Breathing Zone: Mindful Breathing, iOS & Android, $3.99
Supports calm breathing with colorful circles, guided breathing, and calming music
Features: visual, audio
Age range: all ages - reading is not required
Breath, Think, Do with Sesame, iOS & Android, Free
Children learn about emotions by helping monsters take time to breathe and calm down, think of solutions, and then act - uses animated stories to model working through problems
Features: visual, audio, video, (also available in Spanish)
Age range: preschool, elementary - reading is not required
Stop, Breathe & Think Kids, iOS or web-based, Free or Premium ($9.99/month or $58.99/year)
Meditation and mindfulness app designed for kids - choose a mission with animated visuals
Features: visual, audio
Age range: preschool, elementary - basic reading is helpful
MyLife Meditation (formally Stop, Breathe & Think - teen/adult version), iOS & Android, Free or Premium - includes many more audio exercise ($9.99/month or $58.99/year)
Emotion check-in and recommendations for guided audio exercises
Features: visual, audio, text to navigate choices (works with screen reader)
Age range: for teens and adults - reading is needed
Smiling Mind, iOS & Android, Free (Australian) - Great for classroom
Wide range or audio lessons, guided meditations or activities of various lengths
Features: primarily audio, text (works with screen reader)
Age range: sorted into age groups from 3 to 4-years to adult - some reading required
Headspace, iOS & Android, Free or Premium ($12.99/month or $69.99/year)
Teaches mindfulness meditation for beginners with guided audio and cartoons
Free version offers 10 exercise for learning the practice of meditation
Features: audio, video
Age range: elementary to adult - mostly audio with very limited reading
Super Stretch Yoga, iOS & Android, Free
Adventures of Super Stretch with short videos of kids demonstrating yoga poses
Features: visual, audio, and video
Age range: preschool, elementary - reading is not required
Yoga for Beginners / Mind+Body, iOS & Android, Free (or $2.99)
Guided audio introduces basic yoga exercise with timers and simple illustrations
Features: audio for exercise, large visual timer, basic visual support
Age range: elementary to adult - basic reading required
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yoga-for-beginners-mind-body/id1382141225
Daylio Journal, iOS $ Android, Free or Premium ($2.99/month or $23.99/year)
Easy journal for tracking mood and related activities with graphics - no writing required
Can track social, hobbies, sleep, health, or custom activities
Features: visual graphics, text
Age range: elementary to adult - basic reading required
BoosterBuddy, iOS & Android, Free (Canadian)
Interactive format for teens and young adults to improve their mental health
Library of coping methods by challenge area with tips and activities
Deals with some sensitive topics like self-harm and eating disorders
Features: visual, text (not accessible by screen reader), interact with cartoon animal buddy
Age range : primarily teens and young adults - some animation, mostly text-based
Mindfulness Coach, iOS & Android, Free (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
Learn how to relax, take charge of your anxiety, and think positively - designed to provide support for anxiety and depression
Features: text, audio
Age range: teen to adult - reading required for all lessons (works with screen reader); audio exercises include captions
Sanvello for Stress & Anxiety, iOS & Android, Free or Premium ($8.99/month of $53.99/year)
Strategies and resources to cope with streess, anxiety, and depression
Track your mood, do health check0in, listen to audio exercies, and make journal entries
Features: visual, audio, text, video
Age range: teen to adult - reading is required to navigate (works with screen reader)
White Noise, iOS & Android, Lite - Free, or Full/Pro versions ($.99-2.99)
Offers range of sounds with accompanying images to help you relax or sleep
Mindful Powers - Mindfulness for Kids, iOS & Android, Free, with additional story pack for $4.99
Kids interact with a playful Flibbnertigibbet to practice mindfulness and manage emotions
GoNoodle, iOS & Android, Free
Fun videos for kids on mindfulness, movement, and social-emotional health
Yoga / Down Dog, iOS & Android, Pro ($7.99/month) - Free to teachers/ students during pandemic
Robust yoga app with guided videos of poses and many options and customizations
COVID-19 - free app access for students, teachers, and healthcare workers until July 1, 2021
Anyone who signs up with a .edu email will automatically have access until July 1st
MindShift CBT - Anxiety Relief, iOS & Android, Free (Canadian)
App based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches relaxation and active steps to take charge of anxiety - lessons mostly text-based, with a few audio exercise
Nabu - for Challenging Moments (your digital companion), iOS & Android, Free
App for dealing with stress with interactive texting-based format that may appeal to teens
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nabu-for-challenging-moments/id1482567787
Worry Watch: The Habit Tracker - Anxiety Journal, Thought Diary, iOS only, $3.99
For teens or adults dealing with anxiety - record worries, write about and reflect on them
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/worry-watch-anxiety-journal/id693833917
Insight Timer, iOS & Android, Free
Meditation app for children, teens and adults to improve sleep, anxiety, and stress
Guided meditations, music, and yoga poses targeting specific age groups