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$16K
- Standard$32K
- Advanced$63K
A typical configuration lands near $80,150 over 21–30 weeks.
Configure your mental health app
Work through the steps below — scope, features, compliance and integrations — and you get an 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 | $16K | Narrowest useful release — one workflow, one user type, launched fast. |
| Standard | $32K | The common case: multiple roles, reporting, and the integrations most buyers expect. |
| Advanced | $63K | Multi-site or enterprise scope, deeper interoperability and heavier non-functional requirements. |
Baselines are before feature adders, compliance programmes, integrations and the platform and design multipliers. Every configuration this calculator can produce falls inside $13K–$269K — the floor is the cheapest tier at the cheapest multipliers with nothing added, the ceiling is the top tier with every option selected at the dearest ones. Both ends are computed from the price table above, not written by hand. A typical mid-market configuration lands near $80,150. 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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