Health and Fitness Apps: The Best of 2016
Need to know what nutrients are in your morning muffin? Maybe you need to squeeze in a quick morning workout while commuting to the office. Perhaps what you really are looking for is a way to ground yourself with a short guided meditation between meetings. Never fear, because in 2016, there was an app for all your health and fitness needs!
The results are in for the most effective and most informative health and fitness currently on the market. These apps have been tried and tested over the past year, and each is one of the best in its category. Below are our top ten best health and fitness apps of the year, in no particular order but covering a wide variety of niches. Diet tips, workouts, yoga practice… it is all literally at your fingertips!
1. Yoga Daily
Price: Free! In app purchases available.
IOS and Android
Bringing yoga routines to a phone near you, this app is now one of the top health and wellness apps available for download. It doesn’t matter if you want to focus on your core, on your breathing, or on any number of specific areas, this app is loaded with categorized HD videos to fill your exact niche.
It also has an entire yoga pose encyclopedia, with 500 videos demonstrating the do’s and don’ts for each movement. This app is aimed to give busy yogis the chance to practice yoga on-the-go, wherever they find themselves, instead of searching for an open yoga studio and class.
2. Yonder
Price: Free!
IOS and Android
With Yonder, you will never be stuck hiking the same old trails again. A user supported, reviewed, and updated community of explorers and outdoor enthusiasts, Yonder’s mission is, “to inspire and enable a love for the outdoors.” It’s been called the outdoor version of Yelp, and the app is an easy way to search for outdoor adventures near you (or for an upcoming trip).
It caters to any number of activities, including but not exclusive to hiking, skiing and climbing.
3. Blogilates
Price: Free! In app purchases available.
IOS and Android
Cassey Ho is not longer restricted to our youtube feed, this fitness guru is now available to you anywhere you go. Her popular brand of perky pilates, yoga and fitness videos is now available, and fully searchable, via her app.
She also offers full month long workout calendars, and an online forum to chat with other Blogilates enthusiasts.
4. Freelectics
Price: Free!
IOS and Android
Workout anywhere you happen to be with this Freelectics app, which offers over 900 different bodyweight workouts for you to demolish. Workouts are developed by sport scientists to match your style and your abilities. There are also built in mechanisms to keep you motivated, such as online discussions and competitions with other members.
One of the most exciting things about this app is the ability to train absolutely anywhere you are using only your body weight and the huge bank of inspiration, no more excuses of being too busy!
5. HealthTap
Price: Free! In app purchases available.
IOS and Android
According to HealthTap they aim, “to measurably prolong the life expectancy of humankind”. This mission sounds lofty, but its success has already attracted the attention of well renowned media outlets. With HealthTap, if you start developing a worrisome symptom you can quickly search for it within their database, and more importantly receive feedback from a medical doctor within hours.
For a monthly fee you can also receive unlimited video and text attention from your personal online doctor.
6. Sleep Cycle
Price: Free! / 0.99*
IOS and Android*
Another app whose praises has been sung by respected media outlets like the New York Times and Wired, Sleep Cycle tracks your sleeping patterns then slowly brings you out of your cycle at the appropriate time before your alarm.
By gently waking you up before your alarm, and with the perfect timing, it ensures you always wake up feeling refreshed.
7. Rise
Price: $14.99 per week
IOS only
With Rise, now everyone can afford a personal nutritional coach to offer encouragement along the way to weight loss goals. By capturing photos of your meals, a registered dietitian offers feedback on your choices, and takes the guesswork out of your diet.
The app also provides a platform to track and meet your diet benchmarks. It works with you towards reaching your personal goals, whatever they may be.
8. My Fitness Pal
Price: Free! In app purchases available.
IOS and Android
Not just another diet app, this is the most popular health and fitness app in the world. It has the largest encyclopedia of food, and related nutritional information.
It also is one of the easiest calorie counter apps to use, keeping everything at the touch of your fingertips such as calories consumed and calories burned in relation to your goals.
9. Fooducate
Price: Free! In app purchases available.
IOS and Android
An all-in-one app for meeting your diet and health goals. Not only can you set, and track your progress, the app also provides a myriad of other ways for you to get healthier through diet and fitness. For instance, you can scan products at the grocery store to find out more information about it, discover new healthy recipes, or to learn new dieting tips from other members.
10. Meditation Studio
Price: $2.99
IOS only
With in ever increasing library of meditations to choose from, it’s easy to find a meditation catering to your mindset and your situation. Each meditation is presented by a meditation expert, and developed to focus on one specific area such as stress, anxiety, or gratitude. Relaxation and stress relief has now been made much more accessible through Meditation Studio.
