Top 5 Health Apps for your Android Smartphone

Smartphones are versatile devices and more so when you combine them with the range of apps that an Android Operating System has to offer. An Android smartphone is slowly on the way on becoming a one stop solution to almost all our devices that we use in our day to day life. There are many ways an Android phone helps us in our day to day life but one of the lesser one uses of a smartphone happens to be in the health department. Android has many apps that can help us to take care of our health.

Noom Weight Loss Coach

This app has been highly rated by its users and quite rightly so. By allotting different tasks each day, the app slowly allows you to change your lifestyle into a much healthier one. These tasks are all scientifically designed so that you can lose weight effectively. There are also enjoyable and informative articles and a score system that makes losing weight a fun job. The app creates a personalized task schedule and is quite easy to use. Apart from these features, this app has a lot of in built utilities to help you in losing weight like a pedometer, logbook, food log etc.

Endomondo Sports Tracker

Endomondo Sports Tracker does exactly what its name promises to do. It tracks your exercise routines. All your outdoor exercises like running, cycling etc are tracked by this app using GPS. It then goes on provide you with details about your workout like calories burnt, duration, distance etc. this feature can also be used if you use a treadmill or any other such devices. You can also store these details in the form of history to see how much you have improved or even share it with friends and then compete to break your friends’ records. This app is a must have for those of you buying a new Samsung touch screen mobile and looking to measure your fitness levels.

WebMD

This app is a sort of a new age encyclopedia of diseases for laymen. You start by selecting the appropriate part of the body that is troubling you. Then you select the symptoms and the app provides you with information about the potential problems that your body might be facing. There is also a function available where you can read about conditions and their symptoms and cures. There is also a huge a database of the drugs available in the market along with their uses and side effects. All of the information is medically reviewed. There is also a body guide to creating a first aid kit along with the required method of treatment in emergencies.

Cessation Nation

Smoking kills millions of people worldwide every year and this app was developed in order to help people quit smoking. There a number of features that helps a smoker to quit. There are fun games that will help you to forget your cravings by distracting you from it. A scoreboard is maintained which lists various stats like the time of the last smoke and the money saved by not smoking amongst others. You can also share your stats on Facebook to help others.

Cardiograph

This is a very simple app and its very simple job is to measure and monitor your heart rate. By utilizing the camera of your smartphone you can actually measure the rate of your heartbeats. This is one app that can come in handy anytime as there may be times when it is necessary to know one’s heart rate like while exercising or if there is an existing heart condition. You can even create multiple profiles to keep track of your family and the results can be saved and tracked over a period of time.

Lead a Healthier Life

In this age of haste people rarely get time to take care of their health and if they do get time, they do not know where to start. Health apps are designed to help you lead a better life by showing you how to take care of yourself and others.

Author Bio – Sunil Khale

The author is a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and has since devoted his time to blogging on technology with PriceCheckIndia, where you can find the latest Nokia Mobile Price List from across all the major E-commerce stores in India.