All NHS e-therapy app survey responses by app
| App | Web or phone based (w/p) | Clinical involvement | Academic involvement | Publications published or forthcoming | Other evidence | Psychological approach or theory |
| Aventurine Mood Improver | P | N | N | Y* | Y† | Y |
| Beating the Blues | W | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Big White Wall | W | Y | N | Y‡ | Y‡ | Y |
| Black Rainbow | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Buddy App | W | Y | N | Y | Y§ | N¶ |
| Depression Calculator** | P | Y | N | N | N | N |
| DigitalMeds | P | N | N | Y* | N | Y |
| Don’t Panic!** | P | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Fear Fighter | W | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Five Ways to Wellbeing | P | Y | N | N | Y†† | Y |
| Ginsberg App | P | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
| Happy Healthy App | P | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Headspace | P | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Healthstored | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Healthy Living** | P | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Hello Brain Health | P | Y | Y | Y‡‡ | Y | Y |
| How Are You App | P | N | Y | N | N | Y |
| iCBT** | P | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| IESO Digital Health | W | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Kooth | W | Y | Y | Y* | Y | N¶¶ |
| Living Life to the Full | W | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
| Mind Ed | W | Y | Y | Y*** | N | N |
| Mindfulness Bell** | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Mindfulness by Digipill** | P | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Mindlogr | P | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Mindshift | P | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Moodbug | P | N | N | N | N | Y |
| MoodGym | W | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Moodkit—Mood Improvement Tools | P | Y | Y | Y | Y††† | Y |
| Moodometer | P | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Moodscope | W | Y‡‡‡ | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| MyMoodTracker | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Panic Attack Aid** | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Phobia Free | P | Y | Y | Y§§§ | Y¶¶¶ | Y |
| Puffellf | W | N | N | N | N | N |
| SAM: Self-help for Anxiety | P | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| SilverCloud Health | W | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Stay Alive | P | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Stress & Anxiety Companion | P | Y | N | N | N | Y |
| Stress Management App | P | Y | Y | N | Y**** | Y |
| Take a break! | P | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Thought Diary** | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Thought Diary Pro** | P | N | N | N | N | N |
| Virtual Hope Box | P | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| WellMind | P | Y | N | N | N | N |
| WorkGuru | W | Y | Y | Y†††† | Y‡‡‡‡ | Y |
| Worry Watch** | P | N | N | N | N | N |
*References studies related to the therapy on which the app was based, rather than the app itself.
†The developer assessed CBT apps in a non-scientific way.
‡Studies were not published at the time of the survey but were in preparation.
§Piloted within 12 NHS Trusts across a range of services and teams.
¶Designed to work with a behavioural activation framework.
**Failed to respond to survey. Answered by the researcher based on publicly available information.
††Had a testing/pilot phase mainly to see if the elements worked and what people thought about the app.
‡‡No publications but at very early stages of two projects that will produce independent research evidence.
§§PhD student rather than experienced research academic.
¶¶Declared no approach, but on inspection of the developer’s website, it was found that the service offers one-to-one CBT over a messenger.
***Comprehensive systematic review of e-therapies.
†††Currently being evaluated in a large controlled efficacy trial.
‡‡‡Adaption of the PANAS test.
§§§Research carried out independently by Roehampton University and being prepared for submission.
¶¶¶Feasibility study to test acceptability, presented at Royal College Psychiatry 2013 International Congress.
****Piloted to ensure the UX was appealing/useful, and so on but no formal studies.
††††PhD researcher is planning research looking at how to increase engagement with online workplace therapies.
‡‡‡‡2 Non-academic studies without a control group. The developer is currently planning an randomised controlled trial.
CBT, cognitive behaviour therapy; NHS, National Health Service; PANAS, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; UX, user experience.