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Wellbeing app recommendations

Hi everyone!

While browsing the app store recently (I use Android) I noticed there are many applications for improving general well-being/mental health. I downloaded a few to check their functionalities, and they often included mood trackers, meditations, affirmations, gratitude journaling etc. I like this idea for an app a lot, but I think it's gonna take some time for me to find one particular app that will fit my needs best. Unfortunately, most of the apps I downloaded turned out to have a very limited part of their content for free, and the rest was only available to paid users.

Do you have any recommendations? Is anyone using this kind of apps? As I said I'm using Android, but Apple apps suggestions are welcome too!

Some apps I have tried out so far and liked them:

1. Amaha
Focus: daily activities to relax the mind & raise awareness of your thoughts and patterns
Free content:

Mood tracker
Daily journaling
A handful of meditations and articles
A handful of exercises (for example affirmations, grounding techniques, thought analysis)

2. MyTrueValue
Focus: yourself (your thoughts, history, memories, relationship with your body)
Free content:

A handful of daily exercises (for example breathing, childhood memories, positive self-talk, self-image)

3. MyPossibleSelf
Totally free of charge
Focus: improvement of general well-being through various forms of content
Content:

Series of short guided series on various topics (anxiety, depression, stress, sleep, healthy eating, coping with loss)
Different forms of content: articles, podcasts, videos, quizzes, recipes, music
Journaling
Mood tracker
Videos with physical exercises and breathing exercises
Meditations and soundscapes
Crisis support

4. Intellect
Totally free of charge
Focus: assessment of your mental health condition, short sessions to help throughout the day
Content:

Mood tracker
Lots of quizzes and assessments
Daily activities for different times of day: morning, afternoon & evening
Optional daily reminders, system of streaks & rewards to motivate
'Rescue sessions' (short sessions to help cope with difficult emotions)
Journaling
A few designated daily activities/sessions instead of constant access to all the content - I find this feature very helpful. If I can access all the vast content all the time (like in MyPossibleSelf app) I easily get lost in it, spend a lot of time choosing, and when I finally choose I'm too tired to actually complete the exercise :nosweat:

My additional recommendations:
1. Insight Timer
Focus: meditation
Free content:

Soundscapes
Guided meditations divided by lots of categories: relief (depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma), daily life (relationships, parenting), emotions & feelings (fear, pain, sadness), boosting (confidence, creativity, productivity), healing (forgiveness, gratitude, love). These are just examples, there are many more areas of content to explore

2. Digital Detox
Totally free of charge
Focus: limiting screen time
Content:

Custom timers to reduce phone usage
Optional phone lock (it's possible to customize this lock - I use a setting which locks all my apps when I start the detox, but I can make and receive calls)
A system of points and rewards for time spent off-phone

So far, my favourite ones are MyPossibleSelf & Intellect, as they are free of charge, but at the same time offer a lot of content to explore.
I would like to highlight that I have no connections to the apps' creators whatsoever, and all the information above is based on my own impressions and objective observations. I will update this thread if I find some more useful apps.

I'm looking forward to your recommendations!