You might have used your FitBit, Strava or MyFitnessPal, but why not extend the healthiness beyond January? Cutting down on drinking can save you that headache, hangxiety and sluggish feeling and leave you feeling happier, energised and sleeping better. Here are a few free apps that are easy to use and can help you save lbs and £s.

NHS Drink Free Days

This app frames itself as being for people who love to drink but want some help cutting down. It lets you choose which days of the week you’d like to go drink-free and helps you stick to it. ‘Health guidelines recommend we all take at least 3 days off drinking a week’.

You start by setting up your own personal goals for cutting down drinking, give some insight into a typical week currently and take a pledge on which 3 days you’d like to go drink free.

The app shows you what you could spend those calories on instead and how much money you’d save if you cut back – per week, per month and per year. A great motivator for me personally!

It’s an easy to use app that doesn’t take much time. Once you’ve set your goal you can look back weekly to see if you’re on track and to keep you motivated you can see how much money and calories you are saving in the process. Win win if you ask me!

MyDrinkaware App

MyDrinkaware app helps you track your drinking changes. Once you set up your free account you can track drinks, drink -free days as well as sleep quality. So many of us struggle to get a good night’s sleep and are fed up of feeling shattered. By tracking drink alongside sleep you should see a noticeable difference.

You can also set your own goals, log and celebrate drink-free days. The app has a built in progress tracker to help you keep on track and motivate you to keep going.

Drink Coach

Drink Coach lets you track your drinks and set multiple goals such as drinking less, saving more or having days off. Some of the features that set this app aside from the others are the reminders from your ‘sober-self’. If you know you have plans and don’t want to be suffering a hangover you can set these reminders to ping up to yourself from yourself.

You can also try out some of the app’s mindfulness videos to help improve your mental and physical health further.

Try Dry

Lots of you may have taken part in Dry January but did you know the Try Dry app helps you well beyond this month. You can set yourself another new challenge, track units and view on a units calendar.

You can also record how you’re feeling, use the health quiz and help keep up the dry streaks.