Health apps to reduce stress

You use your smartphone for everything from checking emails and taking photos to workouts and shopping lists, why not use it for relaxation, too? There’s an app for everything, including apps for stress, and we’ve got four health apps that will help you chill.
You use your smartphone for everything from checking emails and taking photos to workouts and shopping lists, why not use it for relaxation, too? There’s an app for everything, including apps for stress, and we’ve got four health apps that will help you chill.

Health apps to reduce stress

1. BreathBiofeedback app (Free)

Designed for the Droid, BreathBiofeedback can help you de-stress through deep breathing and feedback on the screen. Biofeedback has been shown to promote relaxation, reduce high blood pressure, and improve overall general health. You simply tap on the screen each time you breathe in and the display will help you slow and deepen your breathing.

2. Silva Deep Relaxation app (Free)

For the iPhone, this relaxation app isn’t one you’d use during the rush hour commute, but it can certainly help you decompress once you get home. Featuring a 30-minute deep relaxation track, a 20-minute relaxation meditation exercise, and a 20-minute tranquil relaxation guide, your smartphone will become a convenient source of stress relief. 

3. Stress Check app (Free)

When your work stress starts ratcheting up, turn to your smartphone for the Stress Check app, which not only helps you lower your stress, but can also teach you more about your stress so you can take control of it. This app provides stress scores that allow you track the source of your stresses as well as your stress relief, office yoga poses, and guided meditation exercises that you can do anywhere.

4. Magic Window app ($1.99)

If you’re more of a visual person, the Magic Window app will help you de-stress with its 15 stunning scenes (sunsets, sunrises, cities, mountains, beaches, and coasts) accompanied by ambient soundtracks that will take you on a mini-vacation from your worries. In addition, this relaxation app features an alarm clock, sleep timer, live weather updates, and a flashlight, in the case you’re unwinding in the dark.

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