Sleep, meditation, and relaxation are in your hands with Calm. These guided meditations are perfect for complete novices through seasoned practitioners, and you have your pick when it comes to how long you can dedicate to the app each day. Sleep is important for managing stress, but it’s also one of the first things to become problematic when you’re anxious. In addition to an assortment of daily meditations, Calm features nature sounds and sleep stories — yes, an effective concept taken from childhood — to help lull you into relaxed sleep.

Cost: Free but does have a premium option. Available for Android and iPhone

Happify aims to improve overall well-being and happiness by encouraging users to spend a few minutes every day completing activities based on positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness.

Cost: Free but does have a premium option. Available for Android and iPhone.

A user-friendly self-help tool based on proven scientific strategies, MindShift™ CBT teaches about anxiety, helping users to engage in healthy thinking and to take action. Users check in each day to track their anxiety and work with tools in the app. Developed by Anxiety Canada, it has many relaxation tools and education to help with anxiety.

Cost: FREE Available for Android and iPhone.

Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing. Breathing exercises have been documented to decrease the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ (stress) response, and help with mood stabilization, anger control, and anxiety management

Cost: FREE Available for Android and iPhone.

Insight Timer is a meditation app with over 20,000 available meditations, which can be filtered based by criteria like meditation type and topic, popularity, age, etc. It also features a customizable meditation timer with a range of ambient sounds and bells.

Cost: Free but does have a premium option. Available for Android and iPhone.

An app for coping with the stresses of life. Customize the experience & save your progress. Available when you need it the most on mobile/desktop. This is a Canadian app- originating in Manitoba

Learn how to identify and manage your stress. Receive personalized recommendations. Cost: Free Available only for iPhone.

Get the most out of your day with the Headspace meditation app. This app can help you focus, breathe, stay calm, perform at your best and get a better night’s rest through the life-changing skills of relaxation, meditation and mindfulness. In just a few minutes a day, you’ll learn how to train your mind and body for a healthier, happier, stress-free life. Need a bit of stress relief during a rough day or guidance on how to sleep well at night? Headspace can help. All you have to do is download our free meditation and mindfulness app. Then just sit back, relax and breathe.

Cost: Free but does have a premium option. Available for Android and iPhone.

Stop, Breathe & Think is an award winning meditation and mindfulness app that helps you find peace anywhere. It allows you to check in with your emotions, and recommends short guided meditations, yoga and acupressure videos, tuned to how you feel.

Cost: Free but does have a premium option. Available for Android and iPhone.