Free apps to support your mental wellbeing this exam season
Exam season can be stressful. These free health apps will help you to look after your mental health, get enough sleep, eat healthily and boost your brainpower - from revision to results day and beyond.
Smiling Mind
The Smiling Mind app has been developed by psychologists and educators, and downloaded by millions of people. It can support you with developing mental fitness skills, and can also help you:
- Increase your sense of calm
- Manage your technology use
- Enhance the important relationships in your life
- Reduce stress and anxiety
- Improve mental health and wellbeing
Healthy Living
Mental Health
Entirely Free
77%
Level 2
77%
Level 2
Feeling Good Teens
This app has been developed for 10-15 year olds to help build self-esteem and motivation. It features 11 tracks, of varying length from 3 minutes to 11 minutes, with tracks that guide mindful relaxation, muscle relaxation, calming the mind, building self-confidence, coping with exam stress and sleeping well. It can help you with:
- Feeling more calm and relaxed
- Feeling less stressed
- Having better concentration
- Having more confidence
Healthy Living
Mental Health
Entirely Free
82%
Level 2
82%
Level 2
Kooth
Kooth provides a free, safe and anonymous, welcoming space for you to seek mental health and emotional wellbeing support. Trusted by the NHS and available 24/7 - outside of the usual 9 to 5, there’s no waiting lists or thresholds to meet to qualify for support.
Kooth is available immediately at your fingertips to provide discreet help via any internet-connected device. It's free for any user, simply check availability in your area, click to register, and follow the instructions. Kooth has been designed and is continually updated using feedback from children and young people.
Mental Health
Utilities/ Administration
Entirely Free
86%
Level 2
Move Mood
Move Mood is designed to help young people manage the things they might find difficult when experiencing low mood. Created for Stem4 (teenage mental health charity) Move Mood supports users to define goals and set activity schedules. The app motivates users by providing a 'companion' to help them accomplish tasks they commit to and earn 'awards' for completing them.
There is the opportunity for monitoring progress and a section for resources.
Intended age range: 13+
Mental Health
Entirely Free
71%
Level 3
71%
Level 3
Clear Fear
Created by Stem4 (teenage mental health charity), Clear Fear uses a Cognitive Behavioural framework to help change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses. It also has descriptions of the different ways in which anxiety can manifest, and information and resources to help manage this.
Intended age range: 11-19
Mental Health
Entirely Free
67%
Level 3
67%
Level 3
More local support can be found here:
https://derbyandderbyshireemotionalhealthandwellbeing.uk/Our health app library only contains compliant health apps, so we can be sure that the ones we recommend meet digital and clinical safety standards. You can visit the app library at derbyshire.orchahealth.com Please be assured we do not expect apps or the library to replace any services you may be using, but rather to complement them.