We all know how important it is to try to live a healthy and active life, but actually achieving your daily fitness goals can often feel like a very tough task. In a busy lifestyle you can’t have a personal trainer or a gym membership anymore. If still you’re trying to lose weight, stay healthy and work on your fitness, then your iPhone can be a helpful tool to track daily activity and help you meet your fitness goals. All you need to have the right apps to motivate you along the way with timely information about your progress. Here are best apps in the App Store to help you stay healthy and fit.
Fitbit
Fitbit app provides an easy way to track daily activities with your iPhone. Fitbit will track all your activity, log food and drink intake, and has the ability to link up with your friends for fun competitions that will help keep you motivated to walk that extra mile.. You can get a complete picture of your health—including steps, distance, calories burned, sleep, weight, and more. The app can also be used to log food intake, water consumption and daily weight.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Download Fitbit From App Store (Free)
Jawbone UP – Smart Coach for Health
The UP app by Jawbone guides you every steps of the way to a healthier you. This app can track activities like steps, distance and calories burned using your iPhone. Smart Coach will guide you through better choices as an intelligent guide that gives you personalized tips, so you can reach your goals faster. Aside from activity tracking, there’s food, drink and mood tracking, and you can create teams to compete with others.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Download Jawbone UP from App Store (Free)
Strava
Strava is a running/cycling log, a fitness tracking app. If you’re a hardcore runner or bicyclist, you should be using Strava. You can track your run or bike ride with GPS and see your exact key stats like distance, pace, speed, elevation gained and calories burned. Strava also collects heart rate, power and cadence data from ANT+ and Bluetooth LE sensors. It shows how you compare to others on certain stretches of road, you can also set personal records and see how you stack up against friends, locals and pros.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Download Strava from App Store (Free)
Nike + Fuel
Nike+ FuelBand is the smart, simple and fun way to get more active by measuring your everyday activity. Your Nike+ FuelBand wirelessly connects to your app, allowing you to see your progress on your mobile device and get the motivation you need to get moving. It can’t track what you eat and drink, and it won’t allow you to keep an eye on your sleep cycles. Instead it focuses on providing the most polished visual interface that motivates you to push harder and beat all of your friends’ records in the process.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Download Nike + Fuel from App Store (Free)
MyFitnessPal Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker
Lose weight with MyFitnessPal, the fastest and easiest-to-use calorie counter for iOS. MyFitnessPal is the easiest way to track eatings habits. The best thing about the MyFitnessPal is that it easily connects and seamless integrates with over 50 apps and devices including Apple Health, Fitbit, Jawbone UP, Garmin, MapMyFitness, Runkeeper, Strava, Runtastic, Misfit, Withings, and more! Works with virtually every fitness app and device.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
