Mental health app cost calculator
A self-guided mental health app with mood tracking and CBT content costs $55,000–$95,000. Teletherapy platforms with therapist matching, PHQ-9/GAD-7 screeners and crisis escalation land at $110,000–$220,000, and full behavioural health networks reach $400,000.
- 6 separately priced features
- Compliance costed as line items
- Itemised, not a single guess
- ±15–20% confidence range
At a glance
Baselines before features, compliance and multipliers.
- MVP$55K
- Standard$110K
- Advanced$220K
A typical configuration lands near $198,000 over 14–21 weeks.
Configure your mental health app
Work through the steps below — scope, features, compliance and integrations — and you get an itemised estimate with a range, a midpoint and a delivery window.
What each scope tier includes
Every calculator starts from one of three baselines. This is what separates them.
| Scope | Baseline | Typical shape |
|---|---|---|
| MVP | $55K | Narrowest useful release — one workflow, one user type, launched fast. |
| Standard | $110K | The common case: multiple roles, reporting, and the integrations most buyers expect. |
| Advanced | $220K | Multi-site or enterprise scope, deeper interoperability and heavier non-functional requirements. |
Baselines are before feature adders, compliance programmes, integrations and the platform, design and team-location multipliers. The headline range for this calculator is $55K–$264K. See how the numbers are built.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a mental health app cost to build?
A self-guided app with mood tracking and content costs $55,000–$95,000. A teletherapy platform with matching, scheduling, video and screeners costs $110,000–$220,000. A multi-state network with insurance eligibility and measurement-based care runs $220,000–$400,000.
What is required for crisis handling and what does it cost?
A crisis pathway costs about $16,000: risk-flag detection on screener scores such as PHQ-9 item 9, an immediate 988 and local-resource surface, on-call clinician routing, and a documented escalation audit trail. It is not optional — it is the single feature regulators and app stores scrutinise most in this category.
Do PHQ-9 and GAD-7 cost anything to use?
The instruments themselves are free to use, so the $9,000 is engineering: scoring logic, longitudinal charting, item-level risk flags and clinician-facing trend views. Licensed instruments are different — some proprietary scales cost $1–$5 per administration or $5,000–$25,000 per year for a site licence.
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A fixed-scope quote comes out of a 4-week Discovery sprint, which starts at $45,000 and ends with an architecture, a backlog and a firm price.