APPS SPECIAL.... 7 top apps for your health and wellness

7 top apps for your health and wellness

From diet coaching to taking a doctor's appointment, these apps can help you get fitter

Obino

For real-time health coaching

Among the myriad health and weight loss apps, Obino stands out with its personalised approach. A dedicated coach will monitor your eating habits realtime, interact with you through the app, and prescribe tailored diets and li festyle changes.While a pedometer in the app tracks your steps during the day, another fitness coach will guide you on activities and weight loss exercises. But all that's not going to work without that extra ounce of commitment on your part.

Noisli

For customisable ambient noise

The app plays a selection of sounds including rain, a stream, storm, and others to help you concentrate while working or studying, or relax before going to sleep. The sounds can be mixed and there's a colour cha ngi ng backg rou nd to help with your relaxation.Other features include offline sounds and timer with a fade-out function.

Poccare

For appointment with doctors, hospitals and wellness chains

It's a patient-centric app t hat not on ly helps you with a h a s s le f r e e ap pointment with doctors ( Indiaonly), but also a l lows consulting them through video call and live web chat. You can set medicine reminders, access your medical records including diagnosis and test records, and get answers to common health questions.

Sleep Cycle

For intelligent sleep analysis

A good night's sleep is just as important as eating healthy and exercising. If you have trouble sleeping, this app can tell you when you were in a deep sleep or awake during the night, how much sleep you got, your sleep quality, sleep quality affected by weather, activity and more. It comes with a lot of features, data charts and customisation options.

Calm

For guided meditation sessions

If you are looking for an app that can help you relax, improve concentration and sleep better, download Calm. It has a library of meditation audios and `scenes' that you can watch. If you register, you will be able to access a seven-day program to get into the practice of meditation. Once you feel ready for more programs, you can subscribe it to access its entire library.

LifeInControl

For diabetes management

It's a new app that connects doc tors and dia betes coaches with patients (in India) to control the lat ter's glycemic status. It tracks H bA 1C a nd blo o d sugar levels, medicines, insulin and other health vitals. Patients also get personalised diet, activity plan and continuous access to a coach apart from staying vir tually connected with doctor(s).

RunKeeper

For sports and fitness activity tracking

The app tracks your workouts as well as weight loss. It has planned routes and set workouts, though you can create your own with audio coaching. You can create a custom fitness challenge, invite friends, track each other's progress, and cheer each other on chat. It can be synced with other tracking apps like MyFitnessPal's Calorie Counter and Fitbit .

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