCustomizable background images

Discover and share poignant quotes about love and life. This app offers a collection of sadness-themed quotes with customizable backgrounds, perfect for expressing emotions or sending to others via social media or email.

PHQ-9 Symptom Screening Quiz

Nine-question depression screeningUses the PHQ-9 questionnaireEvaluates symptom severity

Evaluate your depression severity with a quick, nine-question quiz based on the scientifically recognized PHQ-9. Understand your mood disorder symptoms and their impact on daily life. This tool is for self-assessment and not a substitute for professional medical advice.

🏥 Medical

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Good Things gratitude journal

Daily bullet journaling, calm.

Daily gratitude journalingCultivate positive habitSelf-reflection for well-being

Cultivate a daily gratitude habit with this simple journal. Focus on positive moments to improve well-being and foster self-reflection. Share experiences and enhance sleep quality through mindful journaling.

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Virtual Friend Shoulder: Vent

Make new virtual friendships

Anonymous emotional supportJudgment-free ventingConnect with empathetic listeners

This app provides a safe and anonymous space to share your thoughts and feelings, receive emotional support, and connect with others. It allows you to vent worries and joys without judgment and make new virtual friends through empathetic listeners and shared interests. Customize your avatar to express yourself while maintaining privacy.

🌐 Social Networking

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Cute baby cat ver.sadness

Cute baby cat sticker designsEmoticon expressionsDesigned by eomji

This app offers a collection of cute baby cat stickers designed by eomji. It's a simple way to express emotions through charming cat emoticons. Contact the developer for custom emoticon requests.

💌 Stickers

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free

MoodTools - Depression Aid

Depression Help

Thought Diary for cognitive analysisActivity planner for behavioral activationSuicide safety plan development

This app offers research-backed tools to help manage negative moods and combat depression. Features include a thought diary, activity planner, safety plan development, educational resources, mood tracking, and curated videos.

PHQ-9, SAD, Anxiety, Sleep

Comprehensive mood monitoringPersonalized insights and progress trackingSeamless healthcare integration

This app helps manage Major Depressive Disorder through mood logging, symptom identification, and personalized insights. It offers healthcare integration, customizable goals, and self-care tools like mindfulness exercises and CBT modules.

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Fat Sadness : BugCat-Capoo Sti

The Lighthouse - Mindfulness

Emotions for children

Discover main emotionsCreate custom avatarPractice mindfulness

This app helps children understand and manage their emotions through simple explanations, mini-games, and mindfulness exercises. It encourages self-awareness and emotional intelligence with creative activities like avatar creation and storytelling.

📚 Education

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Desamor y Tristeza

Heartbreak and Sadness

Calm Harm – manage self-harm

📷 Photo & Video

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Track & resist self-harm urges

$1.99

This app offers immediate techniques to help manage urges to self-harm. It provides activities to distract, comfort, and express oneself, along with breathing exercises and journaling tools. It aims to help users ride the wave of urges until they fade.

Manage self-harm urgesDistraction activitiesComforting techniques

Grief Works: Self Care & Love

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free

Online Therapy & Support App

Guided grief advice from expertDaily meditations and reflectionsInteractive tools for emotional support

Navigate grief after loss with guided advice and tools. This app offers daily meditations, interactive exercises, and in-the-moment support to help manage difficult emotions and build strength over time. It provides a compassionate course designed to help you understand and express your feelings, find your new normal, and connect with hope.

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Grief Support for Pet Owners

Pet Grief 247

On-demand video supportEmotion-specific contentDaily grief check-ins

This app offers on-demand video support for pet owners experiencing grief after losing a pet. Users can select their daily emotion to access relevant video content designed to help them through the grieving process.

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free

Noonkey - Healing Tears

by HYKICK

Tap to create tearsGenerate healing energyGrow a happiness tree

A clicker game where players tap to create tears, generating healing energy. This energy is used to grow a character's happiness tree and unlock new abilities. It offers a relaxing experience for those needing emotional release.

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Noonkey - Healing Tears 2

It's OK to Cry

Grow a happiness gardenCollect fairies and heartsDiscover new garden elements

A unique game where players cultivate a happiness garden by collecting tears and fairies. Discover new garden elements, meet characters, and enjoy mini-games for a healing experience.

🎮 Games

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