Health apps have become a booming sector in tech, and a cornerstone of many people’s wellness regimen — right alongside regular exercise and a healthy diet. Whether they’re coupled with wearable devices, offered as a benefit by users’ employers or even prescribed by a doctor, there are hundreds of applications designed to support a better mind and body. You can read about some of them right here.
Top Health Apps
- Headspace
- BetterHelp
- Strava
- WHOOP
- Google Health
- Apple
- Noom
- MyFitnessPal
Health Apps to Know
PatientPoint is the largest digital screens network at the point of care, providing real-time health information and personalized education to patients and healthcare providers across waiting rooms, exam rooms and staff meeting spaces. PatientPoint’s solutions reach approximately one in four Americans and can drive measurable outcomes such as increased medication adherence, preventive care screenings and patient consultation services for healthcare providers and pharmaceutical brands.
Google Health (formerly Fitbit) offers comprehensive fitness tracking and personalized health insights through Fitbit wearables and a mobile app. The platform provides activity tracking, heart rate monitoring, sleep analysis, and workout metrics, with AI-powered features including personalized fitness plans and daily readiness scores. Premium subscribers access wellness reports, advanced health analytics, and coaching powered by the Gemini models. The app integrates with Google’s ecosystem of wearable devices, including the Fitbit Air, to help users monitor their physical activity and overall health.
The Apple Health app provides a central, private platform for storing and managing medical information across iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. It aggregates health data tracked by Apple devices (including fitness metrics, sleep patterns and environmental exposure), plus allows users to store medical records, medications, allergies and emergency contacts — all of which is protected by end-to-end encryption when two-factor authentication is enabled.
Headspace is a mental health app offering guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, sleep resources and AI-powered mental health support. The platform provides access to evidence-based meditation techniques, sleep soundtracks, mental health coaching and online therapy.
Click Therapeutics develops and commercializes software as prescription medical treatments. The company combines neuroscience with software to create patient-centric interventions for conditions including depression, schizophrenia, migraines and addiction. For instance, Clickotine, its FDA-authorized smoking cessation program, delivers personalized, science-based training to help users resist smoking impulses through their phone
Zocdoc connects patients with local medical and dental providers for remote or in-person appointments. As a digital marketplace for care, Zocdoc aims to serve both sides of healthcare: For providers, it handles marketing, patient acquisition and scheduling; for patients, it matches them with in-network providers accepting new patients with available appointment times.
Telehealth company Ro offers a mobile app that lets patients connect with medical providers, manage their care journey and view lab results. Its products and services provide treatment for conditions such as obesity and erectile dysfunction. Ro says patients’ initial online visit is meant to uncover their symptoms and health history so that a provider can give them treatment recommendations tailored to their specific needs.
MyFitnessPal is a nutrition tracking app that enables users to log food and monitor calories, macronutrients and micronutrients through a database of over 20 million foods. The AI-powered platform can track physical activity, weight, water intake and fasting habits while syncing with more than 35 fitness devices and apps, including Apple Watch, Google Health, Strava and Garmin.
Healthee is an AI-powered benefits navigation platform that helps employees understand, compare and act on their health coverage through one app. The company offers benefits decision support, telehealth care, cost transparency and provider search capabilities — all designed to simplify healthcare navigation and reduce administrative burden for employers. Healthee’s AI virtual assistant, Zoe, delivers personalized guidance on coverage and care options, while its 24/7 telehealth service provides instant access to licensed medical professionals.
WHOOP is a wearable fitness tracker that monitors sleep, physical strain and recovery 24/7 through continuous biometric data collection, delivering personalized insights to help users optimize performance and health. The WHOOP tacker captures heart rate variability, resting heart rate, respiratory rate, skin temperature and blood oxygen to calculate recovery scores and track all four sleep stages.
Strava is a fitness tracking app that allows users to record and analyze physical activities such as running, cycling, walking, hiking and swimming. It uses GPS data from a smartphone or connected wearable device to track metrics including distance, pace, speed, elevation and route information. Users, meanwhile, can review their workout history, monitor performance trends over time and set personal fitness goals. Strava also includes social features that let users share activities, join clubs and participate in challenges, making it useful for both tracking exercise and connecting with other athletes.
Lyra Health is a provider of workforce mental health benefits that connects employees with therapists, mental health coaches and psychiatrists through AI-powered provider matching. It also delivers therapy, coaching and specialty care via the Lyra Health app, offering one-on-one messaging and video sessions with licensed professionals, self-care resources and evidence-based wellness programs.
BetterHelp is the world’s largest online therapy service, offering virtual counseling for individuals, couples or teens via text, video, audio and live sessions with over 31,000 licensed therapists. The platform also provides supplementary mental health tools including digital journals, goal trackers, worksheets and wellness webinars.
Noom is a digital health app that supports weight management and physical health goals by combining psychology with personalized coaching and medication access. Using cognitive behavioral therapy principles, the platform aims to help users understand and address the psychological triggers behind eating habits and compulsive behaviors, rather than relying on restrictive dieting alone.
Prolaio is a clinical intelligence platform that transforms real-world cardiovascular data into actionable insights for patients, care teams and researchers. The software integrates continuous, high-density patient data from wearable devices and connected monitors with proprietary AI-based algorithms to help clinicians proactively manage conditions like heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Talkspace connects users with licensed therapists through a questionnaire that matches them based on their mental health needs and preferences. The HIPAA-compliant platform offers therapy via video, voice or unlimited messaging, plus allows users to switch therapists at no cost and access support between sessions. Most insured Talkspace members have $0 copay, and the platform is in-network with major insurance plans including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, and Optum.
Nourish connects users with registered dietitians via telehealth to address chronic conditions and personal health goals, with 94 percent of patients paying $0 out of pocket through insurance coverage. The platform accepts hundreds of insurance plans across all 50 U.S. states and offers specialized support for diabetes, eating disorders, autoimmune conditions, prenatal nutrition and other health concerns.
