Helpful Health Apps

Here is a list of health apps that you may find helpful in managing your health and keeping you up to date on health news and topics. PIH Health is not affiliated with the organizations that manage these apps.

Personal Tracking

Apple Health

Consolidates data from your iPhone, Apple Watch, and third-party apps you already use so you can view all your progress in one convenient place. See your long-term trends or dive into the daily details for a wide range of health metrics.

Google Fit

Google Fit collaborated with the American Heart Association to develop Heart Points, with activity goals based on recommendations shown to impact health.  Google Fit will also help you: Track your workouts from your phone or watch, monitor your goals, make all your movement count and connect with your favorite apps and devices. 

Samsung Health

Samsung Health provides core features to keep up your body fit and healthy. You can track your health data, monitor your sleep, and receive AI-powered insights and personalized coaching to build good habits. 

Food and Nutrition

Dining Decisions Mobile App

Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this tool will help you make smart food choices to stay powered up. Dining Decisions places you in control of your food plate. Decide which foods give you more energy and build your muscles, and which ones are better to eat only sometimes.

Health News and Information

CDC Mobile App

Important Public Health Information 24/7.  Automatic updates whenever your device is online ensures that you’re the most up-to-date with health news and information. Direct links to social media, text and email lets you immediately share the most interesting articles with friends and family. Whether you’re a fan of the weekly Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report articles or you have an interest in the Disease of the Week, the CDC Mobile app has something for you.

HEADS UP Concussion and Helmet Safety App

The CDC HEADS UP Concussion and Helmet Safety app will help you learn how to spot a possible concussion and what to do if you think your child or teen has a concussion or other serious brain injury. The application also includes a 3D helmet fit feature that teaches about proper helmet fit, safety and care.

Health IQ App

Challenge your Health IQ with the CDC's interactive, educational, and fun health trivia application. Choose from three levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard, or be surprised by selecting a random mix. Race against the clock to earn more points or use hints when you are stumped. Play again and again and challenge yourself to beat your highest score. Also available in Spanish.

World Health Organization (WHO) Apps

Check out a variety of WHO app options that offer health-related information and resources, including the HearWHO app to check hearing, the SunSmart Global UV app to monitor UV levels for sun protection, and the WHOeyes app to check near and distance vision.