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Keep on track with your New Year’s resolutions with these apps

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If you’re like most people, your resolutions revolve around living a healthier life and/or getting into shape. Those aren’t easy for anyone, but with the help of these apps, you can ensure you have the best chance possible to stick with your resolutions and come out the end of 2020 happier and healthier than ever before.

Keep track of everything

Google Keep

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Google Keep is the all-in-one app for keeping track of reminders and any notes that you need to get out of your brain. The easy integration with Google Assistant makes life even easier, and then you can go back and organize everything to your needs.

Free at Google Play

Task Management

Todoist: To-Do List, Tasks & Reminders

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For those that need a bit more control in terms of task management, you can’t go wrong with Todoist. The app makes it easy to organize everything, and you can even keep track of your habits and goals for the year.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Learn something new

Duolingo: Learn Languages Free

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The New Year is the perfect time to pick up a new habit, especially one that involves teaching yourself something new. With Duolingo, you can pick from 30 different languages to learn and it will teach you at your own pace.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Activity goals

Google Fit

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Google Fit is now centered around achieving two goals each day — Move Minutes and Heart Points. It makes Google Fit feel sort of like a game, and seeing both rings close at the end of a long day is pretty rewarding and encouraging to keep pushing forward with a workout.

Free at Google Play

Create a balanced lifestyle

Samsung Health

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Although you may think this app is only for Samsung devices, you would want to think again as Samsung Health works with many different phones. In addition to keeping track of steps and exercises, you can also keep tabs on your food and drink intake to make sure you’re staying healthy.

Free at Google Play

Count your calories

MyFitnessPal

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MyFitnessPal makes it easy to track what you eat, showing a log of your various meals throughout the day, all of the macros included in your food, and a barcode scanner that automatically adds all of the nutritional info from food into the app.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Guided workouts

Nike Training Club

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Nike Training Club is entirely free to use and is filled with all sorts of workouts. You can work your way through collections designed around goals you want to reach (such as building up your abs or stepping up your running game) or pick any of the available ones on demand that are sorted by muscle group and workout type.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Train smarter

Strava: Track Running, Cycling & Swimming

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Strava makes it extremely easy to keep track of, and record, your biking, running, or swimming routes. There is a built-in distance and mileage tracker, and you can take advantage of monthly Challenges to push yourself to new limits.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Manage everything

Fitbit

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Chances are that you’ve already used or heard of Fitbit and for good reason as the base app works wonderfully. Tracking activity, sleep, weight, and so much more is a breeze and you are provided the information in gorgeous graphs with insights for each category.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Keep track of moods

Moodpath – Depression & Anxiety Test

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It’s one thing to be able to keep on top of your physical health, but it’s equally as important to keep track of your mental health. With Moodpath, you are given an “intelligent mood tracker” with tips to improve your mental well-being and much more.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Drink more water

Drink Water Reminder – Hydration and Water Tracker

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It’s no secret that many of us have to drink more water than we already do and the Drink Water Reminder – Hydration and Water Tracker makes it easier than ever. There are customizable reminders, statistics, achievements, and much more to help you drink more water.

Free w/IAP at Google Play

Stick to your resolutions

For some, New Years Resolutions have become somewhat of a joke, but to others, these are no joking matter. What better way to get the new decade started on the right foot with an app like Google Keep. This all-in-one app keeps track of basic notes, to-do lists, and even offers collaboration features along with Google Assistant integration.

Those looking for the “best” app to keep track of what you eat, will want to take a look at MyFitnessPal. There is a database of more than 11 million different foods, and you can even log food items from your favorite restaurants. In addition to tracking your food intake, you can set goals, and the app will integrate with many different devices like Fitbit or Garmin.

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