DARE

Anxiety relief mobile app for 1M+ users

Industry:

Healthcare & pharmaceutical

Location:

Ireland

Duration:

Since 2019

About the client

DARE is a globally recognized mental health app used by more than one million people worldwide for anxiety management and panic relief. The platform functions as a comprehensive mental health tracking app, offering users access to proven techniques developed by Barry McDonagh, a best-selling author specializing in overcoming anxiety. Through guided content and structured programs, users can practice calming strategies anytime and from any location.

The application follows a freemium model, providing core features for free while offering premium content through monthly and annual subscriptions.

Solution

The client approached an experienced mental health app development company to audit the existing mobile applications, which were receiving negative reviews due to poor user experience and technical limitations. As part of full-cycle mental health app development services, the iOS and Android applications were rebuilt from scratch with improved architecture, enhanced UX, and custom UI animations.

The project required collaboration with skilled mental health app developers to implement smooth integrations with Appsflyer and Firebase, rewrite the backend using Symfony and React, and create scalable, location-oriented versions of the product for new markets, including Portuguese and German audiences. Through strategic mental health app development, the platform achieved improved performance, higher scalability, and a more engaging user experience, while ensuring long-term maintenance and continuous growth.

Key features implemented by Globaldev

Authorization

This feature simplifies the registration process and helps users create their profiles by customizing components of their choice.

DARE Buddy

DARE allows users to become a part of the community and find true friends and attentive listeners. With DARE Buddy, people get personalized support and the right motivation.

Favorites

The application has a built-in audio-/video player, which allows using best practices to calm down. Users can add frequently used audio and videos to favorites to find a relevant composition faster.

SOS

This feature enables users to calm down in case of a panic attack with a relevant set of audio and videos accessible when you're on the go.

Deep breathing

This functionality helps calm down with advanced breathing techniques. The app illustrates the inhale-exhale ratio and allows users to relax in minutes.

Challenges

The app offers carefully selected theme sets of content that can be listened to and watched regularly. For example, users can opt for a '7-day challenge' to cope with anxiety efficiently.

Mood tracker

The feature helps people shadow their mood and anxiety spikes. It offers a diary - the DARE Mood Journal - to fill out every day to see the progress achieved.

Engineering team by Globaldev

We assembled a dedicated cross-functional engineering team to rebuild and scale the mental health platform. The team ensured high performance, seamless integrations, and long-term scalability across iOS and Android applications.

Project manager

Business Analyst

Backend developer

Front-end developer

QA engineer

DevOps

UI/UX designer

iOS developer

Android developer