Mindler Free tier

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Best for: Best for therapy by video, partly covered by Swedish public care

The verdict

Reviewed by Matthis Duarte · checked 2026-09-04 · how we check

Mindler is a registered Swedish healthcare provider, operating as a digital primärvård (primary care) psychology clinic on assignment from Region Sörmland, with every psychologist licensed by Socialstyrelsen, Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare. Patients book a video appointment with a chosen psychologist through the app, usually without a long wait, and pay the standard regional patient fee rather than a subscription. It suits people who want to talk to a licensed psychologist online rather than a general wellness or mood-tracking app, and it is not a source of medical advice itself — only a channel to reach a clinician.

Based inSweden
This costsFree tier
Score72/100

Health disclosure

Mindler is a registered healthcare provider offering video consultations with licensed psychologists and clinicians, operating across Sweden, the UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Norway under each country's healthcare regulations. Source

How we scored it

Price15/20
Ease of use16/20
Security & privacy15/20
Feature completeness13/20
Support & reliability13/20

72 out of 100. Each of the five criteria is judged on its own, 0 to 20, and the five add up — never measured against another product. How we score.

What Mindler actually does

Mindler is a Swedish digital psychology clinic, operated by Mindler Care AB, that is formally registered as a healthcare provider rather than running as an unregulated wellness app. Patients pick a psychologist and book a video appointment through the app, and for most Swedish users the service is delivered as part of the public healthcare system rather than as a private add-on.

The core product

Mindler delivers its primary-care track on assignment from Region Sörmland, which means appointments booked that way are treated as ordinary publicly funded primärvård visits: patients pay the standard regional patient fee — 100 kr per video visit at the time of writing, with reduced or waived fees for some age groups — and the visit counts toward Sweden's statutory högkostnadsskydd (high-cost protection cap), after which further visits become free until the annual frikort expires. Every psychologist on the platform is described as legitimerad — licensed and registered by Socialstyrelsen, Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare, the same body that regulates psychologists across the country's healthcare system. Between video sessions, patients can also work through structured internet-based CBT (IKBT) self-help programmes inside the app.

What's new or notable

Beyond the subsidised primary-care track, Mindler also runs a separate private-pay offering and paid neuropsychiatric assessments for conditions such as ADHD and autism, sitting alongside the subsidised psychology service rather than replacing it. Mindler's own materials describe it operating not just in Sweden but also in the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway, each under that country's own healthcare regulation — though the fully subsidised, region-assigned track described here is specifically a Swedish arrangement tied to Region Sörmland, and the structure in other markets is not necessarily the same.

Who should use Mindler

Great fit if…

  • You're registered as resident in Sweden with a Swedish BankID — this is the group the subsidised primärvård track is actually built for.
  • You want to see a licensed psychologist, not a coach or unlicensed counsellor — every psychologist on the platform is legitimerad and regulated by Socialstyrelsen.
  • You want to pay a standard public healthcare fee rather than a private premium — the 100 kr patient fee is the same as an ordinary in-person primärvård visit, not a markup for using video.

Skip it if…

  • You don't live in Sweden or lack a Swedish BankID and address — Mindler's own access requirements rule out non-residents entirely for the Swedish public-care track.
  • You're in a mental health crisis — this is a scheduling and treatment channel for booked appointments, not an emergency or crisis service.
  • You want one clear price across every option Mindler offers — the subsidised fee is published, but the separate private-pay track and neuropsychiatric assessments don't have their full pricing laid out on the same page, so costs outside the public route need to be checked directly.

Pricing in detail

Mindler's published pricing centres on the subsidised public-care fee; pricing for its separate private-pay and assessment services is not laid out with the same clarity on the public pricing page.

Plan / trackPriceWhat's included
Public primärvård track (Region Sörmland assignment)100 kr per video visit (reduced or waived for some age groups), counts toward the annual högkostnadsskydd capVideo appointment with a Socialstyrelsen-licensed psychologist, access to self-help IKBT programmes
Private-pay trackNot published on the main pricing page — check directly before bookingVideo psychology consultation outside the subsidised public-care route
Neuropsychiatric assessment (ADHD/autism)Not published on the main pricing page — check directly before bookingPaid assessment service, separate from the subsidised psychology track

Where it falls short

  • Swedish residency is a hard requirement — Mindler's own guidance requires a Swedish BankID, a Swedish address, folkbokföring in Sweden, and Swedish social insurance coverage, so it is not usable by visitors or by residents of other European countries even if they read Swedish.
  • Private and assessment pricing isn't transparent up front — the subsidised fee is clear, but anyone needing the private track or a neuropsychiatric assessment has to dig for pricing rather than seeing it listed plainly.
  • Not an emergency service — it directs users elsewhere for urgent or crisis situations rather than handling them in-app, so it should never be a first call in a mental health emergency.

Privacy & data

As a registered Swedish healthcare provider, Mindler is bound by the same patient-data rules that apply to any digital vårdgivare — clinicians are subject to statutory confidentiality obligations (tystnadsplikt), and health records are subject to Swedish patient-data law, which sets minimum retention periods and access-logging requirements. We were unable to independently verify Mindler's specific encryption standards, data-retention periods, or third-party data-sharing practices from public sources in this review, since its detailed security and privacy documentation was not accessible for direct review at the time of checking. Anyone with concerns about how their session notes or assessment data are stored and shared should read Mindler's own privacy policy directly before booking, particularly given how sensitive mental-health records are.

How we checked this

This review is based on Mindler's published pricing page (mindler.se/pricing/) as far as it was accessible, the company's public statements about its Region Sörmland assignment and Socialstyrelsen-licensed psychologists, and general Swedish public patient-fee documentation, reviewed on 4 September 2026. We did not book or attend a Mindler session ourselves as part of this review; the description of the booking flow and CBT programmes is drawn from the company's own published materials, not hands-on use of the clinical service. Given that we could not fully access Mindler's detailed pricing and privacy pages during this check, anyone considering the service should confirm current fees, private-track pricing, and privacy terms directly with Mindler before booking.

What you get, what you give up

What you get

  • Standard regional patient fee, not a premium markup, through Sweden's public primärvård track
  • Every psychologist licensed by Socialstyrelsen

What you give up

  • It only works for people who are folkbokförd (registered as resident) in Sweden, hold a Swedish BankID and a Swedish address — travellers or non-residents cannot sign up even if they can read Swedish.
  • The 100 kr patient fee applies inside the public primärvård track; Mindler also runs a separate private-pay offering whose full price list is not published on the main pricing page, so the real out-of-pocket cost depends on which track you use and how much of your regional högkostnadsskydd (high-cost protection) threshold you have already used.
  • It is a video-consultation and CBT-programme platform, not an emergency or crisis service — someone in acute crisis needs to contact emergency services or a crisis line directly, not book a Mindler appointment.

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  • 1Card up front? Whether you have to hand over card details before you can use it at all.
  • 2Does it expire? Whether the free version stops working after a set number of days.
  • 3Where's the wall? Whether the free tier's real limit — an advert, a quota, or a feature held back for the paid plan — is named, not left vague.
  • 4Easy to cancel? How many steps it takes to stop paying, and whether it auto-renews quietly.
  • 5Still maintained? Whether the project has shipped anything in the last twelve months.