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💪 Helm is an app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management in an actionable manner to provide relief. - chuabingquan/helm

Helm is a Flutter application designed to help users manage stress, anxiety, and depression through gamification. The app turns mental health management into game-like activities, making coping strategies more engaging… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Helm▲2
Helm gamifies anxiety in an actionable manner.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Calmer▲379
An anxiety relief app that actually works
2025 · gocalmer.com · its alternatives →
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WinDiary▲310
Mental health and personal achievement journal
2023 · windiary.app · its alternatives →
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I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety▲666
Hey HN! Some more info: I’m an NHS doctor and the founder of Pi-A (https://www.pi-a.io) which developed Lungy (https://www.lungy.app). Lungy is an app (iOS only for now) that responds to breathing in real-time and was designed to make breathing exercises more engaging and beneficial to do. It hopefully has many aspects of interest to the HN community – real-time fluid, cloth and soft body sims running on the phone’s GPU. My background is as a junior surgical trainee and I started building Lungy in 2020 during the first COVID lockdown in London. During COVID, there were…
2023 · lungy.app · its alternatives →
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Quirk▲285
Simplified cognitive behavioral therapy on your phone
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Paradym 2.0▲266
Self therapy, improve your emotional wellbeing
2022 · 6cdew.app.link · its alternatives →
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RelaxifyApp - Anxiety & Stress Relief▲78
Science based Mental Health & Well-being Psychology App.
2021 · relaxifyapp.com · its alternatives →
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Unwind 3.0▲258
Relieve stress and anxiety, sleep better, and improve focus
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Helm▲101
Stay ahead of burnout with daily mindfulness and reflection
2021 · detikslotb.com · its alternatives →
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EndurePath▲128
Hi there, EndurePath has been my main project over the past few months, and I’d love to get feedback from the HN community. The main focus of this application is to improve your mood in a moment and help you to keep it as positive as it can be in your circumstances. For those reasons I’ve added simple mood tracking, tiny tasks, and to keep you engaged personal companion with AI insights. Disclaimer: it’s NOT your personal psychologist or complex application with tasks that cure your past traumas and I don’t have plans to add complex tasks, since there better alternatives that already exists.
2025 · endurepath.com · its alternatives →
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Ladder▲126
Habit & mood tracker with cognitive journaling
2020 · myladder.health · its alternatives →
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Nomie▲232
Nomie App is an AI wellness companion that replaces doomscrolling with somatic fidgets, worry eaters, breathing exercises, and nervous system regulation tools. Free on iOS.
Mar 2026 · mynomie.com · its alternatives →
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Mentalio AI Mood Journal▲141
Smart mental support and emotions tracker in your phone
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Stress & Anxiety Companion▲75
Smart mental health tools for employee wellbeing.
2019 · companionapproach.com · its alternatives →
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InnerHour▲67
An app designed to help with anxiety and depression
2019 · amahahealth.com · its alternatives →
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Buddio▲110
Mental health for everyone
2020 · its alternatives →
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Lungy▲162
Spatial computing app for stress & relaxation
2024 · lungy.app · its alternatives →
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Squair▲162
I built Squair because my phone was giving me anxiety - and it was also the only thing in my pocket when anxiety hit. The problem: 4 cups of coffee just to focus. Then the anxiety kicks in. Chest tight. Racing thoughts. Scrolling reels to "calm down" made it worse. I Googled "anxiety relief" at 2am and found box breathing — same technique Navy SEALs use in combat. First time I tried it, I felt the difference within 2 minutes. No crash. No pills. Just breathing. So I built an app around it. 6 months. Solo dev with a full-time job. 112 builds. 2 App Store rejections. Finally live. What it…
Jan 2026 · squair.app · its alternatives →
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Moodpath▲72
Your mental health companion
2020 · its alternatives →
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Helm: Independence▲55
Discover & reconnect with your inner self
2024 · hearthishere.com · its alternatives →
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I made a video game to help reduce stress and anxiety▲61
Vortle - video games to calm down and support positive mental health.
2023 · vortle.com · its alternatives →
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Head On▲78
Take control of anxiety, panic & stress
2023 · headon.app · its alternatives →
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Sigh▲76
Reduce overall stress in 5 minutes with cyclic breathing
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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MindFull▲70
Gain insights into how you deal with stress and anxiety
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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