The 10 most popular mental health and wellness apps

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Employees aren’t just looking for digital solutions to help them successfully work from home, but to help them heal from home, too. 

Throughout the pandemic, consumers learned to prioritize their mental health and wellness, all from the comfort of their homes. In 2021, 24.5% of submitted insurance claims were for digital health and wellness perks and apps, according to HR tech company Compt, which reviewed over 100,000 claims. That commitment to self care is on track to keep pace through 2022. 

Calm is a sleep and meditation app that includes guided meditations and sleep stories for users suffering from anxiety and restlessness.

This app allows users to create virtual slime — a real-life science experiment trend that became popular among children and adults in order to distract themselves — and play with it on their mobile device, complete with autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) sounds and relaxing patterns and colors.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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