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10 apps that improve your quality of life

September 25, 2020 Let's Connect

If you want to exercise, improve your diet, monitor your heart rate or keep track of your menstrual cycle, mobile apps are great allies to accomplish these goals. These apps will surely help you improve your quality of life. 

Mobile applications marked a new era in cell phones, their relevance transformed the use of smart devices. “The applications —says Hector Fernandez, from the portal economic— make life easier for users, promote interconnectivity and improve the experience in the acquisition of products and services".

According to the Spanish portal Alianzared In 2019, there were approximately 9 million mobile applications on Google Play and just over 2.5 million on the App Store. An interesting fact that the tool reveals sensortower In June 2020 alone, 87 million people around the world installed the Chinese app. TikTokThe numbers alone speak for the importance of apps these days!

This sea of ​​apps invites you to browse deeply to select the ones that best fit what you want. We recommend these 10 apps that will help you improve your quality of life.

  1. forest: Just as technology is a perfect ally for your daily life, it is also true that it generates an overwhelming dependence and this causes concentration problems and anxiety. This was the motivation for Shao Kan Pi to create this app that basically asks you to plant a tree, set a time goal during which you must be completely focused on another task (between a couple of minutes and two hours), without using your phone, and meet it. If you fail, that is, if you leave the app and go to another one, the tree will die.
  2. Mia Menstrual CalendarThere are many apps that will help you control your menstrual calendar, however, Mia is highly reliable and has an added value: you will be able to understand how your menstrual cycle affects your skin, hair, energy and mood. You can also control your fertility with the ovulation calendar, plan a pregnancy with the ovulation calculator and find out which are your fertile days, among other functions.
  3. Me I: Being healthy is not just about not being sick, this application will advise you so that you have a diet, exercise and lifestyle that is more aligned with your genetic profile. By combining omic sciences and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, Me I identifies your areas for improvement and supports you every day so that you can overcome them and achieve your goals.
  4. Mindfulness Gym: With this app You will be able to adopt a non-judgmental mindset while managing your emotions and thoughts more effectively, from observation and an attitude of compassion. With a daily practice of 20 minutes, your emotional balance can improve considerably.
  5. Mynetdiary: This app is key to living a healthy life, as it allows you to keep track of your diet wherever and whenever you want. It is a food diary that counts calories, and you can carry it in your own pocket wherever you go.
  6. Mint: this app It is ideal for managing your personal finances, very useful for professionals, particularly for freelancers. It is a great way to keep track of business expenses for reimbursement purposes and to list deductions for tax season.
  7. runstatic: It is perfect for those people who do sports on a daily basis. This application allows you to create a personal plan with activities such as running, walking, hiking or cycling. It also offers the option of choosing options such as the kilometers or laps that are set as a goal, as well as the number of days you want to carry out the activity per week
  8. Sleep Cycle: Having a restful sleep is vital for life, this app will help you to achieve this. This app tracks your sleep patterns based on the sounds and vibrations it perceives and makes the alarm sound precisely at the indicated time.
  9. Smoke free: Quitting smoking is not an easy matter, this app will help you achieve this goal. You will find up to 20 different techniques to quit smoking for good. In addition, it also indicates other relevant aspects such as the number of cigarettes you have quit smoking so far, the money you have saved and indicates which are the best options. withdrawal symptoms.
  10. Yuka: Just by scanning the barcodes of the ingredients, this app tells you whether they are suitable for your health or not, as well as a completely detailed technical sheet that will help you make a decision about the diet you are following.

These are just 10 of the millions of apps that exist in the world. The invitation is that, according to your needs, you explore which one works best for you and which one adapts to your needs. Take advantage of technology!

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