Author: Faylee Favara

MoodSpace * ** ***
Beautiful app! Great for journal keeping and meditation. Features Three Clouds for affirmations, a Thought Diary and Mindful Meditation...simple and good for all ages
ReAct Madison

IChill *** This app is appropriate for adults as it tends to be wordy without imagery...it does focus on resiliency, developing skills to address trauma and has some good charts to explore the resiliency zone
ReAct: Madison

SAM (Self-Help Anxiety Management)
** *** A great app! Helps you track your progress as you move away from anxiety and stress...outside sources available so you can get advice from others
ReAct: Madison

MindShift * ** *** This app really helped me connect with what anxiety is and how it affects our thoughts, body and behavior. You can overcome fear and develop tools for dealing with anxiety and to calm yourself down. It keeps you inspired and helps you to deal with things. It helps to understand the ‘fight-flight-freeze response to stressful situations and helps to cope. ReAct: Haleigh

Balanced * ** *** This app is easy to figure out and helps you set goals around fitness, appreciation, creativity, confidence and discovery. You can set a daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly schedule...simple layout! (ReAct: Audray)

Pacifica ** *** This app checks your health, thoughts, mood and goals. You can: rate your mood, follow a guided path and find peer support. There is a toolbox, guided learning paths, a meditation library and support! ReAct: Haleigh

Seven Cups ** *** This app has an anxiety and stress chat feature (can run into too many users)...You can follow a daily path utilizes their mindfulness guidelines and there are other brief but useful skills...money is mentioned for a certain path...tends to be repetitive ReAct: Madison

Aura: Mindfulness and Happiness * ** ***
This is a great app for meditation ...the images and sound are super...you can set up times for mediation, write down gratitudes, track your moods...short enough to be mindful breaks throughout your day ReAct: Audray

Happify ** *** This app is very personalized (you can add your own photos), easy to use and navigate. It has a gratitude check in, guided meditation, but tends to a lot of questions and repetitiveness. Has skills like Savor, Thank, Aspire, Give and Empathize. ReAct:: Colt

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Headspace ** ***
Fun Animations, videos, calming words, helps you come down to earth even when on the edge. It helps you focus on things but it is a ten day program that leads to a paid-for subscription. ReAct: Jayce

Relax Lite ** *** This app is simple, relaxing and has good instructions...it is all about breathing and meditation and therefore straight forward...it offers a full version for purchase. ReAct: Colt

Squeeze and Shake and Stress Baal * ** *** The Squeeze and shake Stress Ball is a great quick stress reliever!
Stress Baal: No score, no achievements, no goals...after all goals may be what stressed you in the first place. Baal is a minor devil that you get to beat up with your finger...maybe it’s the test tomorrow or the burnt toast or the rained-out game...whatever it is , enjoy some mindless expression of stress! ReAct: Lily

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Brain Yoga. ** ***This app contains great games to play. They are all simple but you can change the difficulty. I believe the goal is to distract/occupy your mind in a healthy way. The games are all logical and “keep your brain in shape” It is accompanied by soothing sounds and a reminder feature
ReAct...Sandra

Smiling Mind…* ** ***
Mindfulness and Meditation...good explanation of mindfulness...Clears your head and leads towards happiness, alertness and being content….simple but purposeful app
ReAct...Caitlin

Diary Mood Tracker ** ***
This App uses an activity log and mood icons to look into your weekly, monthly and yearly life of moods. It has a pin lock and a reminder feature...it is interesting to see how your lifestyle is affected by your mood and vice versa
ReAct…
Sandra

Gratitude Journal ** *** Record grateful things happening in your life. It allows you to capture the most grateful moments on the go. Take a few minutes per day to jot down the little things...they change your life and shape your future. Gratitude journaling will help create a positive attitude towards life. (ReAct: Lily)
Affirmations * ** *** Records yourself reading positive affirmations that you can listen to at a later time as a confidence builder...it helps to hear encouragement out loud...maybe have others record for you as sometimes it’s great to hear encouragement in another supportive person’s voice as well
My Goals * ** *** A Good app! It helps you set goals and gives you a time line for how long to take to achieve that goal...good charts as well! (ReAct: Jayce)
Balanced * ** *** This app is easy to figure out and helps you set goals around fitness, appreciation, creativity, confidence and discovery. You can set a daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly schedule...simple layout! (ReAct: Audray)

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My Goals * ** *** A Good app! It helps you set goals and gives you a time line for how long to take to achieve that goal...good charts as well! (ReAct: Jayce)

Affirmations * ** *** Records yourself reading positive affirmations that you can listen to at a later time as a confidence builder...it helps to hear encouragement out loud...maybe have others record for you as sometimes it’s great to hear encouragement in another supportive person’s voice as well