What is the best self care app for iPhone?

Finch: Self-Care Pet, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.9 by 765,307 people.

Which self care apps are free?

16 of 16 are free to download: Finch: Self-Care Pet (S), Me+ Lifestyle Routine (S), Gratitude: Self-Care Journal (S), Quabble: Daily Mental Health (S) and more. 12 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which self care app has the best App Store rating?

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

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Best Self Care Apps for iPhone (2026)

16 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 16 self care 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 100
2
Me+ Lifestyle RoutineS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 248,485 ratings · score 95
3
Gratitude: Self-Care JournalS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 44,966 ratings · score 94
4
Quabble: Daily Mental HealthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,348 ratings · score 93
5
Fabulous: Daily Habit TrackerS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 89,298 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Build a regular self care routine and feel looked after.

Not here: a virtual pet alone; a cozy theme alone; a habit tracker with no self care focus alone; skincare routines alone; wallpapers or sticker packs 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 →

None at B yet

None at F yet

Compare every app

1
Finch: Self-Care PetS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 765,307 ratings · score 100 · best in class
2
Me+ Lifestyle RoutineS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 248,485 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
Gratitude: Self-Care JournalS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 44,966 ratings · score 94 · best in class
4
Quabble: Daily Mental HealthS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,348 ratings · score 93 · best in class
5
Fabulous: Daily Habit TrackerS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 89,298 ratings · score 91 · best in class
6
Eden: Daily Routine PlannerS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,997 ratings · score 90 · best in class
7
Aloe BudA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,887 ratings · score 89 · excellent
8
Tangerine: Self-care & GoalsA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,638 ratings · score 89 · excellent
9
Breeze: Self-Discovery JourneyA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 73,982 ratings · score 87 · excellent
10
That Girl: Become a Clean GirlA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 5,715 ratings · score 86 · excellent
11
Pooca: Self-care Best FriendA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,479 ratings · score 82 · excellent
12
Dear Me: Daily Routine TrackerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 4,958 ratings · score 81 · excellent
13
Shmoody: Mood & Habit TrackerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 16,628 ratings · score 81 · excellent
14
Callie: Food Self Care PetC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,666 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
15
Glowin - Lifestyle RoutinesC
Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 83 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
16
Earkick - Self Care AI CoachD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,308 ratings · score 60 · weak · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best self care app for iPhone?: Finch: Self-Care Pet, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.9 by 765,307 people.
Which self care apps are free?: 16 of 16 are free to download: Finch: Self-Care Pet (S), Me+ Lifestyle Routine (S), Gratitude: Self-Care Journal (S), Quabble: Daily Mental Health (S) and more. 12 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which self care app has the best App Store rating?: Finch: Self-Care Pet at 4.9 from 765,307 ratings.
How many self care apps reach S or A tier?: 13 of 16. 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.