The Best Health Apps To Download Now! Add Wellness To Your Phone!
Whether you love it or hate it, technology has improved modern mans life in more ways than one.
It’s a fact that on average we spend around 2 hours per day glued to our screens! Whether that be scrolling through our Instagram feeds, catching up on the latest news or chatting with friends and family.
There’s also an endless parade of apps to download to suit your personality and lifestyle. It seems these days there’s an app for just about anything – from skincare to fashion to cars.
Here are my top pics for apps to help with your own journey and most importantly reach those goals!
1: Insight Timer
Category: Mindfulness
Why download this app?
Insight timer has more than 6000 guided meditations covering topics such as body confidence to sleep. This app is designed to put you in a stronger state of mind.
2: Waterlogged
Category: Nutrition
Why download this app?
Do you drink enough H20 on the daily? This app will help by giving you an insight into how much water your drinking and whether it’s enough. A bonus is you can opt for notifications to remind you to keep sipping throughout the day.
3: My Fitness Pal
Category: Nutrition
Why download this app?
My Fitness Pal is perhaps one of the easiest apps to track your food intake and make keeping a record of everything you eat, a little easier. Why I like this app is it has a large database of foods and it will help keep you accountable without making you feel guilty.
4: SleepScore
Category: Sleep
Why download this app?
Restless sleep, insomnia and fatigue can impact you in a big way. In an age where it is more important to be energised and focused using an app such as sleepscore is a great way to improve your sleep cycles. This app not only tells you how many hours of shut-eye you get a night, but it will also provide you with some great tips to improve sleep. Another benefit is this app will show you the impact that positive changes have on your sleep health.
5: Apple Health
Category: Health
Why download this app?
For those of us who aren’t as tech savvy or simply don’t want to use up phone storage – then you don’t even have to download an app as Apple Health is standard on iPhones. Health is a great app that tracks many aspects of your health such as: your steps, resting energy expenditure, your standing hours and more. You can also pair it with most wearable devices as well as apple watches which shows heart rate data.
6: Skincare Routine
Category: Health
Why download this app?
Who doesn’t feel good after a pamper-sesh? Skincare is a valued part of the self-care and wellness journey for many of us. Skincare Routine gives you an insight into your skins progress as time goes on, as well as allowing you to customise routines.
7: Sworkit
Category: Fitness
Why download this app?
Ever wanted to have a PT on the go? If you struggle to get to the gym or simply just don’t know where to start when it comes to working out. Sworkit provides you with free workout videos to follow along with no matter if you’re at home, the gym or even travelling. It also has a large variety of workouts from HIIT, to ab-sequences to stretching.
8: Endel
Category: Mindfulness
Why download this app?
Unlike most relaxation apps out there, Endel is unique because it allows you to create and mix your own sound therapy according to your goals. So, whether you want to be focusing on getting more Z’s, relax or be more focused during the day you can customise your own experience.
9: Yoga | Down Dog
Category: Fitness
Why download this app?
No matter if you’re a pro or just beginning, this app will help you to master your yoga skills in real time. You can customise everything from skill level, style level to even the class duration – then your able to enjoy routines just for you that never repeat.
10: D Minder Pro
Category: Health
Why download this app?
If you live in an area where it’s hard to get sunshine every day or you spend a lot of time indoors then consider this app. D Minder Pro gives you an insight into your daily vitamin D exposure depending on your location, the weather as well as your time spent outside. This can help determine whether you need to supplement your diet with more vitamin D rich foods such as: fatty fish, fortified foods, cheese and egg yolks to name a few.
The best way to not only achieve and maintain your goals is to have a support system rallied around you. Using these apps can help support you on your journey to wellness and encourage you to keep going to reach your goals as well as improve your health. If you’re not sure where to start then schedule a free 15-minute consultation with us today to give you guidance into your own journey.
