100 Best iPhone Apps for Your Mental Health

June 2nd, 2009

By Meredith Walker

The iPhone offers lots of apps for fun, organization, and social networking, but have you thought of the potential for mental health apps on the device? They are available, and offer a great way to make sure your mind stays sharp and agile. Here we’ll take a look at 100 apps that can feed your brain, offer relaxation, and more.

Brain Food

Get smart with the help of these educational iPhone apps.

  1. Stanza: Use Stanza’s e-reader to download free and paid books that you can read on the go.
  2. iPresident: Check out this app to learn about all of the Presidents of the USA.
  3. Science Fact of the Day: With this app, you can get a fun science fact every day.
  4. BookShelf: This app will turn your iPhone into a handy book reader.
  5. Fact of the Day: Find a new educational fact every day with this app.
  6. Fritz Chess: Use this app to play a classic game of chess.
  7. Word of the Day: This app offers iPhone users a new word to study every day.
  8. Brain Fit: Brain Fit is an addicting brain fitness game that will keep your mind sharp.
  9. Starmap: This app offers a map of the stars, almost like keeping a planetarium in your pocket.
  10. Quote of the Day: This app offers a daily quote for your iPhone.
  11. Daily Haiku: Daily Haiku offers a new traditional Japanese haiku every day.
  12. Geopedia: Using Geopedia, you can find landmarks around you in Wikipedia articles.
  13. Did You Know?: This app offers new and interesting facts on a regular basis.
  14. Words of the World: Using this app, you can learn a new word in six languages each day.
  15. Poptiq: Poptiq offers education videos for the iPhone.
  16. TED: Use the TED app to get smart talks geared toward smart people.
  17. This Day in History: Use this app, and you’ll learn about different events in history every day.
  18. AccelaStudy Vocabulary Builder: This app will help you expand your English vocabulary.
  19. HandyFact: Get important and interesting facts from this app.
  20. Talking Phrasebooks: Use this app, and you’ll get common foreign language translations to study.
  21. Classics: Classics offers handheld access to a variety of literature classics.
  22. Google Earth: Google Earth offers lots of geography brain candy.
  23. Birthdays in History: Using this app, you can learn about historical birthdays.

Inspiration

Use these apps to get inspiration on a regular basis.

  1. World Proverbs: World Proverbs offers nearly 4,000 different proverbs from around the world.
  2. Yogi Says: Use this app to get inspirational quotes from the Amrit Yoga Institution.
  3. iBelieve: Awaken your spiritual side with this affirmation iPhone app.
  4. Conficus: You can get inspiration from Conficus through this app.
  5. Daily Affirmations: Daily Affirmations will allow you to change your thoughts and eliminate negativity.
  6. TheCarrot: Use TheCarrot to track your life, nutrition, and more on your iPhone.

Meditation

Tune into your zen with these apps designed to help with meditation.

  1. Zen Proverbs: You can meditate on zen proverbs with the help of this app.
  2. Mind Wave: Using Mind Wave, you can help set your brain into a relaxing state of mind.
  3. Bob’s Sheep Counter: Make sure you’re getting restful sleep with the help of Bob’s Sheep Counter.
  4. Meditation Timer: This iPhone app will allow you to time your meditation.
  5. iLoveNature: Listen to sounds and view photographs of nature, with animal identification and more.
  6. Daze: Use Daze’s self-hypnosis to rejuvenate your mind.
  7. Binaural Beats: Get concentration, relaxation, and more from this app.
  8. Zen Timer: Use this iPhone app to get a simple timer for zen meditations.
  9. Brain Hack: Hack your brain into a meditative state of mind with this app.
  10. Meditate Now: This app offers expertly designed audio clips that are meant to offer you rest and meditation.
  11. Custom Hypnosis: Custom Hypnosis offers an easy way to hypnotize yourself.
  12. Bonsai: With this app, you can learn the traditional art of bonsai care.
  13. White Noise: White Noise will provide you with noise that can offer a relaxing and stress free environment.
  14. Yoga STRETCH: Use Yoga STRETCH to get workouts in Vinsaya flow yoga.
  15. Prêt-à-Yoga: Prêt-à-Yoga will allow you to follow a yoga guru on your iPhone.

Relaxation

Use these apps to help create a relaxing atmosphere.

  1. iLove Birds Lite: This app offers the relaxing sounds of birds.
  2. Massager: Work out a kink in your neck or get a break with this useful app.
  3. Jiyuka: With Jiyuka, you can create beautiful compositions of randomly generated flowers.
  4. Custom Sounds of Nature: Custom Sounds of Nature offers relaxing ambient sounds.
  5. Wings: Wings is an iPhone flight simulator that offers loads of relaxation as you experience the effect of floating in the air.
  6. Happiness: The Happiness app offers a great way to change your mood within moments.
  7. Silent Island: Use Silent Island to get relaxation with selected melodies.
  8. iKite: iKite is a fun and relaxing game that allows you to virtually fly a kite.
  9. BlowAway: Observe a beautiful picture and even blow flowers away using this app.
  10. iDream: With iDream, you can escape everyday noise and relax.
  11. Ambience: Ambience offers iPhone users an app with professional sound and beautiful relaxing backgrounds.
  12. Bubble Blow: Using Bubble Blow, you can blow bubbles on your iPhone, then watch them, move them, or pop them.
  13. Tranquil Alarm: Make use of Tranquil Alarm to get a peaceful start to your mornings.
  14. Zen Magic: Using this iPhone application, you can get soothing relaxation through drawing and calming sounds.
  15. Easy-Relax: Create your own relaxation themes with this app for the iPhone.
  16. Art: This factbook app offers information about artists and their works, as well as a quiz to test your learning.
  17. Koi Pond: Use Koi Pond to see the beauty of a Japanese koi pond on your iPhone.
  18. Art Envi Deluxe: Art Envi Deluxe boasts a variety of famous artists, works, and specialized categories.
  19. Paradise: Use Paradise to see one of five scenes and sounds of paradise.

Stress Relief

You’ll find options for lowering your stress level here.

  1. Massage Me: With Massage Me, you’ll get a relaxing massage from the iPhone’s vibration.
  2. iHateMyJob: Vent about your work troubles and find out what others are going through on this iPhone app.
  3. Fracture: If you find yourself so stressed that you want to break something, you can virtually break your iPhone with this app.
  4. Stress Shaker: Read quotes, watch your boat, and shake your stress away with this app.
  5. Stress Reducer: This app is designed to help you relax and unwind.

Social

Improve your mental health by connecting socially with these apps.

  1. Facebook: Keep in touch with family members, friends, and colleagues through Facebook.
  2. WordPress: Using WordPress for the iPhone, you can share information and express yourself wherever you are.

Humor

Use these apps for a light dose of humor.

  1. I Can Has Cheezburger: Get a good laugh from the I Can Has Cheeseburger app.
  2. iFart: iFart is a simple app that will provide you with hours of comic relief.
  3. F-MyLife: Have a chuckle and commiserate with others by reading funny stories on this app.
  4. iLOL: Use this app to create and share funny photos on your iPhone.
  5. MouthOff: This app offers a really fun way to lip-sync.

Simplification & Organization

Support your mental health with these apps that make your life easier.

  1. Mint: Mint will make it easy for you to stay on top of your spending using your iPhone.
  2. Dexy: With Dexy, you’ll get free-form organization for notes on the go.
  3. Urbanspoon: Take the guesswork out of finding a restaurant with the help of this app.
  4. WorldCat: Using WorldCat, you can find a book in a library near you.
  5. Evernote: Using Evernote, you’ll be able to make super organized notes.
  6. Brain Tuner: With this app, you can keep your mind fresh.
  7. Pingdom: Monitor the uptime of your site on your iPhone with this app.
  8. 30Boxes: With this iPhone calendar app, you’ll be able to easily stay on top of your schedule.
  9. KuGon: Kugon will help you improve your memory skills and more.
  10. QuickVoice: Don’t worry about forgetting tidbits of information while you’re out-give yourself piece of mind with QuickVoice, which makes it easy for you to leave yourself voice notes.
  11. ShopALot: Get stress free grocery shopping from this iPhone app.
  12. Harvest: Use the Harvest time and expense tracker in order to keep track of your expenses, work time, and more.
  13. Mocha VNC Lite: Mocha VNC Lite offers you the ability to remotely access your work or home computer from your iPhone.
  14. One Trip Shopping List: Using this app, you can make your shopping trips easier than ever.
  15. Omnifocus: With Omnifocus, you’ll geat an easy-to-use app that can help you stay on top of your tasks.
  16. iBlueSky: iBlueSky will allow you to perform iPhone mind mapping.
  17. 101 Cookbooks: With this app, you’ll get access to lots of recipes that will make cooking more convenient.
  18. Remember the Milk: Remember the Milk will make it easy for you to stop stressing about remembering things and clear your mind for more important tasks.

Wellness

These apps focus on physical health that supports your mental health as well.

  1. aSleep: aSleep will provide you with music you can sleep to.
  2. Quitter: The Quitter app will help you quit smoking.
  3. A Good Night’s Sleep: This app offers users a solution to stress and insomnia.
  4. iAroma: Learn about aromatherapy through this app’s information.
  5. Shrink: Create sketches on this app, and it will analyze them, offering often humorous advice.
  6. iPosture Companion Free: With the help of this app, you’ll be able to improve your posture.
  7. Pain Free: Alleviate aches and pains with the Pain Free app.

 

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