20 apps and services to help you manage stress

Color by number, mood trackers, meditation programs and other tools.

For meditation and healthy sleep

Please note: except for the first one, all applications from this category are not available in Russian. To use them, you need to understand English well by ear.

1. Insight Timer

Inside the application, you will find voice instructions and special timers for your meditation sessions. A separate block contains melodies and exercises to help you fall asleep. Most of the content is available by subscription ($ 60 per year), but the free section has plenty to choose from.

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Insight Timer - Meditation

Developer: Insight Network Inc

Price: Free

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Insight Timer - Meditation

Developer: Insight Network Inc

Price: Free

2. Simple Habit

Huge collection meditative exercise. Choose a goal (such as reducing stress levels or getting ready for bed) and listen to your mentor's soothing voice. Lots of tutorials are available for free, and even more are available by subscription ($ 12 per month).

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Simple Habit: Meditation App

Developer: Simple Habit, Inc.

Price: Free

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Simple Habit: Meditation App

Developer: Simple Habit, Inc.

Price: Free

3. Headspace

A collection of beautifully designed tips, meditation and other exercises that should make you happier. You can view only a few of them for free, for the rest you need to subscribe ($ 13 per month).

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Headspace: Meditation & Sleep

Developer: Headspace for Meditation, Mindfulness and Sleep

Price: Free

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Headspace: Meditation & Sleep

Developer: Headspace Inc.

Price: Free

4. Calm

Mini-courses in meditation, sleepy tunes and mesmerizing stories read by famous people. Everything in order to improve your emotional state. After a seven-day trial period, you will need a paid subscription ($ 5.8 per month) to access the content.

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Calm - Meditate, Sleep, Relax

Developer: Calm.com, Inc.

Price: Free

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Calm

Developer: Calm.com

Price: Free

5. FitMind

A step-by-step training complex for mental fitness. According to the developer, the app uses soothing practices monksapproved by neuropsychologists. After a trial week, the program is offered for money ($ 12 per month).

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FitMind: Meditation Training

Developer: FitMind LLC

Price: Free

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For proper breathing

1. The Breathing App

This free app adjusts the user to a specific breathing rhythm - 5-7 breaths per minute. According to the developer, this frequency helps a person calm down.

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The Breathing App

Developer: Edwin stern

Price: Free

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2. Pranic breathing

The program is based on eastern breathing practices. By choosing "Anti-stress", "Relaxation" or another category, you will see the corresponding types of workouts. Some of them are available only in the paid version (60 rubles for 3 months).

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Pranic Breathing: Pranayama and Meditation

Developer: Oleksandr Albul

Price: Free

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3. BreathAir

A range of breathing exercises to combat stress and improve thinking and sleep quality.

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BreathAir - Improve your breathing

Developer: Jankowski michal

Price: Free

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4. Breath Ball

This app promises to help you fight anxiety and insomnia. According to the developer, the program uses only scientifically based breathing techniques. The free version has restrictions on the frequency and amount of exercise that can be turned off with a one-time payment ($ 8).

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Breath Ball: The Stress Relief Breathing Exercise.

Developer: Fun driven

Price: Free

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Breath Ball Breathing Exercise

Developer: Michael holl

Price: Free

For coloring and contemplation

1. Pigment

Color illustrations with fantasy landscapes or popular characters cartoons. Hundreds of images are available for free. To unlock a few thousand more along with additional brushes, you need to subscribe to a paid subscription ($ 10 per month).

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Pigment - Adult Coloring Book

Developer: Pixite Inc.

Price: Free

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2. Happy Color

Thousands of free illustrations are waiting for you to color them. There are animals, flowers, landscapes, mosaics and even esoteric symbols - mandalas. You might be annoyed by the ads, but they are removed for $ 8.

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Happy Color - Color by Number

Developer: X-Flow

Price: Free

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Happy Color ™ - coloring game

Developer: X-Flow

Price: Free

3. Pixel Art

And this is a coloring book for pixel art lovers. Inside is an extensive catalog of a wide variety of images. There are even 3D ones that can be rotated while painting. To turn off ads, you have to subscribe to the premium version of the program ($ 16 per month).

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Pixel Art: Color by Number

Developer: Easybrain

Price: Free

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Pixel Art: Color by Number

Developer: Easybrain

Price: Free

With soothing sounds

1. Soundly

In this application, you will find several categories of sounds for different tasks: concentration, meditation, relaxation, and so on. The app also allows you to set sleep timers and mix different audio elements.

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Soundly - White Noise Sleep

Developer: Rockwell Ventures

Price: Free

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2. Rain rain

The program contains hundreds of atmospheric sounds. Most of them are natural - the howling of the wind, the rustle of foliage, the sound of rain. But for fans of urban ambient there is also a technogenic selection. There are 43 sounds available in the free version of the program, for the rest you need a paid subscription ($ 4 per month).

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Rain Rain Sleep Sounds

Developer: Tim gostony

Price: Free

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Rain Rain Sleep Sounds

Developer: Tim gostony

Price: Free

3. Ambient sounds

Another audio catalog with quality sounds of nature. Inside there are over a hundred records for your relaxation. All are available for free, but the app shows ads.

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Ambient Sounds - Nature Sounds for Sleep

Developer: mikdroid

Price: Free

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4. Brain.fm

The sounds offered by this program increase productivity, relax and help to sleep. At least that's what the authors say. They used artificial intelligence and scientific research data to generate unique audio clips. You can feel their effect on yourself for free, but after five sessions the application will ask you to subscribe ($ 7 per month).

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Brain.fm: Music for the Brain

Developer: Brain.fm

Price: Free

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Brain.fm: Music for the Brain

Developer: Brain.fm

Price: Free

5. Atmosphere

In addition to the sounds of nature, the program includes vibrations and pulsations of various intensities and frequencies. Each has its own function, such as calming down or preparing for meditation.

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Atmosphere Relaxing sounds - rain and sleep sounds

Developer: Peak Pocket Studios

Price: Free

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Atmosphere Relaxing Sounds

Developer: Peak Pocket Studios

Price: Free

Other useful applications and services

1. Happify

First, the service asks questions about your life and attitudes towards it. Then she recommends exercises and helpful information that can make you happier, more balanced, and more confident. All methods and detailed statistics are available only after a subscription ($ 15 per month).

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Happify

Developer: Happify, Inc.

Price: Free

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Happify: for Stress & Worry

Developer: Happify, Inc.

Price: Free

2. AntiPanic

This application was developed by professional psychologists. It is intended for people suffering from panic attacks. The program explains the nature of these seizures, helps you track them, and tells you how to deal with them. Trainings are available to users that will make it easier to endure panic attacks.

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AntiPanic

Developer: Stanislav Raevsky

Price: Free

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3. Moodnotes

Special a diary, with which you can track your emotional state and the circumstances that affect it. It's simple: the better you understand the causes of your psychological problems, the easier it is for you to deal with them. To fully track statistics, you will need to subscribe ($ 10 per month).

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Moodnotes - Mood Diary

Developer: ThrivePort, LLC

Price: Free

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