Table 3.
Apple store user ratings, visibility scores, and total downloads for behavioral health apps reviewed (N=34).
Name of app | User rating | Visibility score | Total downloads, n |
365 Gratitude Journal | 4.8 (3)a | 65 | 367 |
7 Cups | 4.9 (2)a | 67 | 1300 |
BoosterBuddy | 4.8 (3)a | 40 | 47 |
BrainHQ | 4.5 | 62 | 123 |
Calm | 4.9 (2)a | 89 | 667,000 |
CBT-i Coach | 3.5 | 63 | 8 |
Cognifit | 4.5 | 60 | 514 |
Connections/CHESS Health | 4.1 | 46 | —b |
The Daybreak app (Hello Sunday Morning) | 4.1 | 43 | — |
Fabulous: Motivate Me! Meditate, Relax, Sleep | 4.6 | 84 | 47,000 |
Fit Brain Trainer | 4.0 | 50 | — |
Habitica: Gamify Your Tasks | 4.0 | 82 | 812 |
Headspace: Mindful Meditation | 4.9 (2)a | 86 | 548,000 |
iMoodJournal-Mood Diary | 4.1 | 46 | 3000 |
Insight Timer - Meditation | 5.0 (1)a | 79 | 62,000 |
Liberate: My OCD Fighter | 4.5 | 64 | — |
Lumosity: Brain Training | 4.8 (3)a | 81 | 40,000 |
MoodKit | 4.1 | 50 | 1700 |
Muse: EEG Meditation & Sleep | 4.5 | 59 | 578 |
MyLife Meditation | 4.9 (2)a | 72 | 2500 |
My QuitBuddy | 4.5 | 47 | 614 |
Peak – Brain Training | 4.8 (2)a | 74 | 15,000 |
PTSD Coach | 4.6 | 61 | 164 |
Recovery Record (RR: Eating Disorder Management; Nourishly-Nutrition & Diet) | 5.0 (1)a | 64 | 1200 |
Rise Up + Recover | 4.8 (3)a | 63 | — |
Sanvello: Anxiety & Depression | 4.9 (2)a | 71 | 10,000 |
Serenita- Stress & Anxiety | 3.1 | 27 | — |
Stay Quit Coach | 2.9 | 34 | — |
Step Away: Alcohol Help | 4.7 | 41 | — |
SuperBetter | 4.8 (3)a | 53 | — |
VetChange | 5.0 (1)a | 36 | — |
Virtual Hope Box | 4.0 | 46 | 167 |
Woebot: Your Self-Care Expert | 4.9 (2)a | 69 | 2300 |
Wysa: Mental Health Support | 5.0 (1)a | 75 | 2000 |
aThe top 3 apps are ranked with (1), (2), and (3). When a numerical rating is listed more than once, this was because of ties.
bNot available.