50 Useful Facebook Apps for Healthy Living and Self Improvement

Posted by Site Administrator in Health Tools Apr 16th, 2009

By Nicole White

You may only consider Facebook as a platform for social networking and photo sharing, but its collection of apps proves that it goes way beyond the basic profile. On Facebook, you’ll find apps that can help you manage your health and fitness goals, meet new friends in real life, become better organized, learn a new language and even learn more about the passions and causes that drive you. Read on to discover 50 useful Facebook apps for healthy living and self improvement.

Fitness

Practice these sports and games online so that when it’s time to play for real, you’ll be ready for a real work out.

1. Twenty20 Cricket: Build a cricket team and decide on strategies for different matches. You can even sell drinks to fans.
2. Golf.com Pro Challenge: Play challenges like longest drive, closest to the pin, and putting challenge to improve your game.
3. Football Tycoon: Coach your own football team and learn about strategy, training and more.
4. Rugby Union: Try to make the rugby championships on Facebook with this app.
5. What soccer position should you play?: Let this quiz help you figure out which position you should be playing on a real soccer field.
6. Virtual Squash Player: Play squash online to improve your real-world game.
7. LivingSocial: Slopes: Here you can manage your real life skiing progress by tracking which slopes you’ve visited and which ones you’d like to try.
8. Ballers Network: Connect with other ball players and sports fanatics around the world to set up times to play in real life.
9. MapMyFitness: Map and measure your weight-loss progress, running goals, and more.
10. My Goals by Gold’s Gym: Manage your fitness goals on Facebook with this app.

Self-Discovery

From astrology to emotional IQ quizzes, these apps are all about helping you discover your strengths and interests.

11. What Color Is Your Heart?: Discover your emotional IQ with this quiz.
12. My Personality: Take this psychology quiz to find out how open you are, how agreeable you are, and how much of an extrovert you are.
13. Astrology: Study your love horoscope, karma rating and daily horoscope to learn more about your personality.
14. Traveler IQ Challenge: Quiz yourself on your travel, geography and culture IQ. It might be time to explore someplace new.
15. How smart are you?: It’s not an official IQ test, but this quiz can show you your strengths and weaknesses.
16. Heritage and Flags: Display your ethnic pride by using this app.
17. What City?: Find out which city you actually belong in, based on your personality and passions.
18. Music iLike: Explore new music, share songs with friends, and add music videos to your profile.
19. Ticker Factory: Keep track of your goals and progress here.
20. Am I a Liberal or a Conservative: Use this app as a way to learn more about your political and social leanings.

Education, Work and Organization

With these apps, you can become a better organized, more informed student or professional.

21. National Geographic Video Digest: Learn more about the natural world around you by checking this app.
22. Calendar: Stay organized with this calendar from 30 Boxes. It features SMS reminders, integration with MySpace, Flickr, Wordpress and Facebook, and more.
23. Advanced Swedish Word of the Day: Learn Swedish day by day with this app.
24. Sex Health Videos: Learn about sexual health here.
25. Goodreads Books: This app integrates with the Goodreads network, letting you share reading lists with friends and discuss literature.
26. inCircle Connections: Get job openings, network with other members, and learn about opportunities with big companies.
27. My Merch Store: Using this app, you can design products and sell them on Facebook and Zazzle.
28. Wordy: Learn new words by playing this game on Facebook.
29. weRead: Post your reading lists and books you’ve read with this app. You can also start a book club.
30. U.S. Citizen Test: Test your knowledge of U.S. history and more.
31. Nations: Play with this app to learn what it’s like to solve your nation’s issues, lead a country, and more.

Making a Difference

Learn about charities, environmental causes and awareness groups by browsing these apps.

32. (Lil) Green Patch: This popular app helps you fight global warming and spread awareness.
33. Daily Motivational Quote: Get a daily motivational quote to keep you inspired each day.
34. Pink Ribbon: Support breast cancer awareness and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization.
35. Marketplace: Find charities and more on Marketplace.
36. I Am Green: Show how green you are on Facebook using this app, which also lets you meet other environmentally conscious users and learn about going green.
37. Causes: Causes lets you find charities and campaigns that you want to support, in categories like animals, education, environment and religion.
38. Sea Garden: Meet friends and learn about ocean pollution with this app.

Relationships and Community

Expand your social network and learn more about the people in your community by using these Facebook apps.

39. Zoosk: Zoosk will connect you to singles in your area via Facebook.
40. NaughtyNotes: Keep your romantic relationship passionate and exciting by sending NaughtyNotes.
41. Sociable: Use Sociable to find out what your friends are doing in real life.
42. Hugs: Spread the love and strengthen your relationships by sending hugs to your friends on Facebook.
43. The Lounge: The Lounge helps Facebook users connect in real life by first letting them get to know each other in virtual "bars," "dance floors" and more.
44. Dopplr: Keep in touch with friends with Dopplr, which lets you update your travel plans on Facebook and your current location.
45. Zimride Carpool: This tool lets you find safe, reliable people to carpool with in real life.
46. Chat!: Use this tool to chat live with friends on Facebook.
47. Birthday Calendar: Remember all of your friends birthdays with this Facebook calendar that lets you receive e-mail and cell phone alerts.
48. Social Calendar: This app will help you stay more organized and responsible without giving up your social life.
49. Meetups: Use Meetups to set up meetings and special events in real life.
50. Neighborhoods: Point2 Neighborhoods shows you who on Facebook lives near you, so you can meet up in real life.

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