17 Handy Apps to Support Healthy Life Choices
Having a few reliable apps in your pocket that support your health is like carrying tiny coaches wherever you go. Of course, no app should replace human connection or quality professional treatment—but when used wisely, the right ones help you stay grounded, focused, and resilient. Below are just a few apps that support emotional, mental, financial, physical, relational, and recovery health.
Apps to Boost Your Digital Wellness Toolkit
When you’re on a healing journey—especially while managing a dual diagnosis or another aspect of recovery—having tools that support your healthy routines and rituals make daily life feel less chaotic.
Emotional and Mental Health
It’s all too easy to carry stress quietly, but these apps give you space to reflect, decompress, and build resilience on your own terms.
- Wysa
A free chatbot-style emotional support app that uses cognitive-behavioral and dialectical-behavioral techniques. You can “talk” your feelings with Wysa, try guided exercises, and explore mood tracking.
- Moodfit
A holistic mental‑fitness tool. It lets you track mood, sleep, exercise, gratitude, and other custom metrics. Over time, you can see how behaviors and habits influence your emotional state.
- Cope Notes
This is slightly different: it sends you short, encouraging messages or thoughts throughout the day, often with journaling prompts or mini mental-health tips.
- PTSD Coach / Mindfulness Coach
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers these two apps as additional health resources for Veterans and first responders. PTSD Coach is offered by the National Center for PTSD, and Mindfulness Coach is available through VAMobile.
- What’s Up?
This app provides access to cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance commitment therapy techniques to help manage stress, anxiety, and other issues.
Physical Health and Lifestyle
Moving your body, getting good sleep, and fueling yourself well aren’t just about fitness—they’re essential for your energy, mood, and long-term health. These apps offer practical ways to stay active and tuned in to your body’s needs.
- FitOn
This app offers a wide range of guided workouts—such as HIIT, yoga, strength, stretching—without requiring a subscription. It also offers form correction and smart suggestions.
- Nike Training Club (NTC)
You’ll find professional-level workouts for strength, mobility, cardio, and more.
- Samsung Health
If you have a Samsung device, this app tracks steps, sleep, calories, and more. It acts as a central hub for physical health metrics.
- BetterSleep
You’ll discover guided meditations, soundscapes, breathing exercises, and bedtime stories to support better sleep.
Financial Health
Money management doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With the right tools, you can start building healthier habits around spending, saving, and planning—even if you’re starting small or getting back on track.
- EveryDollar
Created by Dave Ramsey’s team, EveryDollar lets you manually assign all your income to a budgeting plan. The free version doesn’t auto-sync bank accounts, but it’s solid for getting started.
- Rocket Money
While it has paid features, the free version lets you monitor spending, view your bills, and identify recurring subscriptions you might cancel.
- Goodbudget
This is a digital envelope-style budgeting app. You allocate for categories such as rent, food, rent, utilities, fun, and so on. The free plan has limits, but it helps build discipline and awareness of spending.
Relationships and Social Health
Strong relationships are at the heart of a fulfilling life. Whether you’re rebuilding trust, seeking connection, or simply learning to communicate better, these apps can support healthier interactions.
- Band
A group communication app built for teams, clubs, friend groups, or families. Band lets you create group spaces with calendars, shared posts, chats, and files—perfect for staying connected in more intentional ways without the noise of social media.
- ShareWell
A peer-support platform offering live, free emotional support groups on topics like trauma, anxiety, grief, ADHD, and recovery.
- Lovewick
This app helps deepen connection through fun questions, shared wishlists, and discovery prompts. Its thoughtful format works well for anyone looking to build meaningful conversations and shared experiences.
Addiction Recovery and Wellness
Staying grounded in recovery takes daily intention. These apps are designed to support your healing—offering encouragement, structure, and tools to help you stay focused and connected on the path forward.
- OpenRecovery
This is a versatile app with tools tailored to multiple pathways, such as the 12-Steps, SMART Recovery, cognitive behavioral therapy, and more. It includes daily habit tracking, inventories, journals, and an AI assistant “Kai” for on-demand support.
- Trac9
Unique to Fair Oaks clients and alumni, this app helps you stay connected to your continuing care plan through a confidential weekly assessment, which measures variables associated with sustained and long-term sobriety.
Find More Resources at Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks Recovery Center in Sacramento, California, is an inclusive, licensed Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospital—a status issued by the California Department of Public Health to addiction rehabilitation and dual diagnosis/mood disorder treatment facilities. We offer many different methods and tools to help you design a personalized approach to lasting wellness. A member of our admissions team will be happy to answer more of your questions about our care philosophy.
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