Best Of
Honest rankings using a transparent rubric. ILTY is in every list — and not always at #1. Updated quarterly.
Nine apps, thirty days each, an honest ranking of the best AI mental health apps and best AI therapy apps of 2026. Disclosed: we make ILTY. Ranked by best-for scenario, not by single winner.
Twelve apps across AI, meditation, CBT, mood tracking, and telehealth. Disclosed: ILTY publishes this. Ranked by best-for scenario, not single winner.
Apps tested specifically against anxiety scenarios — racing thoughts, panic, worry spirals, late-night anxiety. ILTY publishes this; ranked by best-for, not single winner.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools — chatbots, workbooks, exposure-therapy aids. Eight apps ranked by what they're actually good for.
Genuinely free — not free trials, not freemium demos. Nine apps that work without paying. ILTY publishes this; ILTY is NOT free, so we're listed last with honest framing.
For the audience who isn't going to start therapy. Ten apps for genuine self-management — ranked by what they're actually good for, with honesty about when self-management stops being enough.
Woebot Health retired its consumer app on June 30, 2025. These 8 apps are the honest alternatives — tested, ranked by use case, with what each does well and where each falls short.
Eight conversational AI apps that actually function as therapy-style chatbots — ranked by use case. Narrower than a mental-health-app list. Disclosed: ILTY is ours.