Eating disorder apps are another way you can help support your recovery yourself. These can be used by you with or without your professional support team. They allow you to record your meals and snacks, record your triggers and help you to spot any patterns. Some apps help you to set personal goals and even to record your successes for the day. The apps if used by you in tandem with your professional support team allow your team to see areas of struggle quickly and allow them to address these issues with you before they may cause a back slide. Here are some notable apps designed to support individuals dealing with eating disorders, along with their prices:
Recovery Record: Eating Disorder Management
This app allows users to log meals, thoughts, and feelings, set custom meal plans, and communicate with their treatment team. It is FREE to use for the patient. If you are a professional this app is free if being used for a single client. For the professional multiple client use of this app does cost; though I do not know what they charge. Your professional support system can see how you are doing in real-time should they choose which allows for you and them to spot areas of concern quickly. The areas in this app are easily customizable to suit your needs.
This app lets users to log meals, record emotions and thoughts before and after meals, log behaviors related to eating disorders and even create structured meal plans aligned with their meal plans just to name a few.
In Recovery Record the user can securely message their clinician, treatment team or can optionally connect with trusted family members. Therapists can review logs and provide direct responses and encouragement.
Recovery Record is available for both iOS and Android platforms.
Note: Recovery Record is HIPAA compliant, ensuring user data privacy and security
Rise Up + Recover
The Rise Up + Recover app offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to support individuals dealing with eating disorders. This app is FREE.
Here’s a breakdown of its components: Meal logging, Emotion Tracking, and Behavior Monitoring. These self-monitoring tools are foundational in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and assist users in gaining insights into their eating behaviors. It is also Passcode Protection which keeps user data confidential and secure.
Note: Rise Up + Recover is a free app available on both iOS and Android platforms.
Brighter Bite – ED Recovery
Combining acceptance and commitment therapy with dialectical behavior therapy techniques, this app offers meal logging, mood tracking, and therapeutic activities to support recovery. It is available for FREE. It is a mobile application designed to support individuals recovering from eating disorders by offering a range of therapeutic tools and tracking features.
Brighter Bite is available on both iOS and Android platforms.
Eating Disorder Recovery
The Eating Disorder Recovery App is designed to support individuals on their journey to recovery by offering a range of clinically focused tools and resources. It serves as a valuable tool for individuals seeking structured and clinically sound support in their recovery journey, facilitating collaboration with healthcare providers and promoting self-awareness. This app provides detailed symptom tracking, progress monitoring, and journaling features. It also has available articles, videos, and tools related to eating disorder recovery and healthy coping mechanisms,as well as lists of helplines and support groups for additional assistance. Like the other apps listed in this blog the app has data protection which ensures user information is securely stored and complies with privacy regulations and an optional passcode feature to protect sensitive entries
Eating Disorder recovery is NOT FREE; it costs $9.99 per month or $39.99 annually, with a 3-day free trial available.
MindShift CBT
While not exclusively for eating disorders, this app uses cognitive behavioral therapy tools to help manage anxiety, stress, and negative thought patterns, which can be beneficial in recovery. It is free to use. This app is a FREE, evidence-based mobile app used to help individuals manage and alleviate anxiety using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies. Some of its key components are the support of Healthy Habits, coping cards which help in reframing anxious thoughts and even a thought journal. This app is CBT based and helps the user to learn, if needed, how to use the tools that CBT techniques provide.
MindShift CBT is available for download on both iOS and Android platforms.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
I know and believe that those of us who suffer from an ED of any type can beat it. It is hard work and at times feels impossible; but I am sure it is a goal that is obtainable to all of you out there.
KEEP Y0UR CHIN UP! Take baby steps towards your recovery, put one foot in front of the other and know, with a capital K, you CAN do it. Even if you can’t see it now, the world needs you!
Wings of Recovery 