Christian Mental Health Apps | Faith-Based Support

Reflect Christian Mindfulness

A completely free Christian mindfulness app offering guided biblical meditations, lectio divina, contemplative prayer, and imaginative contemplation — all centered on Scripture. Created by UK developer Neill Bowler from his personal journey with chronic fatigue, the app remains ad-free with no in-app purchases and is actively updated.

Build Your Faith App

A faith-based web app offering healing prayers, Scripture-based affirmations, gratitude activities, and daily encouragement for individuals navigating serious health challenges — now with a church fundraising program through Gratitude Challenge.

Live From Rest

A free Christian meditation app by the Smith family (Dr. Steve, Joshua Luke, and Lucinda) — offering customizable guided sessions rooted in Scripture with breathwork, calming music, and topics from gratitude to addiction recovery. A UK charity with free courses, a podcast, a regular Premier Christianity column by Joshua, and endorsement from the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

The Freedom Fight

A holistic, Christ-centered porn addiction recovery program for men and women, blending biblical discipleship, neuroscience, and clinical training across a free 30-Day Challenge and 29-week flagship course — with 86% of completers finding lasting freedom.

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Research-backed screen time app that inserts a brief breathing exercise or reflection before opening distracting apps, proven to reduce app openings by 57%. Created by indie developer Frederik Riedel, with peer-reviewed studies from Max Planck Institute and the Danish government. Free for one app, with Pro for unlimited apps and advanced features. Available on iOS, Android, and browser extension.

Pure Desire

Pure Desire Ministries provides Christ-centered support groups, certified counseling, podcasts, and recovery resources to help men, women, and couples find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior and healing from betrayal trauma — now headquartered in Nashville, TN with 30+ years of ministry, a Barna-partnered research study, and an annual summit.

Hallow

The #1 Christian prayer app with nearly 1.5 billion prayers prayed, offering 10,000+ audio-guided sessions — from Lectio Divina and the Rosary to Byzantine prayers, sleep Bible stories, and an AI faith Q&A tool — built to help anyone find peace in God. Partnered with Lauren Daigle, Mark Wahlberg, and Jonathan Roumie for seasonal challenges drawing hundreds of thousands of participants.

Eirene - Christian Mental Wellbeing AI

Eirene is a faith-based AI mental well-being assistant that combines scriptural wisdom with counseling-informed conversations, interactive journaling, voice-guided devotionals, and ambient reflection tools to support Christians in their spiritual emotional growth — available 24/7 on iOS.

Pray As You Go

A free daily audio prayer app celebrating 20 years of ministry from the Jesuits in Britain — offering 10–13 minute guided sessions blending music, Scripture, and Ignatian reflective questions to over half a million people annually across 9 languages, with a new monthly "Pray with the Pope" series alongside Pope Leo XIV.

Glorify: Devotional & Prayer

The #1 Christian devotional app — daily guided devotionals, Scripture-based meditations, worship music, audio courses, journaling, Bible Stories for Kids, and community groups. 20M+ downloads, backed by a16z and SoftBank. Partnered with The Chosen, Great American Media, and co-led Global Bible Month 2025 with YouVersion and Hallow. Free with optional Glorify Plus subscription.

Encountering Peace

A free, listener-supported Christian meditation ministry with 1,400+ hours of Scripture-rooted guided audio, daily new meditations, 170+ YouVersion Bible plans, a private journal, community features, and 200+ YouTube videos — available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, and web.

The Gameplan

A free Christian recovery app from Dr. Doug Weiss offering daily tips, videos, blogs, a free Clean Class, and YouVersion Bible studies to help men break free from pornography and sexual addiction. Developed by Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs.

Soulspace Prayer & Meditation

A Holy Spirit-centered Christian meditation app with daily Scripture-based guided prayers, 300+ topical meditations, Bible sleep stories, kids content, worship instrumentals, and a 'Bible in 100 Days' audio series — created by a tight-knit team originally from Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. Features daily meditation reminders, shareable verse cards, and read-along transcripts. Free daily meditation, no ads. Recently rebranded across stores as 'Reflect & Rest: Soulspace' (iOS) and 'Soulspace: Holy Spirit Prayer' (Android).

A Simple Pause

A free, ad-free spiritual companion app offering seven guided five-minute practices — including Lectio Divina, Ignatian imaginative prayer, Visio Divina, and timed silence — rooted in ancient monastic traditions. Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Created by spiritual director LuAnn Roberson under the Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona.

Faith: Scripture Meditation

Personalized guided meditations rooted in Scripture — share what's on your heart and receive a custom session with Bible passages, narration, and calming music. Also offers a lectio divina Scripture meditation mode for reflecting deeply on any verse. Created by a Google engineer in Nashville. iOS only.

DigitalParenting.com

A research-based, biblically grounded digital parenting resource offering a 7-step framework, a highly rated companion guidebook, and a 10-week church small group course to help Christian families navigate technology safely.

Relay: Quit Porn Addiction

A Y Combinator-backed, therapist-designed recovery program that helps men and women quit porn addiction through anonymous group accountability, interactive video lessons, and evidence-based tools — with a faith-focused track for Christian users who want spiritual healing alongside clinical recovery.

Limit Phone

A hardcore Android app blocker that uses system-level MDM to block social media, porn, and gambling — and unlike other blockers, it genuinely cannot be bypassed, uninstalled, or disabled without a factory reset. Includes a custom Firefox browser with built-in website blocking. Works on phones and tablets.

Loveology

A free video library of 667 bite-sized relationship videos from over 100 Christian experts covering marriage, dating, parenting, communication, finances, and more — developed by faith-tech studio Servant.io.

Neurocycle

A science-backed mental health app by Christian neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf, using her clinically tested 5-step Neurocycle method to help you manage anxiety, depression, and toxic thinking through a guided 63-day program. Available on iOS, Android, and web.

Dabar

Dabar is a web-based AI spiritual companion that responds to real-life questions — grief, doubt, anxiety, purpose — with structured four-part reflections drawn exclusively from the KJV Bible. Named after the Hebrew word for God's living, spoken word, it was created by Michael Clarke for Christians carrying the questions that don't fit anywhere else.

Soul Rest

A free, open-source web platform gathering Christian meditations and meditative prayers from creators like Christ Centered Tribe, Encountering Peace, Alabaster Co, Rush Podcast, VOUS Church, Abide Christian Meditation, Sr. Faustina Maria Pia SV, and Soulspace — with a Panic Button for immediate calm, random meditation discovery, and content spanning anxiety, sleep, healing, and worship.

Chad Coach - Overcome Lust

An AI-powered lust and pornography recovery coach available 24/7 on WhatsApp, built by a former Tesla ML engineer. Combines CBT techniques with Catholic teaching from St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body to help men break free — shame-free and free to use.

Scout - Online Accountability

Lightweight browser extension that monitors user-chosen websites and keywords, sending timestamped screenshots directly to an accountability partner's email — no dashboards, no stored logs, voluntary transparency. Available on Chrome, Firefox, and Chromium browsers with a free tier and low-cost subscription.

Christ Centered Tribe

Christ Centered Tribe offers 250+ guided biblical meditations and Christian EFT tapping sessions to help believers find peace in God's presence, reduce anxiety, and deepen their faith.

Sabbath Space

Sabbath Space pairs a physical NFC keychain tag with an iOS and Android app to block distracting apps and notifications, helping Christians reclaim screen time for God, family, and intentional rest.

Abide: Bible Meditation Prayer

The #1 Christian meditation app — 2,000+ Bible-based guided meditations, 365+ sleep stories, full NIV Audio Bible, and seasonal in-app events for anxiety, depression, sleep, and spiritual growth. Co-founded by former Google employees, now part of the Guideposts family with deepening co-branded content in 2026. Endorsed by licensed therapists and Grammy winner Mandisa.

Share the Struggle

Share the Struggle is a Christian nonprofit providing discipleship coaching (1-on-1 and group) across 35+ focus areas and expert-led 8-week video courses on anxiety, trauma, grief, shame, and more — trusted by churches like Church of the Highlands, FCA, and Cru. Founded by Ryan Miller, based in Opelika, AL.

theWell

theWell (formerly BePerk) is a free Christian social media platform combining short-form videos, photo sharing, prayer requests, testimonies, and community discussions — all in a faith-centered, moderated space designed to help believers connect and grow.

Re:generation

A biblically-based, 12-step discipleship and recovery ministry from Watermark Community Church, now active at locations across the U.S. with hundreds of partner churches. 351 people completed the full program at Watermark in 2025. Curriculum available in five languages including English, Polish, Albanian, Romanian, and Spanish. Helps people find freedom from addictions, anxiety, past hurts, and destructive patterns through daily Scripture curriculum and authentic small-group community.

Fast Facts About Pornography

A research-backed collection of 100+ statistics on pornography's effects on the brain, relationships, and society — now organized across 25 filterable categories with direct source citations — by the nonprofit Fight the New Drug.

Live Free Community App

A private community app for men seeking freedom from pornography and lust, offering peer accountability, weekly teaching content, free and premium courses, direct messaging, 27+ small group hosts, and church partnership options — founded by pastor and recovery advocate Carl Thomas.

Soultime Christian Meditation

A Christian meditation app offering 200+ guided sessions on anxiety, sleep, stress, and spiritual growth, plus an AI-powered mood tracker, personality assessments, sleep stories, original music, an in-app journal, and a complete AI-narrated audio Bible. Endorsed by the former Archbishop of Canterbury and recommended by the Church in Wales for clergy wellbeing.

Arete7

A free spiritual coaching app rooted in Catholic Christian tradition that helps you build daily practices like prayer, examination of conscience, and journaling — with reminders, Bible integration, progress tracking, and an actively maintained companion theology blog called Cyber-Monk.

Life After Pornography Coach

A research-backed 10-week coaching program by clinical psychologist Dr. Cameron Staley, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help individuals overcome unwanted pornography use through mindfulness, guided videos, journaling, and community support.

The Quiet Collection

A spiritual formation app by NYT bestselling author and spiritual director Emily P. Freeman, offering seasonal audio collections of reflections, ancient prayers, and original piano music — designed to create space for the soul to breathe. Free to download with Borrowed Prayers and Psalms included; additional seasonal collections (Lent, Advent, Birthday, Blessings) available as in-app purchases.

helloHOPE

A free app from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit by founders Andrew and Mary Beth Thomas, offering daily Scripture, prayer prompts, calming music by Stanton Lanier, and real family stories to help parents navigate a childhood diagnosis with hope and faith.

Thrive and Cultivate

A membership-based training platform equipping pastors and church leaders with mental health skills, strategies, and expert-led video sessions across topics like burnout, anxiety, grief, trauma, suicide prevention, and building a mentally healthy church culture.

Pause: Prayer & Meditation

A free guided pause app by John Eldredge (Wild at Heart) that helps you reconnect with God in 1 to 10 minutes through short, audio-guided sessions with Scripture, breathing exercises, favorites, and multi-day programs like 30 Days to Resilient and Experience Jesus. Really.