There are certain elements everyone needs to take into consideration to lead a healthy lifestyle. Eating healthily, exercising regularly, sleeping well, and making time for mindfulness and reflection are all crucial to your overall well-being.

You can get help for each of these elements of wellness online. There are many apps and tech tools to guide and encourage you, but what if there was one app that covered all four elements? That's precisely what the Feel Better app—described as "The Complete Wellness App"—aims to do. Take a closer look at its features to decide whether it's worth upgrading to the premium subscription.

What Is Feel Better?

Feel Better is the self-care app launched by the folks behind the phenomenally successful Deliciously Ella plant-based movement. The app was initially a recipe source called Deliciously Ella, which evolved into a complete wellness space.

Feel Better contains four areas:

  • Recipes
  • Movement
  • Mindfulness
  • Sleep

Download: Feel Better for iOS | Android (Subscription required, free trial available)

When you first sign up, there are no intrusive questionnaires. Instead, you are offered a range of plans to start your journey through the app. These include an Introduction to Mindfulness, a Feel Better holistic plan, and 7-day meal and sleep plans.

Plant-Based Recipe Planner

At the heart of Feel Better is the range of recipes offered. The Ella philosophy is plant-based healthy eating made simple. In the UK, the original Deliciously Ella book is the fastest-selling vegan cookbook of all time.

If you've ever used the cookbooks or visited the Deliciously Ella recipe website, you'll have some idea of what to expect. The app shares some recipes with those resources and adds many more, providing over 700 healthy, tasty dishes for all times of the day and all seasons.

It's easy to navigate the recipes since they are arranged in categories. Instructions are clear and concise, cooking time and portion sizes are included, and best of all, there's a meal planner section and shopping list feature.

With an annual subscription costing little more than a couple of Ella cookbooks, this section alone is worth the fee. If, on the other hand, you want some free sources of inspiration, try these YouTube channels offering vegan recipes.

Get Moving and Feel Better

There's much more to explore. The exercise section of the app is entitled Movement, and it contains yoga, pilates, cardio, stretch, barre, and strength exercises. The duration of the classes ranges from 10 to 60 minutes, and you can save your favorites for easy access or to build an entire routine.

All ability levels are covered, and there are specific routines to work different parts of your body, as well as pre-natal classes. When you select a class, the app suggests similar options. Again, everything is clear and easy to navigate.

Mindfulness Exercises

The Mindfulness section of Feel Better aims to improve your mental health by providing a wide-ranging bank of activities for relaxation and positivity. The routines include:

  • Guided meditations for various states of mind, lasting from 5 to 40 minutes in duration.
  • Breathwork exercises to help you start your day well, find some calm throughout a busy day, or unwind and prepare for sleep at bedtime.
  • Sound baths to provide you with an audio meditative experience.
  • Massage videos with instructions on how to practice reflexology through massage.

A rare feature in wellness apps, reflexology is a great addition to Feel Better. There is a brilliant two-minute hand reflexology routine to help soothe anxiety, which you can learn and then use whenever you feel uptight and need to reset. A good alternative to try might be the Balance app's personalized meditation experience.

Sleep Solutions

Finally, the Sleep section of the app provides you with two options to help at the end of your day: Wind Down and Drift Off. The Wind Down section includes some of the meditations and videos you'll find elsewhere on the app. Here, though, they are collated to help you prepare for a good night's sleep. Drift Off provides a range of soothing sounds such as rain, ocean waves, and white noise.

Frustratingly, no sleep settings are available to turn these soundtracks off at a set time. You'll have to rely on your own device's settings if you want to control this.

Extra Features of Feel Better

There is a wellness tracker, called My Tracker, included in Feel Better that allows you to track your food, water intake, movement, sleep, and mindful minutes. You'll also find various articles and podcasts accompanying each section of the app to help inform you further.

Is It Worth Subscribing to Feel Better?

Overall, this app contains a comprehensive suite of features. Although many similar apps are available, it's rare to find a wellness app quite as well-rounded as Feel Better. It's easy to recommend Feel Better for the recipes, exercises, and mindfulness features. If you're after a better night's sleep, though, you can find more in-depth apps to help improve your sleep.

An All-Around App to Guide Your Well-Being

Using apps and enabling their notifications can help you to remain mindful of your health throughout the day, so you keep up good habits. You could also try journaling as a well-being tool to help you practice gratitude and mindfulness daily.