Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Rootd
Anxiety and panic attack relief for iOS & Android
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rootd launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An app to help you take control of your anxiety
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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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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Overcome anxiety and live a more peaceful life
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Squair▲162I 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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Roots▲276Track your digital dopamine, break your phone addiction
2024 · getroots.app · its alternatives →
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MindFull▲70Gain insights into how you deal with stress and anxiety
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Digital coach to help in moments of stress and anxiety
2019 · its alternatives →
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Breathe▲152Mindfulness reminders to help you disengage from anxiety
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m an NHS doctor and the founder of Pia (https://www.piahealth.co) which developed Lungy (https://www.lungy.app). Lungy is an iOS app that responds to breathing in real-time and was designed to make breathing exercises more engaging and beneficial to do. It’s been two years since Lungy launched (here’s the original ShowHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34534615) and it's had a huge update and complete redesign. We rebuilt the whole app, and added a real-time 3D soft body solver which gives some really cool interactions like blobs /…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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One tap to calm when a panic attack hits
Jul 2026 · denid88.github.io · its alternatives →
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Calm Down Now▲113Stop panic and anxiety. Relax instantly.
2015 · calmdownnow.com · its alternatives →
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Helps Users to Overcome Anxiety and Reduce Stress
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pausa▲122Your space to breathe, reduce anxiety & stress, feel better
Oct 2025 · pausaapp.com · its alternatives →
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