10 Apps that Help with Day-to-Day Mindful Living
We’ve collected 10 great wellness apps out there to support you in your life right now.
1) 8fit; Free
Your fitness instructor, nutritionist, and yoga teacher all in one! Determine your wellness goal, measure your current fitness level, and follow your custom workouts and meal plans to achieve your goal. No special equipment needed, just yourself and your phone to follow the interactive videos and recipes- which also take you through why they are beneficial in working towards your goal.
2) Jennis; Free trial, £9.99 subscription p/m
Brought to you by the busy mum of two and Team GB’s golden girl, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill. Jess has created expert Pre-Natal Pregnancy and Post-Natal personal fitness programmes tailored to your fitness level and stage as a mother.
3) Strava; Free
We have all heard about this app, but did you know that Strava is the Swedish word for strive? This is the premise for Strava’s ambition; building the most engaged community of athletes in the world and striving to make the sports they love even more fun. Whether you're training for a marathon or simply love taking your bike out for a ride; record and analyse your training in almost any sport. There’s even a great feature where you can follow your friends to support their progress.
4) Go Jauntly; £1.99 p/m
Discover new walks and connect with nature on your outdoor adventures. With simple photo guides to help navigate more tricky parts and places of interest, there’s the additional feature of places to eat and where you can use the loos marked on your route. Join a community of happy hikers and upload your favourite routes wherever you are! [Primarily UK based routes].
5) Mindbody; Free
Searching for a drop in class at a new studio while on holiday? Or getting bored of your gym routine and need help finding a new workout? Mindbody presents a huge collection of workout classes local to where you are right now. With over 52,000 businesses on board, classes require no membership and are often at a reduced fee. Save your favourite gyms, studios, classes, spas and beauty salons to easily book again, and review classes to share your experience.
6) Moody Month; Free
This app is slightly more interactive and fun than its competitors, in addition to requiring no subscription cost. Daily wellness tailored to your cycle, brought to you by female health medical practitioners. Receive a forecast of information to tell you what's happening in your body each day, teaching you how to optimise your wellbeing with simple mood, fitness and nutrition advice. Personalise your daily routine to nourish your body with what it needs, and log your energy, mood and stress levels so you can identify patterns in your symptoms.
7) WaterMinder; £4.99
An easy, intuitive app to track your water intake. Based on your body weight (or your personal goal), WaterMinder® will remind you to drink water to reach your daily goals. By seeing current water fill visually and as a percentage, you will instantly know how well hydrated you are!
8) Happy Not Perfect; Free
The team at Happy Not Perfect have collaborated with experts and scientists to create simple exercises for boosting your mental well-being. Play the Daily Happiness Workout to decrease stress levels and sleep better, or engage in a full, interactive mind workout tailored to your current mood, or simply practice meditation and breathing exercises. Set yourself goals and track your progress with Mindful Minutes (integrated with Apple HealthKit), also helping you to unlock up to 400 mindful exercises.
9) Sleep Cycle; Free
Sick of your deafening morning alarm? Start your day feeling energized with Sleep Cycle’s intelligent alarm clock, designed to gently wake you up while you’re in your lightest sleep phase. Plus, you’ll get a detailed analysis as our sleep tracker monitors your bedtime patterns from the moment your head hits the pillow, and access to premium features including relaxing sleep sounds and story library. Sleep Cycle uses sound analysis to identify sleep states, using your microphone as a sleep recorder, tracking your movements in bed.
10) Todoist; Free
Ranked as “the best to-do list right now” by The Verge, Todoist is used by 20 million people to organize, plan and collaborate on projects, both big and small. Use Todoist to prioritise and allocate tasks to yourself and others, remember deadlines with reminders and due dates, build lasting habits with recurring due dates like "every Monday", and further track your progress with personalized productivity trends! This great app can integrate your accounts such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Amazon Alexa and more.
