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Useful apps for (secular) recovery
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Please add your favorite apps, that help you in recovery from compulsive eating, to this list. Provide as many helpful details as possible. Others may add more information later.
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Name of the appCategorybrief descriptionFree content?Paid content? Why recommended?Added byWebsite
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Better Sleep Appmeditationcomes with a few meditations for free, paid version has a ton of helpful guided meditations, lots of sounds and music for meditation and sleep, along with a sleep tracker.yesYesI use it daily for mediations for anxiety and cravings and nightly to help me sleep.Elisabeth Ghttps://www.bettersleep.com/
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Daylioemotions/stressmood tracker app, that allows you to do a "on the go" inventory by prompting you throughout the day to rate your moodthe free version has ads, but all necessary functionaitlythere is a premium, but the basic features are freeIt is a good app to get close to your feelings and emotions and urges as it can enable you to adress the root cause and not eat about it later after neglecting your feelings. It can also be used as a diary.Daniel Ehttps://daylio.net/
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Endelemotions/stressprovides personalized soundscape based on the sensor of your phone to help you relax and focusfree trialmost is subscription basedwas recommended to me by a fellow memeber, have yet to give it a tryDaniel Ehttps://endel.io/
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Headspacemeditationmeditation app with Andy Puddicombe, who was a monk and now tries to bring a secular meditiation practice to the westsome meditiations are freepaid subscription unlocks all meditationsI like Andy's voice and style of guided meditations.Daniel Ehttps://www.headspace.com/
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Insight Timermeditationfree mediation sight. guided and timed meditations, live streaming, classes. Also a beginners areayesDonations to teachers suggesteduse it to time my daily mediation. when i need it, there are guided meditation including secular topics.Edie Ehttps://insighttimer.com/
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My Fitness Palfood trackingMeal and calorie tracker YesYou can upgrade for ad free content Huge database of existing foods and recipes Joe AMyFitnessPal.com
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My OA Spiritual Toolkitfood trackingThis is an app that has ability to track food, do gratitude lists, spot check inventories and has some references to the big book like prayers, etc.Free elementsTo use gratitude list and also to share it is paid.I use it daily for creating and sharing my gratitude list. I use it as needed to do a big book based spot check inventory to share when I cannot talk to someone and do a 10. I have used the nightly inventory, again big book based, and share with my sponsor and a small group of OA peeps. I rarely use the food journal but have had sponsees do so.Edie Ehttps://www.myspiritualtoolkit.com/tour/ NOTE THAT THE MAIN PAGE SHOWS ITS AA VERSION, WHEN YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT YOU CAN USE OA, NA, AA, ETC. VERSION.
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See How You Eatfood trackingeasy picture based food logthe free version is enoughthere is a premium subscpritionprovides an easy overview about your food, you just have to take picturesDaniel Ehttps://seehowyoueat.com/
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Signalcommunicationmessenger that can be used for text chats, voice calls and video calls (good for international calls) - it uses your phone numer as account, which makes it easy to set upfreenoneIt offers full encription and is good concerning privacy. Daniel Ehttps://signal.org
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Waking Up: Guided MeditationmeditationSam Harris tries to help using the power of meditation while being completly non religious1 week trial, free if you cannot afford the yearly membership "scholorship"introductory course, many spcecial courses, daily meditation is available by subscriptiongreat introductory course and daily meditations, has detailed and interesting content on meditationDaniel Ehttps://wakingup.com/
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WhatsAppcommunicationyou can use it to do voice calls, video calls or chat (also internationally)free app by meta (Facebook)nonemany folks use this and there are some WhatsApp groups by secular overeatersDaniel Ehttps://www.whatsapp.com
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Yaziofood trackinggood calorie tracker with the option to add pictures of your mealsfree account covers mostadds some features, not urgently necessary I use this for food tracking and it works just fine.Daniel Ehttps://www.yazio.com
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SleepyTi.meemotions/stressPlan your bedtime when up too late. Combats sleep deprivation.FreeNoneHelps me plan bedtime when stressed. Good sleep heals.Christine Shttps://sleepyti.me/
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 food trackingEating Disorder /Disordered Eating TrackingFreenoneTracks food and moods. Offers auto suggestions. Ties into clinician treatment plans.Christine SRecovery Record
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Lose Itfood trackingFood and activity tracker, can sync w/ devices like Fitbit, phones, etcFree basic version Premium syncs w/ more devices, has more reportsI prefer it to MyFiitnessPal Mark Swww.loseit.com
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I Am Soberfood trackingTrack your addiction recovery dailyFree version covers most thingsThe paid tier includes some optional features (lock screen, apple watch integration, more addictions) that the free tier does not.tracks how long you have been sober, daily pledges and a review at the end of the day, reminders and motivational messages, community supportCaryn Bwww.iamsober.com
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Finch: Self Care Petemotions/stressMood journal, habits, self-care tracker, self-love with a self-care friendFree version is useable, upgrading is nice but not necessary to enjoy the app. 1 week free trial
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gamified self-care. very cute. well designed. much more profound and insightful than you'd expect. check off goals, reflect and take time for well-being exercises, your pet/friend will gain the strength they need to adventure out of the house for the day and grow emotionally.Caryn Bhttps://finchcare.com/
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