Build a happier, healthier and more relaxed lifestyle with these 10 apps

1. Calm – Free

Calm was voted as Apples App of the year for 2017 and the happiest app in the world. The app is designed to reduce anxiety, improve sleep patterns, and bring more clarity, peace and joy to your daily life. This is done by focusing on four key areas of breathing, sleep, meditation and relaxation. Calm is the perfect app if you are new to meditation, but also offers hundreds of programs for more advanced users. With lengths of the programs between 3 – 25 minutes, to fit in with everyone’s busy daily schedules.  This app is a must have on your phones.

2. Headspace – Free

Headspace is a simple way to reframe stress and bring calm, wellness and balance to your life in just a few minutes a day. Get more from your day by being less distracted and reactive and focusing on what really matters, doing so through mindfulness. You will get hundreds of guided meditations on subjects such as focus, sleep and exercise. Offering mini meditations for a quick mental rest, SOS sessions for moments of anxiety and panic, sleep sounds to help get to sleep, headspace animations to teach you new skills, plus lots more. Download the app, then sit back, relax and breathe.

(Paid Upgrades Available)

3. Happify – Free

Want to be happier this year? Who doesn’t. Happify knows that how you feel matters.  Whether that feeling is anxious, depressed or are dealing with constant negative thoughts. Using science based strategies developed by positive psychology experts, Happify will bring you effective tools, programs and scientific games that will help you to take control of your well being. Happify will help you to reduce stress, overcome negative thoughts and build a greater resilience based on the goals that you have set. The simple and cleaver science based game is full of fun and effective exercises to get you feeling good daily.

4. Sleepcycle – Free

Sleepcycle is an alarm clock which tracks and analyses your sleep patterns and wakes you up in light sleep, the natural way to wake up, feeling rested and energised. As you sleep you go through different sleep phases, from deep sleep to light sleep to REM. The phase you are in when you wake up is critical for how rested you feel. Your phones built in microphone picks up your movements as you sleep using sound and vibration analyse, monitoring your movements throughout each phase. Sleepcycle finds the optimal time within a 30minute window to wake you up without an alarm, leaving you rested and energised for the busy day ahead.

5. Streaks – $7.49

If you have a competitive side to you, then you know that there is no better feeling then breaking a record or beating the person you are competing against. But how about being your biggest competition by developing good habit’s and breaking those not so good habit’s. Track up to twelve tasks you want to complete each day, from daily tasks such as drinking 5 glasses of water, walking 10,000 steps, or only having one glass of coffee to tracking the number of days without drinking or having a cigarette. Your goal is to build a streak of consecutive days to develop good habits and try beat your top personal bests.

6. Oh She Glows – $2.99

Oh she glows is brought to you by New York Times bestselling author Angela Liddon. The recipe app features over 140 mouth-watering plant based recipes, over 120 gluten free recipes, the ability to filter your recipes based on dietary and allergy information, exemplary photos of each recipe, step by step instructions, nutritional information on each recipe and much much more. This healthy recipe app will have you glowing from the inside out, and bursting with cooking inspiration.

7. My Fitness Pal – Free

My Fitness Pal tracks diet and exercise to determine optimal calorie intake and nutrients for user specific goals. Whether you want to lose weight, get healthy, tone up, start or change your diet, My Fitness Pal is for you. Users can track food, set fitness goals, log daily number of steps or exercise they have completed, also being able to add friends or join the community for extra support and motivation. Download and see for yourself why My Fitness Pal is the most popular health and fitness app available.

(Paid Upgrades Available)

8. Nike+ Run Club – Free

Nike+ Run Club is your perfect running partner. Whether you are just getting started on your fitness journey, or you are getting ready for another competitive race, the Nike+ Run Club app will surround you with everything you need to run better. It includes GPS tracking and storing of all your runs, audio guided running workouts with Nike coaches and athletes, personalised coaching plans to fit your goals and progress, weekly and monthly distance challenges and non-stop motivation and competition from your friends, with leader board placings and trophies to be won.

9. Sworkit – Free

Sworkit which stands for “Simply Work It” offers over 200 types of exercises. Choose the type of workout which you are after, the time that you have to do it, and Sworkit shows you what to do. Whether you want to build muscle, tone up, lose weight or simply get in better shape, Sworkit is for you. As no gym equipment is needed these workouts are able to be completed anywhere, anytime, no excuses. This app combines interval training with randomized exercises to maximise the effectiveness of every workout and prevent your body from becoming used to a specific routine. Download Sworkit today to get maximum fitness results.

(Paid Upgrades Available)

10. Pocket Yoga – $4.49

Pocket Yoga gives you the ability to practice yoga, anywhere, anytime. Choose between 27 different sessions of varying duration and difficulty. With a database containing more then 200 poses, illustrations, descriptions and benefits, this app has something for all ages and skill levels from beginners to those more advanced. Track your progress with an ongoing log and unlock new environments as your progress through your health journey. Simply download the app, roll out your mat, place your device in front of you and the detailed voice will guide you through your yoga session.