A health goals app to take care of yourself, one step at a time
Bemelio is a free app where you set health and wellbeing goals, like sleeping better, eating well, quitting smoking or building a self-care routine. You track your progress with simple tools, post updates when you move forward and choose to keep your goal private or share it with people who support you.
How can a health goals app help you look after yourself?
Bemelio is a social network built around personal goals. In the Health & Wellbeing category, you pick a sub-category such as sleep, eating, mental health, quitting a habit or skincare. The app suggests example goals to get you started. You give your goal a title, then decide whether it is public or private. From there, you move forward one small update at a time.
Bemelio is not a medical service and does not treat anything. It gives you a clear place to set a goal, follow your progress and feel less alone while you work on it. For any medical advice, a health professional remains the right person to talk to.
- Sleep: better bedtimes and evening habits
- Eating: more home cooking, less added sugar
- Mental health: meditation, journaling, therapy
- Quitting a habit: smoking, alcohol, screen time
- Skincare and beauty: daily routines
How do you track your health and wellbeing progress?
Start by breaking your goal into steps you can tick off. A goal like cooking all your meals can become: plan the week, shop with a list, cook dinner at home on weeknights, prepare lunch the night before. Each ticked step shows you are moving, even when the finish line still feels far away.
Depending on the sub-category, your goal comes with built-in tracking tools. A streak lets you tick every day you made progress and watch it grow. Habits lets you check off your daily habits. A session timer records each meditation or breathing session and keeps your history. When quitting a habit, you can track savings toward a target amount, with a chart.
Every time you move forward, you can post an update with text, a photo or a video. Together, your updates tell the story of your progress from start to finish. On sensitive health goals, the app never suggests publishing your tracking numbers: what you share stays your choice.
Why work on your wellbeing with other people?
Healthy habits are easier to keep when someone notices them. On Bemelio, you follow people and see their updates in your feed. You can react and comment to cheer them on, and they can do the same for you. Circles bring together people heading in the same direction, so you can find others who are also working on their sleep, their eating or their stress.
You can also share a goal with another person, who becomes its co-author. That works well for a shared plan, like cooking at home together. Private messaging lets you talk one to one. If you want to celebrate a milestone, an update can become a visual to share as a story, with a link to your Bemelio profile.
The Discover section also presents experts, such as coaches and specialists, as well as events. And if a goal feels too personal, keep it private: you can still track it, step by step, without anyone else seeing it.
- Follow people and see their updates
- Join circles around shared goals
- Share a goal as co-authors
- Message someone privately
- Keep any goal private
A simple method to keep going
Pick one goal and make it concrete. Feeling better is vague. Going to bed before 11 pm or drinking more water during the day is something you can actually do and check. Then split it into small steps. The first step should feel almost too easy: that is what makes starting possible on a tired day.
Aim for regularity rather than intensity. A short daily effort you can repeat usually beats a big push you cannot keep up. A streak helps you see that rhythm. If you miss a day, do not start over in your head: just tick the next day and carry on. Be kind to yourself, especially with goals linked to your mood or a habit you are trying to quit.
Look back regularly. Read your past updates, see which steps are done and notice what helped or got in the way. Then adjust the goal if needed. Changing a step is not failing, it is learning what works for you.
- Choose one clear goal
- Start with a very small first step
- Track a little every day
- Miss a day, then simply continue
- Review and adjust as you go
Health and wellbeing goal ideas
A few examples inspired by what the app suggests, to help you find your own.
- Eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day
- Cut out added sugar
- Cook all my meals
- Go to bed before 11 pm
- No screens 1 hour before sleep
- Meditate 10 minutes a day
- Quit smoking
- Morning and evening skincare routine
Tools to track your health goals
Depending on the sub-category you choose, your goal comes with tools that make progress visible.
Streak
Tick each day you made progress and watch your streak grow. It is available across the whole Health & Wellbeing category.
Habits
Check off your habits for the day, such as no screens before bed. Useful for sleep and general health goals.
Session timer
Time each session, for example meditation, and keep the history. Available for mental health goals.
Savings
When you quit a habit, track your savings toward a target amount with a chart.
Steps
Break your goal into steps to tick off, so a big change becomes a series of small, clear actions.
Updates
Post text, a photo or a video each time you move forward. Your updates tell the story of your progress.
Get started in 3 steps
Download the app
Bemelio is free on iPhone through the App Store and on Android through Google Play.
Create your goal
Choose Health & Wellbeing, pick a sub-category, give your goal a title and set it to public or private.
Post your first update
Share where you are starting from, in a few words, a photo or a video.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bemelio free?
Yes. Bemelio is free to download and free to use, on iPhone through the App Store and on Android through Google Play. You can create health and wellbeing goals, use the tracking tools available for your sub-category and post updates without paying.
Is my goal visible to everyone?
Only if you want it to be. When you create a goal, you choose whether it is public or private. A private goal lets you track your progress quietly. On sensitive health goals, the app never suggests publishing your tracking numbers.
Is Bemelio a medical app?
No. Bemelio is not a medical service and does not replace care or follow-up. It helps you set a goal, track your progress and move forward with support. For any medical advice, a health professional remains the right person to talk to.
Can I use Bemelio to help me quit smoking?
You can create a goal like quitting smoking in the quitting a habit sub-category. A streak lets you tick each day, and a savings tool lets you track money toward a target amount. You can keep the goal private or share it with people who support you.
Can I work on a wellbeing goal with someone else?
Yes. A goal can be shared with another person, who becomes its co-author. You can also follow people, comment on their updates, join circles of people with similar goals and talk privately through messaging.
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