With thousands of health apps flooding the market, finding genuinely useful tools can be overwhelming. The digital mental health marketplace is crowded and largely unregulated. This makes it difficult for healthcare providers to know which products they can safely recommend, and for everyday users to know which ones they can trust.
To solve this problem, APA Labs (the companion professional association of the American Psychological Association) launched its Digital Badge Program. This initiative provides independent, science-based evaluations to help health providers and consumers navigate the digital landscape.
Recently, BrainHQ became only the third app, and the first focused on brain training for cognitive enhancement, to earn the program’s highest honor: the APA Labs Gold Digital Badge.
To achieve Gold Digital Badge status, BrainHQ passed a rigorous evaluation process that included a review of its: 1) scientific principles and validated science, 2) benefits for mental and behavioral health, 3) adherence to appropriate regulatory guidelines with a prioritization of user safety, 4) maintenance of strict standards to keep user data secure, 5) strong software infrastructure, and, 6) usability.
BrainHQ, developed by Posit Science, has prioritized clinical validation for decades. BrainHQ is backed by two decades of development and rigorous testing, with more than 300 published studies examining the platform’s safety and effectiveness. Research on BrainHQ consistently shows real-world improvements in brain health, cognitive function, and everyday life.
By earning the APA Labs’ highest honor, BrainHQ adds an unbiased proof point to its value–showing once again that using BrainHQ is worth the time and effort.
