Free support apps
Help you can keep in your pocket. These free apps are made by UK charities and health professionals, for the in-between moments: a bad night, the drive home, 3am when you don't want to wake anyone.
An app isn't a replacement for talking to someone. If you need help right now, these are free and open.
The apps
All free in the UK. Each link goes to the app's official download page.
Stay Alive app
App StoreGoogle Play · Web versionFrom Grassroots Suicide Prevention. A safety plan, a LifeBox for photos and voice notes that help, reasons for living, and crisis contacts near you. Also helps if you're worried about someone.
Hub of Hope
hubofhope.co.ukApp StoreFrom the charity Chasing the Stigma. A national directory of mental health support, so you find services near you, not just a phone number.
distrACT
App StoreGoogle PlayMade by NHS doctors with people who have lived through it. Quick, private information on self-harm and suicidal feelings, ways to manage urges, and a calm zone for the hardest moments.
Calm Harm
App StoreGoogle PlayFrom the teen mental health charity stem4. Short activities to help you ride out the urge to self-harm, plus breathing and a safety net of people to turn to.
Clear Fear
App StoreGoogle PlayFrom stem4. Breathing, relaxation and CBT-based tools for anxiety and panic, with a worry box and a way to track how you're doing.
Move Mood
App StoreGoogle PlayFrom stem4. Helps you build up small, doable things that lift your mood when everything feels like too much, and track your progress.
Worth Warrior
App StoreGoogle PlayFrom stem4. Private, anonymous tools for low self-worth, negative body image and early eating difficulties.
Combined Minds
App StoreGoogle PlayFrom stem4. Helps parents, carers and friends support a young person with their mental health, building on their strengths and yours.
MyDrinkaware
App StoreGoogle PlayFrom the charity Drinkaware. Log your drinks to see units, calories and money spent, set goals and track drink-free days.
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Every number on this site, one tap from your home screen. Free, no app store and no account. The helplines still load without signal.
Getting the most from an app
- Set it up on a calm day. Fill in the safety plan, add the people you'd call, and save a few photos, songs or voice notes that help.
- Put it on your home screen, so it's easy to find when things get hard.
- On a shared phone? Check the app's privacy settings, or use our safety plan and print it instead.
- The stem4 apps are there to help alongside treatment, not instead of it. If things aren't getting better, talk to your GP.
- If you've already hurt yourself, or you can't keep yourself safe, call 999 or go to A&E now.
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