Apps and online care
Unwinding Anxiety vs Brightside Health
They differ on 6 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Unwinding Anxiety
You work through about 30 short daily video lessons and in-the-moment exercises that teach you to notice the worry habit loop and step out of it, with a community and weekly live calls.
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
- Unwinding Anxiety: An app I use on my own
- Brightside Health: A therapist, Medication
- Good for
- Unwinding Anxiety: Adults with ongoing worry or generalized anxiety who want a structured daily program; People who like learning mindfulness through short lessons rather than long meditations
- Brightside Health: Adults with depression or anxiety who want medication management by video; People who want therapy and psychiatry from the same service
- Cost
- Unwinding Anxiety: 7-day free trial, then $29.99/month or $209.99/year
- Brightside Health: Copay with insurance; $95/month psychiatry or $299/month therapy self-pay
- How you pay
- Unwinding Anxiety: I'll pay myself
- Brightside Health: Insurance
- Sells your data
- Unwinding Anxiety: Not stated
- Brightside Health: No
- HIPAA
- Unwinding Anxiety: Not stated
- Brightside Health: Yes
The same for both: probably not for (anyone in crisis: call or text 988), where (iphone, android, web), research (some research support), privacy (grade c).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.