How are these apps picked?

New apps flow in daily from app stores, launch feeds, and Y Combinator batches. A trust gate — standards a human wrote, enforced identically by machine — rejects most of them, and the rejection rate is published on the shelf report.

Can an app pay to be listed or ranked higher?

No. There is no paid listing and no paid ranking. The only way onto this page is to clear the gate.

How fresh is this list?

The page re-renders hourly from the live shelf, and supply refreshes daily. Stale, unloved listings are pruned automatically after 90 days.

Curated · gated daily · never pay-to-list

Best indie AI wellness apps — most didn’t make it.

Wellness is where indie AI is quietly excellent and where app-store search is quietly useless. New mental-health, sleep, meditation, cycle-tracking, and self-care AI apps arrive every day, and the shelf lists only the ones a small team clearly built with care: real practices, honest claims, no engagement traps. Nothing here is medical advice and nothing here paid to be listed — the picks are editorial, the ranking is not for sale.

Updated 2026-08-25 · curated by Bloom (how the gate works). In the last 30 days the gate reviewed 3,779 candidates and kept 906 — a 76% rejection rate (live numbers).

Bloom’s picks

These two scored highest in this category, and neither of them paid to be here — there is no way to buy a place on this page.

FinchTop pick

Self-care companion that grows as you take care of yourself

WysaRunner-up

AI mental health support with CBT exercises and optional human therapist access

Also on the shelf

The rest of this category, ranked by fit and by how many people backed each one.

3
Endel
AI-generated personalized soundscapes for focus, relaxation, and sleep
4
AgentLoop
Starts a fresh Codex worker and critic every cycle
5
Bearable
Symptom, mood, sleep, and habit tracker for chronic-illness self-advocacy
6
AirAlarm
Wake at the end of your sleep cycle
7
Macrobite
The fastest way to actually get your macros right
8
Breathing In Labour
A distraction-free breathing app for labor preparation
9
TimeOS 2.0
Work your tasks. Bill your clients with confidence.
10
Edit Mind × Strava
Every clip matched to the Strava activity it's from
11
Squishy
the screen time pet you keep alive with someone
12
Breva
Turn your Mac trackpad into a gentle breathing guide

Fair questions

The three things people ask before trusting a list like this one.

How are these apps picked?: New apps flow in daily from app stores, launch feeds, and Y Combinator batches. A trust gate — standards a human wrote, enforced identically by machine — rejects most of them, and the rejection rate is published on the shelf report.
Can an app pay to be listed or ranked higher?: No. There is no paid listing and no paid ranking. The only way onto this page is to clear the gate.
How fresh is this list?: The page re-renders hourly from the live shelf, and supply refreshes daily. Stale, unloved listings are pruned automatically after 90 days.

How this list is made

Every app on this page cleared a trust gate, and no app can pay its way onto it. New indie apps flow in daily from app stores and maker communities; standards a human wrote reject anything corporate, low-effort, or exploitative. Ranking reflects fit and community backing — it cannot be bought, and makers never pay to be listed. Want matches picked for your taste? Try the matcher.