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Best Anxiety Relief Apps for iPhone (2026)

20 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Relaxation.

Calm is the top-ranked of 20 anxiety relief apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,988,352 ratings.

  1. 1
    CalmS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,988,352 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    Insight Timer: Meditate, SleepS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 448,007 ratings · score 97
  3. 3
    Rootd: Panic Attacks & AnxietyS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,527 ratings · score 96
  4. 4
    Dare: Anxiety & Panic ReliefS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 6,835 ratings · score 94
  5. 5
    Aura: Meditation & Sleep, CBTA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 35,205 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Ease anxiety symptoms and worry with practical techniques.

Not here: General stress relief alone; Relaxation sounds alone; Panic attack relief only alone; A mood tracker alone; A general chatbot alone

More lists: Best Anxiety Relief Game Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
CalmInsight TimerRootdDare
A
AuraOCD.appStress BallWysaLivenUnwinding
B
SensateZen
C
SerenityWellness AITapping
D
Still
F
NeuraMindAI Therapist: Therapy ChatbotChatBotAI Therapist - Stress, Anxiety

Compare every app

  1. 1
    CalmS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,988,352 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    Insight Timer: Meditate, SleepS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 448,007 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  3. 3
    Rootd: Panic Attacks & AnxietyS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,527 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  4. 4
    Dare: Anxiety & Panic ReliefS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 6,835 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  5. 5
    Aura: Meditation & Sleep, CBTA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 35,205 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  6. 6
    OCD.app - Self help + TherapyA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,403 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  7. 7
    Stress Ball - Anxiety ReliefA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,146 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  8. 8
    Wysa: Mental Wellbeing AIA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 24,481 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  9. 9
    Liven: AI Life CoachA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 51,937 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  10. 10
    Unwinding AnxietyA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,903 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  11. 11
    Sensate: Stress/Anxiety ReliefB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,369 ratings · score 81 · good
  12. 12
    Zen: Guided Meditation & SleepB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,531 ratings · score 80 · good
  13. 13
    Serenity: Guided MeditationC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 1,626 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  14. 14
    Wellness AI for Mental HealthC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 109 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
  15. 15
    Tapping In FaithC
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 1 ratings · score 60 · situational · provisional
  16. 16
    Still: Christian MeditationD
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 2 ratings · score 52 · weak · provisional
  17. 17
    NeuraMind: AI Mental WellnessF
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 6 ratings · score 38 · avoid · provisional
  18. 18
    AI Therapist: Therapy ChatbotF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 43 ratings · score 35 · avoid · provisional
  19. 19
    AI Therapist - ChatBotF
    Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 24 · avoid · provisional
  20. 20
    AI Therapist - Stress, AnxietyFnot on the App Store
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.0 · 1 ratings · score 21 · avoid · provisional

Beyond the top 20

1 more, not ranked yet

  1. Meditation & Bedtime Stories

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Questions people ask

What is the best anxiety relief app for iPhone?
Calm, S tier, ranked #1 of 20, rated 4.8 by 1,988,352 people.
Which anxiety relief apps are free?
19 of 20 are free to download: Calm (S), Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep (S), Rootd: Panic Attacks & Anxiety (S), Dare: Anxiety & Panic Relief (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which anxiety relief app has the best App Store rating?
Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep at 4.9 from 448,007 ratings.
How many anxiety relief apps reach S or A tier?
10 of 20. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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