COVID Coach

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

About this app

The world as we know it has changed and we are living in unprecedented and uncertain times. COVID Coach is designed to help you build resilience, manage stress, and increase your well-being during this crisis. The app is free, secure, and helps connect you to important resources for coping and adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Customized tools are available to help you cope with stress, stay well, stay safe, stay healthy, stay connected, and navigate parenting, care-giving, and working from home while social distancing, quarantined, or sheltered in place. You can track your mood, visualize your progress, and find resources to seek additional help and support. No account or password is required and user data is not collected.

COVID Coach was made by the mobile mental health team of the National Center for PTSD, Dissemination & Training Division.

Ratings and reviews

A great app with a wide range of useful tools for coping with stress, Covid Coach offers practices, learning, resources and assessments based on sound psychological science. There is an ability to favorite your favorite practices for quick use and the interface is simple and easy to use. Functions well and haven't had any glitches. I have only been using a short time, but the notifications and engagement have been useful.

I am still exploring this app's features. I am using some of the mindfulness and stress relief practices in conjunction with weekly wellness coaching phone calls through my job's health plan and the videos and articles he presents on my computer. COVID Coach is very conveniently on my phone, so it's available wherever I go. The more I learn from the physical coach, the more useful this virtual coach becomes. 4⭐ instead of 5 because, for me, it's a part of the whole.

I was excited for this app. Unfortunately this app REQUIRES access to your phone. After downloading, a prompt will say: "Allow Covid Coach to access photos, media, and files on your device?" As soon as I tap on "deny" the app automatically closes and locks me out of the service. How is this supposed to be helping me? You don't need access to my phone. I'm disappointed.

What's new

* bug fixes and performance improvements