Top 9 apps to help you become healthier and happier if you are 50+

According to American statistics, most of the queries are related to sports. Also, people want to save money (49%) and switch to a healthy diet (43%). Keeping your word is not always easy. Fortunately, with the help of applications, it will be much easier to develop new habits.

An iPhone app that helps you to reduce stress and tension through meditations and sleeping peacefully at night.

The last few years have been really hard for the whole world. Anxiety and insomnia are two prevalent problems that many people face much too frequently. At Journey, experts help you find ways to deal with these issues so you can sleep better at night.

The Journey is a personal sleep coach supported by CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) techniques. It will teach you how to get a better night's sleep, quiet an anxious mind, build healthy form virtuous habits, and enhance your quality of life.

The 7-day Premium subscription free trial of CBT-I coach for insomnia includes a huge amount of meditations, various sounds (nature, noise, ASMR, etc.), videos, melodies, and exercises that will help you understand that Journey really helps to relieve stress and tension and calm down to fall asleep. You'll get the ultimate sleep course - a 30-day personalized sleep plan designed by leading sleep experts with step-by-step instructions and exercises to help you achieve your sleep goals. Live expert (sleep coach) in the chat will answer all your questions, support and motivate you on the way to healthy and quality sleep. Also, a digital assistant will always be available for you to help you relax or fall asleep, offering to recommend the right content or technique for you in your particular situation.

And then you can try to pay for a Premium subscription and to forget about problems with sleep and rest forever. Also, there is a free 7-day trial covering all the features.

Download Journey: Sleep Insomnia Helper App

This program is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) methods. This app helps you quit nicotine gradually, without unnecessary stress for the body. The purpose of Quit Genious is to give you a sense of control over desires lost when you have an addiction.

Quit Genious suggests setting goals, such as smoking three cigarettes a day. Did you complete the task? Excellent! You can see how much money you have saved and how many months of your life you have returned. Nervous about the lack of nicotine? Then, you can practice the calming exercise right in the app.

In fact, this application becomes a motivating friend who suggests healthy tips at the right moment.

With this application, you can conveniently exercise while  tracking your activity, mapping routes for jogging, etc.

There are plenty of handy apps for those looking to get more active, and Strava is one of them. You don't have to buy a fitness tracker or smartwatch (although you can connect the most popular models to the app).

Strava supports many different activities, including walking, jogging, and cycling. It can also be synced with similar apps on your iPhone, turning it into a single hub for all your exercises. In addition, there are interesting tests to set for yourself, personal safety features, and various methods for tracking your training progress.

This app analyzes what affects your emotions and gives you insights on how to be happier and more productive.

"Let's find happiness in your life" is the first phrase a user sees when starts  this app for the first time. Stoic aims to get us back from unpleasant and sad experiences to a whole and full life.

Along with life-affirming quotes from philosophers, you will get the opportunity to use timers to help you focus, practice visualization techniques, and build the habit of writing down all the good things that happen to you.

At first, Stoic is available for free; a year auto-renewing subscription costs $37.99.

This app combines your phone’s pedometer with a fun galaxy adventure game.

If you are just starting to play sports and it is difficult for you to pump yourself up, then Walkr is a great motivator. The game will encourage you to get up off the couch, walk and keep the minimum necessary physical activity every day. But, of course, more can be done.

The principle reminds of the "Farm" game. By combining the pedometer principle and the history of flying on a spaceship, which should discover 25 new planets, the developers encourage the user to move more. Want to complete tasks faster and grow the best varieties of alien plants? Walk more steps and the program will start accelerating. At the same time, you will be able to compete in progress with all family members.

The game is also suitable for children from six years old.

Train your brain with exercises tailored specifically for you.

Lumosity, the leader in brain training, offers you a mobile app to train your memory and concentration through fun daily exercises. The Lumosity tool, developed by neuroscientists, is already being used by leading researchers, as it provides a personalized approach to all users. With this application, you get a personal trainer who analyzes everything you learn with each exercise and helps you improve the cognitive areas of your interest.

Memory, problem-solving, flexibility — choose an area you want to improve and dedicate a few minutes to it every day. Gradually, you will begin to notice the effect of using Lumosity. The games that come with the app will challenge your mind and help you improve your mental abilities daily. This is a mix of fun and exciting exercises that get you hooked, as more than sixty million users have already joined Lumosity.

Do a complete workout in less than 10 minutes anytime and anywhere.

If you have no experience with daily workouts, this seven-minute warm-up app will get you into exercising. For beginners, there is a program with 14 exercises for all muscle groups, including planks, jumps, and twists. One set lasts 25 seconds then there is a break.

Of course, such exercises don’t provide results quickly, but they help to establish a routine (for this, there is a built-in alarm clock with reminders). Gradually, after you realize that all these push-ups and squats are easy for you, the exercise load can be increased by doing all the same seven minutes in the 2nd circle, and then in the 3rd circle.

In total, the application has six programs with workouts of varying degrees of difficulty.

A powerful application for tracking your expenses and managing your personal budget.

If you have been trying to keep track of all your spending and savings for a long time, YNAB is one of the best options to help you with this. At first, you might think that the categories of spending and goals are a bit complicated. But once you get the hang of it, they can be as simple or complex as you want due to a very flexible customization system.

YNAB is available in two options: $14.99 for a monthly subscription or $98.99 for a year. If you are determined to do your accounting, you will soon realize that the application fully pays for itself. And you can always use the free 34-day trial to see if this program is right for you. In addition, YNAB comes with a 100% money-back guarantee if you aren't satisfied with the app.

A handy application for reminders, work affairs, personal plans, and notes.

You can use the Apple Reminders app to record all your to-dos. But, if you want more than just a bulleted list of tasks in a note-taking app, then you can try Todoist. This is a great program with a flexible system of settings that allows you to record everything from personal reminders to the work projects. It can also sync with your calendar and various email clients, such as Spark mentioned above.

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