Apps and online care
ReGain vs Brightside Health
They differ on 7 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
ReGain
You sign up alone or with your partner, get matched with a licensed therapist, and have one live session a week by video or phone, with messaging in between.
Brightside Health
You complete an online assessment, then see a prescriber by video once a month, a therapist weekly, or both, and message your care team in between.
Where they differ
- Kind of help
- ReGain: A therapist
- Brightside Health: A therapist, Medication
- Good for
- ReGain: Couples who want relationship therapy together from home; People working on a relationship on their own
- Brightside Health: Adults with depression or anxiety who want medication management by video; People who want therapy and psychiatry from the same service
- Cost
- ReGain: $70–$100/week, billed weekly or every 4 weeks
- Brightside Health: Copay with insurance; $95/month psychiatry or $299/month therapy self-pay
- How you pay
- ReGain: I'll pay myself
- Brightside Health: Insurance
- Research
- ReGain: Early research
- Brightside Health: Some research support
- Privacy
- ReGain: Grade D
- Brightside Health: Grade C
- Sells your data
- ReGain: Yes
- Brightside Health: No
The same for both: probably not for (anyone in crisis: call or text 988), where (iphone, android, web), hipaa (yes).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.