This week App Smart was full of apps that can help you, one way or another, to stick to any New Year's resolutions you've made.
Making a resolution to keep healthy is pretty common, and like me you may have resolved to improve your fitness by going for a regular jog. The iFit Running app ($2 on iOS) is great for this because it can track your runs using GPS, help you keep note of your timings and even measure your daily calorie intake. To keep you motivated when you're running, it has voice prompts, or you can turn on a metronome to help keep your pace steady or play music.
Stopping smoking is another common health resolution, and the free and highly popular Android app Quit Now! (free on Google Play) could be ideal for helping you kick the habit. This app's main trick for motivating you is a list of statistics about how long it's been since you smoked your last cigarette, and roughly how much time and money you've saved - the dollars will rack up very quickly! There's also a social networking system so you can chat with other people battling the habit.
For a really simple iOS app to help you commit to keeping your resolutions, try Commit ($3 on iTunes). It's very cleanly designed. You simply enter your goal, and when you've achieved it each day you can tap on the giant tick mark button. Several goals can be entered, each accessed by a simple swipe gesture, and the app displays a progress bar to show you how many days in a row you've clicked on the tick for each goal. There's not much else to this app, but the simplicity may keep you using it. Commit really only takes a second to fire up and click on the button.
Learning a language is another popular New Year's resolution, and newly updated app TripLingo (free on iOS) could help you with the task - and also when you're vacationing in another country. It's not designed to be an exhaustive dictionary, but it does have an extensive offline dictionary system and it has sev eral tricks for teaching you useful phrases, including slang words.
Good luck keeping your resolutions, folks!
