SuperBetter: Mental Health
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About this app
Improve mental health, resilience and social-emotional skills.
SuperBetter is at heart a simple and transformative idea – we can use the same strengths naturally displayed in game play to confront real-life challenges, build skills, manage stress & practice self-care.
SuperBetter uses the psychology of game play in all of life. Playing SuperBetter means bringing a gameful mindset to real-life - challenging yourself, going for epic wins, adopting a secret identity, completing quests, battling bad guys, activating power-ups and checking-in with allies. The 7 rules for living gamefully is a framework to be stronger, happier, braver & more resilient in everyday life.
Invented by researcher & game designer Jane McGonigal, SuperBetter is backed by science. In a randomized controlled trial at University of Pennsylvania playing SuperBetter for 30 days was associated with significant improvements in mental health and resilience.
The SuperBetter app makes it simple to go for epic wins, track your gameful strengths and build your whole-person resilience - mental, social, emotional & physical. Proven results in 10 minutes a day.
SuperBetter is for youth, teens, young adults & everyone who wants to unlock their heroic potential using the power of living gamefully. Over 1 million people have played SuperBetter.
SUPERBETTER PRODUCTS
> Hero account: Play SuperBetter on your own.
> Host account: A web-based portal to host challenges for squads.
> Player account: Join squad challenges when invited by a host.
HERO ACCOUNT: PLAY ON YOUR OWN
14-day free trial
Grow your mental health, social-emotional wellbeing & physical resilience with a library of over 40 solo challenges.
Create your own challenges to go for personal epic wins.
Join squad challenges from hosts.
Watch a demo video on the SuperBetter website.
HOST ACCOUNT: HOST CHALLENGES FOR SQUADS
Promote mental health, resilience, social-emotional learning and skills for success with groups in a way that's practical & engaging.
Designed for educators, the Host account is available to anyone:
> Middle & high school teachers promote social-emotional learning.
> Small groups, teams & clubs foster youth mental health & resilience.
> Universities empower student success & student wellbeing.
> Small businesses make it a low-cost employee wellbeing program.
The web-based host portal makes it easy to create squads & host challenges. Squad challenges bring the SuperBetter methodology to life. Each has an epic win and 5-days of activities. Hosts select from a library of over 90 challenges to promote mental, emotional, social & physical resilience, or create custom challenges to have squads go for any epic win they choose. Squad members play about 10 minutes a day on the SuperBetter mobile or web app. They use a free Player account or a low-cost Hero account. Learn more on the SuperBetter website.
PLAYER ACCOUNT: SQUAD PLAY ONLY
The Player account is a companion to the Host account. It is a free account to play with squads only.
Players can join squad challenges when invited by someone with a Host account, and play a weekly challenge hosted by SuperBetter.
DESIGNED FOR SMARTPHONES
The SuperBetter mobile app is designed for smartphones. If you have a Chromebook, iPad or tablet device you can play on the web app.
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
The Hero account price is $24.99 per year.
Payment will be charged to your credit card. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the end of the current subscription period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
SuperBetter is at heart a simple and transformative idea – we can use the same strengths naturally displayed in game play to confront real-life challenges, build skills, manage stress & practice self-care.
SuperBetter uses the psychology of game play in all of life. Playing SuperBetter means bringing a gameful mindset to real-life - challenging yourself, going for epic wins, adopting a secret identity, completing quests, battling bad guys, activating power-ups and checking-in with allies. The 7 rules for living gamefully is a framework to be stronger, happier, braver & more resilient in everyday life.
Invented by researcher & game designer Jane McGonigal, SuperBetter is backed by science. In a randomized controlled trial at University of Pennsylvania playing SuperBetter for 30 days was associated with significant improvements in mental health and resilience.
The SuperBetter app makes it simple to go for epic wins, track your gameful strengths and build your whole-person resilience - mental, social, emotional & physical. Proven results in 10 minutes a day.
SuperBetter is for youth, teens, young adults & everyone who wants to unlock their heroic potential using the power of living gamefully. Over 1 million people have played SuperBetter.
SUPERBETTER PRODUCTS
> Hero account: Play SuperBetter on your own.
> Host account: A web-based portal to host challenges for squads.
> Player account: Join squad challenges when invited by a host.
HERO ACCOUNT: PLAY ON YOUR OWN
14-day free trial
Grow your mental health, social-emotional wellbeing & physical resilience with a library of over 40 solo challenges.
Create your own challenges to go for personal epic wins.
Join squad challenges from hosts.
Watch a demo video on the SuperBetter website.
HOST ACCOUNT: HOST CHALLENGES FOR SQUADS
Promote mental health, resilience, social-emotional learning and skills for success with groups in a way that's practical & engaging.
Designed for educators, the Host account is available to anyone:
> Middle & high school teachers promote social-emotional learning.
> Small groups, teams & clubs foster youth mental health & resilience.
> Universities empower student success & student wellbeing.
> Small businesses make it a low-cost employee wellbeing program.
The web-based host portal makes it easy to create squads & host challenges. Squad challenges bring the SuperBetter methodology to life. Each has an epic win and 5-days of activities. Hosts select from a library of over 90 challenges to promote mental, emotional, social & physical resilience, or create custom challenges to have squads go for any epic win they choose. Squad members play about 10 minutes a day on the SuperBetter mobile or web app. They use a free Player account or a low-cost Hero account. Learn more on the SuperBetter website.
PLAYER ACCOUNT: SQUAD PLAY ONLY
The Player account is a companion to the Host account. It is a free account to play with squads only.
Players can join squad challenges when invited by someone with a Host account, and play a weekly challenge hosted by SuperBetter.
DESIGNED FOR SMARTPHONES
The SuperBetter mobile app is designed for smartphones. If you have a Chromebook, iPad or tablet device you can play on the web app.
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
The Hero account price is $24.99 per year.
Payment will be charged to your credit card. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the end of the current subscription period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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Ratings and reviews
4.2
6.28K reviews
Esther Stuedli-Miller
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17 February 2021
I enjoy the concept a lot, but the app is need of updates. For example a lot of links to articles do not work (you have hit edit, find the URL, and then copy and paste it into a browser window to learn what it says). Also, it seems that some of the topics presented could use a refresh. Despite that, I still"play" with it because it's fun.
17 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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2 May 2019
App needs to improve the early experience. As a new user, I find the app too confusing and frustrating to use. I am giving up. My big complaint: the early quest instructions don't match the UI so it's difficult to figure out how to complete them or learn the basics of the app. E.g., one says "Go to HQ" but there is nothing called "HQ" anywhere. I think that means the main popout menu but unsure. Another says "click on your name at the top of this page" and that doesnt exist on the page. :(
37 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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22 November 2018
I had writer's block for over a year. I read different ways to overcome it but nothing worked for me. It was really a mental block, I was holding myself back. I couldn't write much down for my novel. I've tried another app for task management, it's a great app but didn't help me. A friend from church told me about SuperBetter and I thought 'sure why not give it a try'. I used it for a few days and did the quests, power ups, and defeat bad guys. This app helped defeat my writer's block and I was able to write three pages in my notebook without self criticism. I watched the Ted Talk and I'm a gamer so that pushed me over the edge to really be diligent in using the app. It does have errors and the app crashes. This app really helped me so I can give the crashes a pass.
52 people found this review helpful
What's new
Thank you for playing SuperBetter! This update includes bug fixes & performance improvements. If you experience any issues, please let us know at https://superbetter.zendesk.com.
