Tellmi is a moderated, age-banded peer support app for adolescents aged 11 and older, available on iOS.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Health & Fitness
Sentiment
4.0
16 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Tellmi for a safe, anonymous space to discuss mental health, as the human-moderated environment provides a safety contract that open social platforms lack.
For Young people aged 11 and older seeking anonymous, safe peer-to-peer mental health support.
What does it look like?
Key features
Every post is reviewed by humans before publication, establishing the safety credentials required for NHS commissioning.
Filters feed content to ensure users interact only with peers of similar age, increasing user comfort.
Provides private responses to high-risk posts, enabling the platform to function as a clinical triage tool for public health contracts.
How much does it cost?
Revenue is generated through B2B commissioning by the NHS and local authorities rather than direct consumer subscription.
Velocity
Dormant developmentsocial featuresaccessibilityShow more...
Tellmi has been inactive for 302 days, falling well outside the threshold for active development. The latest release introduced a significant 'Extensions' feature for specialized support, but no subsequent updates have been recorded. Given the lack of activity for over 10 months, the app is classified as a zombie project.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews excited. Users appreciate adolescents share unfiltered thoughts and anxieties which provides valuable insights for mental health professionals and supportive community environment helps users navigate difficult personal times through shared experiences and kindness.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Adolescents share unfiltered thoughts and anxieties which provides valuable insights for mental health professionals
- Supportive community environment helps users navigate difficult personal times through shared experiences and kindness
- Users report the platform contains disturbing content and allege the environment feels unsafe for minors
4 of 4 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for Tellmi: Better Mental Health
How's the Health & Fitness market?
Tellmi maintains a 4.0-star rating on the App Store. Its position as an NHS-commissioned tool creates a barrier to entry for consumer-only rivals, but the lack of recent updates limits its visibility in the broader Health & Fitness category.
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Key takeaways for Tellmi: Better Mental Health
Where is it heading?
The adolescent mental health market is shifting toward platforms that offer both community support and clinical triage. Tellmi is well-positioned for B2B contracts, but its failure to iterate on safety features leaves it vulnerable to churn as users seek more responsive alternatives.
- The 10-month update silence suggests the product is in maintenance-mode, which limits the ability to address user complaints about content safety.
- The NHS-commissioned status provides a defensible B2B barrier that protects the app from direct competition with unmoderated consumer social platforms.
The SWOT
- Human-moderated safety model enables NHS commissioning
- Age-banded communities increase user comfort
- In-app counsellor triage supports high-risk users
- Expand B2B contracts to additional health authorities
- Introduce wearable integration for physiological stress tracking
Next best moves
Audit support-triage response times because users report being ignored during crises → reduce churn risk
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
Tellmi's 10-month update silence is not just neglect…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The platform remains in a maintenance-mode state with no new features, but the analytical focus has shifted toward the risks of its stagnant development and the necessity of community-reporting tools.
Bottom line
Tellmi secures its market position through clinical-grade safety credentials, but the lack of feature iteration and poor support responsiveness threaten its long-term retention, so the PM must prioritize a support-triage overhaul to defend the NHS-approved brand promise.
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- [1] App Store, source
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