Calm, clear support for your mental health journey
A practical daily companion for depression, anxiety, and related conditions — structured tools, honest information, and a direct path to help when you need it. Everything you record stays on your own device.
The Knowledge Hub and Find support are free, with no account needed. The Companion Toolkit is free for up to two months — no card required to start — and R39/month after that.
Everything you record stays on your phone
Your mood check-ins, safety plan, medication log, and symptom history are stored only on your own device — never on our servers. Not because we promise not to look, but because we structurally cannot: your records never leave your phone.
The optional AI tools are the one exception, and only when you use them: text you choose to paste into Understand my results or Check a claim, and what you type into Find support, is sent to our AI provider to produce that one answer and is not kept afterwards. Nothing you have logged in the app is ever sent with it. Read our Privacy Policy →
Everything in one place, built around your day
Knowledge Hub
Plain-language guides to depression, anxiety, and related conditions — drawn from vetted South African and international sources. Always free, no account needed.
Daily check-in
A short daily wellbeing and mood check-in — honest questions, no jargon. Scores are tracked over time so you and your treating team can see patterns.
Health log
Sleep, mood, and a daily self-care checklist. Small, trackable wins — and a record that speaks for you when words are hard to find in a clinical appointment.
Medication & appointment radar
Log your medications and upcoming appointments. Missed doses show up clearly in your combined report — useful context for any clinician reviewing your progress.
Safety plan
Your own warning signs and coping steps, written by you and kept on your device. Always one tap away — even without a connection.
Next-of-kin check-in
A short questionnaire for a partner or parent to complete on your device — an outside view, always visible to you, never sent anywhere separately.
My history
A one-screen summary for any clinician meeting you for the first time — diagnoses, hospitalisations, medication allergies, and care team contacts.
Combined report
A printable chart of your wellbeing, mood, sleep, and medication adherence — generated on your device, for your treating team. Not a diagnosis.
Find support
Search for services near you, checked against official registers such as the HPCSA where a match can be found. Every result says which it is. Always free, no account required.
If things feel urgent right now
MentalHealth Companion is not a crisis service. If you or someone you know is at risk, please reach out to one of these services directly:
SADAG Suicide Crisis Helpline — 0800 567 567 (24-hour, toll-free) Cipla Mental Health Helpline — 0800 456 789 (24-hour, toll-free) Emergency services — 112 or go to your nearest emergency departmentThe app also surfaces these numbers directly if it detects a response that suggests you may be at risk — all on your device, nothing transmitted to us.