What is the best mental wellness app for iPhone?

Finch: Self-Care Pet, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.9 by 765,307 people.

Which mental wellness apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Finch: Self-Care Pet (S), MindDoc: Mental Health Support (S), stoic. journal & mental health (S), BetterMe: Mental Health (S) and more. 18 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.

Which mental wellness app has the best App Store rating?

Finch: Self-Care Pet at 4.9 from 765,307 ratings.

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Best Mental Wellness Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Finch: Self-Care Pet is the top-ranked of 40 mental wellness apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 765,307 ratings.

1
Finch: Self-Care PetS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 765,307 ratings · score 99
2
MindDoc: Mental Health SupportS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 29,479 ratings · score 95
3
stoic. journal & mental healthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 36,019 ratings · score 95
4
BetterMe: Mental HealthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,467 ratings · score 94
5
How We FeelS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 30,053 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Look after their overall mental health and feel better day to day.

Not here: a mood tracker alone; a single breathing exercise alone; a general chatbot that could be prompted about feelings alone; quote or affirmation lists alone; a crisis hotline listing 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 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 →

Compare every app

1
Finch: Self-Care PetS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 765,307 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
MindDoc: Mental Health SupportS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 29,479 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
stoic. journal & mental healthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 36,019 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
BetterMe: Mental HealthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,467 ratings · score 94 · best in class
5
How We FeelS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 30,053 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
Clarity: CBT Self Help JournalS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 29,428 ratings · score 93 · best in class
7
Quabble: Daily Mental HealthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,348 ratings · score 93 · best in class
8
Wysa: Mental Wellbeing AIS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 24,481 ratings · score 93 · best in class
9
Ahead: Emotional IntelligenceS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,473 ratings · score 91 · best in class
10
Smiling Mind: Mental WellbeingA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 4,951 ratings · score 90 · excellent
11
Calm HealthA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,633 ratings · score 90 · excellent
12
Vent Now: Emotional SupportA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,574 ratings · score 89 · excellent
13
Wisdo: Mental Health & SupportA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 9,173 ratings · score 88 · excellent
14
Breeze: Self-Discovery JourneyA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 73,982 ratings · score 88 · excellent
15
Voidpet Garden: Mental HealthA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,720 ratings · score 87 · excellent
16
FitMind: Mental FitnessA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 15,794 ratings · score 87 · excellent
17
The Tapping SolutionA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 23,822 ratings · score 84 · excellent
18
SonderMind - Mental HealthA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 13,912 ratings · score 82 · excellent
19
SuperBetter: Mental HealthA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,881 ratings · score 81 · excellent
20
Noah: Your Emotional SupportB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,845 ratings · score 80 · good
21
Lyra HealthB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,891 ratings · score 80 · good
22
Wellness AI for Mental HealthB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 109 ratings · score 78 · good
23
Brightside HealthB
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 10,827 ratings · score 76 · good
24
Mood Tracker - My Daily DiaryB
Free · ★ 4.3 · 2,661 ratings · score 73 · good
25
Gratitude Plus - JournalB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 20,300 ratings · score 70 · good · provisional
26
Pura Mente: Sleep & MeditationC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 10,415 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
27
Spring HealthC
Free · ★ 4.9 · 11,299 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
28
Unplug: MeditationC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 6,286 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
29
pillowtalk - voice reflectionC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 351 ratings · score 69 · situational
30
Rosebud: AI Journal & DiaryC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,333 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
31
Lightly: Wellbeing CompanionC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,148 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
32
TELUS Health OneC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 9,737 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
33
Silk + Sonder Guided Self-CareC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,910 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
34
Zenfulnote: Journal & HealC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,835 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
35
Clearful - Journal & DiaryC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,132 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
36
Circles - Mental Health GroupsC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,415 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
37
Soluna: Mental Health CareC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 3,424 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
38
Manifest: Affirmations DailyD
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,696 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
39
OCD.app - Self help + TherapyD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,403 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
40
Meru HealthD
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,929 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional

Beyond the top 40

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Questions people ask

What is the best mental wellness app for iPhone?: Finch: Self-Care Pet, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.9 by 765,307 people.
Which mental wellness apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Finch: Self-Care Pet (S), MindDoc: Mental Health Support (S), stoic. journal & mental health (S), BetterMe: Mental Health (S) and more. 18 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.
Which mental wellness app has the best App Store rating?: Finch: Self-Care Pet at 4.9 from 765,307 ratings.
How many mental wellness apps reach S or A tier?: 19 of 40. 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.