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Best Online Therapy Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

BetterHelp - Therapy is the top-ranked of 15 online therapy apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 150,018 ratings.

  1. 1
    BetterHelp - TherapyS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 150,018 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    Talkspace: Virtual Therapy AppS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 47,211 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    ReGain - Couples TherapyA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 13,382 ratings · score 89
  4. 4
    Teen CounselingA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,424 ratings · score 87
  5. 5
    Telehealth by SimplePracticeA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 399,041 ratings · score 85

What belongs in this list

Talk with a licensed therapist remotely to get mental health treatment from home.

Not here: a self-help or mood journal alone; a meditation app alone; an AI chatbot that could be prompted to act as a therapist alone; speech or sound therapy alone; online courses 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 →

S
BetterHelpTalkspace
A
ReGainTeen Counsel…TelehealthGrow Therapy
B
Cerebral7 CupsMDLIVE
C
HMSALabayhTELUS HealthBrightside
D
Valera HealthTimelyCare
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    BetterHelp - TherapyS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 150,018 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    Talkspace: Virtual Therapy AppS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 47,211 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    ReGain - Couples TherapyA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 13,382 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  4. 4
    Teen CounselingA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,424 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  5. 5
    Telehealth by SimplePracticeA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 399,041 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  6. 6
    Grow TherapyA
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 10,673 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  7. 7
    Cerebral - Mental HealthB
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 32,303 ratings · score 76 · good
  8. 8
    7 Cups: Online Therapy & ChatB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5,706 ratings · score 74 · good
  9. 9
    MDLIVEB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 93,784 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  10. 10
    HMSA: 24/7 Online Doctor VisitC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 8,641 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  11. 11
    Labayh - لبيهC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,550 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  12. 12
    TELUS Health OneC
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 9,738 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  13. 13
    Brightside HealthC
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 10,834 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  14. 14
    Valera HealthD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,701 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
  15. 15
    TimelyCare Health & Well-beingD
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,231 ratings · score 57 · weak · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best online therapy app for iPhone?
BetterHelp - Therapy, S tier, ranked #1 of 15, rated 4.8 by 150,018 people.
Which online therapy apps are free?
15 of 15 are free to download: BetterHelp - Therapy (S), Talkspace: Virtual Therapy App (S), ReGain - Couples Therapy (A), Teen Counseling (A) and more. 5 report no in-app purchases.
Which online therapy app has the best App Store rating?
TimelyCare Health & Well-being at 4.9 from 3,231 ratings.
How many online therapy apps reach S or A tier?
6 of 15. 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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