Stay Alive4.3.0 - App Store

Stay Alive is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information and tools to help people stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.

Some of the app’s evidence-based features include:

. Find Help Now - Quick access to a large database of UK national and local crisis support, and online support services.
. LifeBox - A place to store life-affirming photos, videos, and audio.
. Safety Plan - A customisable plan that can be filled out by a person considering suicide.
. Wellness Plan - A place to store positive thoughts, inspiration, ideas.
. Reasons For Living - A place to keep statements reminding you why you should stay alive.
. Worried about Someone - Guidance and advice for those supporting others in crisis.
. Myths about Suicide - A place where common myths about suicide are debunked.

Stay Alive is a confidential app, free to access and does not contain any advertisements. Stay Alive is currently available in 22 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu, and Welsh.

Stay Alive is an award-winning app designed and developed by charity Grassroots Suicide Prevention, with clinical expertise provided by Sussex
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. During development, extensive consultation took place on the content of the app through local focus groups of people with lived experience, a team of mental health professionals, along with an online survey with 300+ participants. Since launch the app has gone through numerous iterations, with ongoing developments in terms of functionality and user-interface, in response to user testing and feedback.

We aim to respond to all reviews within two weeks. If you have any questions or experience any issues with the app, please email us at app@prevent-
suicide.org.uk and we will endeavour to work quickly to resolve any problems as soon as possible.

All guidance and information within the app are reviewed and updated every 6 months to check all resources are updated and links are in working order. The app is fully compliant with GDPR and international data management standards.

Testimonials:
. “Just downloaded and looked through your Stay Alive app which is excellent (I’m a GP putting together information resources to give out to patients who may be at risk of suicide). It’s really, really good and I’m so impressed, particularly by ability to add photos from camera roll.” - Dr Helen Ashdown.
. “This is the next best thing to a friend sitting with me, holding my hand when I am down and out.”- Dr Sangeeta Mahajan.
. “The Stay Alive app is a life saver. This is not just a turn of phrase, but it actually saves lives of those who have thoughts of suicide” - Ian Stringer.

Version History - Added various new pages.
- Added a wind down routine.
- Tweak various colours on the menu and pages throughout. 4.3.0 Sep 9 - Complete re-design of the user interface. 4.1.2 Apr 20 - Update the safety plan to support the new enhanced plan questions. 3.38.0 09/09/2025 - Fix minor issues with translations. 3.36.4 06/25/2025 - Notice to advise users that we use AI to translate our content to non-English languages.
- Improve right-to-left language support.
- Added an evidence page detailing the science that supports safety.
- Added a letter of hope page from the lived experience group. 3.36.3 05/15/2025 - Update Grounding Techniques wording.
- Added support for Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Urdu. 3.35.1 04/08/2025 - Added two new types of breathing exercise. Navigate to the Breathing Exercises section to find out more.
- Update content to direct to stayalive.prevent-suicide.org.uk.
- Grid view is now the default view for resources in Find Help Now. 3.34.0 12/19/2024 - Improve the Sign in With Apple experience.
- Fix crash on some iOS 16 devices.
- Fix incorrect phone number in the Norwegian translation. 3.31.5 09/11/2024 - Add support for localised versions of Find Help Now.
- Add settings to allow switching of Find Help Now versions. 3.31.0 09/09/2024 - Tweaks to the privacy policy.
- Split cookies policy into its own page. 3.29.3 11/23/2023 Fix bug where bookmarked providers would not show in the my own resources section for some users. 3.28.1 09/04/2023 ### Supporter Resources
- Update the Real Talk Film link.
- Remove the "We Need to Talk About Suicide" resource since it is now no longer available. 3.28.0 08/15/2023 - Fix bug where some items could not be removed from the LifeBox.
- Fix bug where some users were unable to edit their Reasons for Living. 3.27.2 07/05/2023 - Added Romanian translations.
- Various bug fixes and optimisations. 3.27.1 06/09/2023 - New grid mode view in Find Help Now.
- Switch between grid or list view easily.
- Grid view shows icons depending on services available.
- Providers can now be bookmarked via the Find Help Now section.
- Bookmarked providers will show up in the My Own Resources section.
- Added the ability to edit/delete custom reasons for living.
- Updated the fonts, styles, and colours.
- Added support for dark theme.
- Updated privacy policy (EN only). 3.25.0 09/09/2022 - Updated various translations.
- Fixed issue where the Norwegian translation would not be loaded.
- Added new onboarding screens. 3.22.0 03/10/2022 - The 'Find Help Now' section has been updated to fetch up-to-date information when you are using it.
- The 'Find Help Now' search now supports UK towns and postcodes, allowing you to find the closest resources to your location. 3.18.0 07/16/2021 - Updated age rating to 4+.
- Updated the provider database. 3.15.0 06/02/2021 - Updated the provider database. 3.14.0 05/19/2021 - Updated the provider database. 3.13.0 04/30/2021 - Updated the provider database. 3.12.0 03/12/2021 - Added confidentiality notice on app first run.
- Added an onboarding process.
- Added support for sign in with Apple.
- Updated provider database.
- Improved audio and video playback in the LifeBox.
- Minor bug fixes. 3.11.1 02/13/2021 - Updated provider database.
- Added Coventry to the Find Help Now categories listed in England.
- The LifeBox now supports image zooming and scrolling/paging between items, plus better caching and error handling.
- Shorten Find Help Now search helper text to make it more meaningful on lower density device screens.
- Added Next button behaviour to login/switch account page, create account page, and reset password page.
- Added support for da, fi, no, and sv languages for the article pages. 3.5.0 10/28/2020 The StayAlive app has been given a complete overhaul. It's packed with more resources, more tools, and more information to help you or those you are worried about stay safe.

You can now optionally create a StayAlive account that will allow you to synchronise your LifeBox and other content across multiple devices, including the new website at https://www.stayalive.app/.

The LifeBox now allows you to add videos and other file types alongside your existing photos.

There's a new search facility in the Find Help Now section which allows you to search for resources, helping you find exactly what you need.

You can now share your Safety Plan, Wellness Plan, and Reasons for Living with family, friends, or anyone that may be supporting you. 3.1.0 08/12/2020 - Fix incorrect content showing on some iOS devices. 1.21.1 05/18/2020