Top 10 Health and Fitness Mobile Apps You Must Try

Top 10 Health and Fitness Mobile Apps You Must Try

Google called 2014 the year of fitness apps, showing that health and fitness apps were the fastest-growing app category. According to a report by themHealth App Developer Economics,The global health and fitness app market is worth $4 billion and is expected to reach $26 billion by 2017.

To make good use of these apps, Health for Fitness company has released many apps that target specific areas related to health, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, calorie counter, etc.

Here is an overview of them10 Best Health and Fitness Apps::

1. Nike + training club

After personally using this app, it will have the right settings to start with. It offers over 100 workouts from their master trainers. It has special features that allow you to create your own crew and choose the level of training you are comfortable with.

2. Strava Running and Cycling GPS

If you are a serious runner or cyclist, this app is your best choice. You can track your activities, keep a training log and compete with other members of the community. It works with all GPS running watches, bike computers and activity trackers.

3. Daily yoga

It is your very own personal yoga trainer and completely free. With over 50 instructional videos and 500 poses, it also features a live phrasebook and soothing music.

4. MySugr Diabetes Logbook

It is the most popular diabetes logbook app in six countries. Optimized for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It has additional report formats such as PDF and Excel. It has a web importer and web analytics, as well as unlimited blood sugar level scanning, insightful data analysis, and even exciting challenges for personal therapy goals.

5. Fitbit

This app has a purpose for every part of your day. It ranges from tracking weight to achieving your weight goal. It tracks workouts, allows sharing workouts, and manages routine via workout calendar.

6. MyFitnessPal

It has the calorie counter and a huge database of 6,000,000 foods. It allows you to connect to over 50 apps including Fitbit, Strava, Garmin, JawboneUp, etc. and has a barcode scanner to track your groceries.

7. 1 mg

With this app you can easily save on medication and laboratory tests. It was ranked as one of the best “Made in India” apps by Apple in 2014. It is also the top-rated app in the medical category for Android and iOS. It provides information about medicines and their cheaper substitutes, gives health tips from experienced doctors and shows side effects of medicines.

8. Argus Heath and Calorie Counter

Don't you just love it when an app does everything for you? The app measures calorie intake and is equipped with a barcode scanner. It offers personalized weight loss plans, sleep tracker and 24*7 pedometer without consuming excessive battery. It also offers a global community to share and communicate with other like-minded people.

9. Fitocracy

Fitocracy helps you give the fitness sword to slay the dragon of laziness. It uses social networks and quests to bring out the “Fitocratic” in you. The workouts are always synced between the web and Android app by logging into their website. You also have the option to automatically post your progress to Facebook and Twitter.

10. Sworkit

Sworkit offers personalized training videos from personal trainers in the areas of strength, cardio, yoga and stretching. It stands for “Simply Work It”. It combines interval training with random exercises. It has over 13 million users and also has a special version for children.

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