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Best Cbt Therapy Apps for iPhone (2026)
Quick answer
Clarity: CBT Self Help Journal is the top-ranked of the 8 tiered cbt therapy apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 42,405 ratings.
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Top 5
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DBT CoachA tier★ 4.5 · 2.1K ratings · Free + IAP - 4
★ 4.8 · 37.6K ratings · Free + IAP - 5
Key takeaways
- Clarity ranks #1 of the 8 tiered cbt therapy apps, S tier with a score of 95 out of 100.
- The highest-ranked free app with no in-app purchases is CBT-i Coach (#5).
- MindDoc has the most App Store ratings here: 54,988, averaging 4.7/5.
- 6 of the 8 tiered apps reach S or A tier.
What belongs in this list
A person wants to use cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to manage thoughts, mood and anxiety on their own or with a coach.
Not here: A mood tracker alone; A general chatbot alone; A meditation app alone; A physical or speech therapy app alone; A journal template alone
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: 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. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. 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. Read the full method →
Compare every app
| # | App | Tier | Score | Rating | Ratings | Price | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarity: CBT Self Help JournalBest overall | S | 95.4 | 4.8 | 42,405 | Free + IAP | |
| 2 | MindDoc: Mental Health SupportMost rated | S | 94.1 | 4.7 | 54,988 | Free + IAP | |
| 3 | A | 90.7 | 4.5 | 2,111 | Free + IAP | ||
| 4 | A | 89.9 | 4.8 | 37,591 | Free + IAP | ||
| 5 | CBT-i CoachBest free | A | 89.3 | 4.6 | 15,259 | Free download | |
| 6 |  OCD.app - Self help + TherapyMost recently updated | A | 88.7 | 4.6 | 5,069 | Free + IAP | |
| 7 |  Wellness AI for Mental Healthprovisional | C | 64.8 | 4.8 | 203 | Free + IAP | |
| 8 | D | 57.0 | 4.6 | 4,072 | Free + IAP |
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Questions people ask
What is the best cbt therapy app for iPhone?
Clarity: CBT Self Help Journal, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.8 by 42,405 people.
Which cbt therapy apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: Clarity: CBT Self Help Journal (S), MindDoc: Mental Health Support (S), DBT Coach (A), Wysa: Mental Wellbeing AI (A) and more. 7 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which cbt therapy app has the best App Store rating?
Wysa: Mental Wellbeing AI at 4.8 from 37,591 ratings.
How many cbt therapy apps reach S or A tier?
6 of 8.