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Global Mental Health Through Multi-Language Support

How COGITO Reaches Diverse Global Populations With Culturally Appropriate Support in 17 Languages
COGITO is a free, ad-free self-help smartphone app designed for emotional well-being, requiring no registration or personal data. Developed by the Neuropsychology & Psychotherapy Research Unit at UKE Hamburg, it delivers daily exercises rooted in CBT and metacognitive training to boost mood, self-esteem and life satisfaction.

Challenges

Mental health content must be culturally relevant and available in native languages to be truly effective. Yet supporting thousands of therapeutic exercises across multiple languages requires deep cultural adaptation, not just translation. Most apps only serve English speakers, excluding billions in need. Managing RTL layouts and consistent updates in 17 languages made this challenge seem almost impossible.

Solutions

COGITO features a robust internationalization (i18n) system designed to make mental health support globally accessible. The platform supports 17 languages with full cultural and technical adaptation, ensuring inclusivity for users worldwide.

Impact

Reached diverse global populations across 17 distinct language markets

Provided culturally appropriate mental health support respecting regional contexts

Enabled proper RTL support for Arabic and Farsi-speaking users

Eliminated language barriers for millions of non-English speakers

Maintained content consistency across all language versions

Technologies we used

People who worked on

Janarthana Collins

Developer

What our
customers say

"Most of our IT and all of our app projects are conducted with BayLanka. I had the pleasure to work directly with the BayLanka team who were extremely dedicated to the task and handled everything brilliantly."

Prof. Dr. Steffen Moritz

Prof. Dr. Steffen Moritz

Head of Clinical Neuropsychology Working Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

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Dr. Markus Lehmann

CEO & Co-Founder BayLanka
markus@baylanka.net

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