There’s never been a better time to embrace change than the present.
With the amount of technology we have at our fingertips, we can now access the information we could only dream of 30 years ago. Going vegan is no longer a challenge, for those asking millions of questions to their vegan friends.
You have apps that find you vegan restaurants, apps with vegan recipes, apps that can find you vegan friends… apps that educate you on the nutritional benefits of plant-based diets and how to actually employ a plant-based diet yourself.
There’s really nothing to be afraid of, especially today.
Speaking about apps, I’ve got some really interesting apps for you here… because I believe they can help both vegans, and non-vegans WANTING to become vegans.
The 12 Best Apps For Brand-New Vegans
#1 – The Happy Cow
Do you want to be able to find vegan restaurants wherever you go?
The Happy Cow app can help you search for a place to get your vegan food using a variety of filters to suit your needs, including an interactive map.
The app allows you to organize shops and restaurants based on your upcoming trips.
Plus… you can verify the reviews of each restaurant and store you plan to visit.
Happy Cow works like Yelp, but for the vegan population alone. You can other vegan’s opinions and avoid shooting yourself in the foot by picking an awful restaurant by mistake.
Here’s what you can do with the app:
- Filter your searches by location, food type, and store type;
- Interactive map;
- Pre-select and save your favorite vegan spots;
- Get directions, phone numbers, review and website information;
- Add reviews to inform other vegans of your experience.
I’m not sure how it works in Asia, but in Europe, the app works wonderfully.
#2 – Vegan Additives
Are you hesitant about the ingredients used in the product you want to buy?
No wonder. Companies with shady practices fall into the habit of cutting corners and putting all kinds of shenanigans inside their products. This includes additives that are not immediately identifiable by their source.
Therefore, even though a product might be advertised as being vegan, it can contain an additive that comes from an animal-source. Additives are all the weird, scientific names you find on a label that can be identified by an E followed by a number.
Vegan Additives allow you to check whether the additives in your supplements or food are either from an animal or a plant source. Some additives in a supplement (or food) may pop with an E followed by a number.
And with this app, you can simply type down the numbers you see on the label to immediately verify the origin of that additive.
It’s very simple to use, it’s light and from what I’ve tested it’s not riddled with ads which tend to ruin the whole experience.
#3 – Quit Meat
If you’re not vegan; or if you have a non-vegan friend who’s making an effort to change his habits… this app will help him out.
As vegans, we don’t have an exact measurement of the impact we’re having on the planet each day. You may have a tiny little idea, but it’s not always something you think about… even though you enjoy the fact you’re having a positive impact.
The Quit Meat app is was designed to help you transition from a non-vegan to vegan. It gives you vegan recipes, fun vegan facts… and more interestingly… it gives you data on how many animals you have saved compared to an average omnivore eater.
Not only that, but it also shows you how many showers you didn’t take and how many kilometers you didn’t drive by simply cutting back on the meat!
In other words, the Quit Meat app gives you a measurement of the impact you’re having, so you can feel and internalize that the impact you’re having is humongous.
It’s a fun concept, and it can help with your motivation!
#4 – Forks Over Knives
Have you seen forks over knives? It’s actually a great documentary — go see it after this post…
…Anyway, I’m not here to preach about the documentary.
I want to talk to you about the Forks Over Knives app. An app that can make your vegan life easier, by giving you access to over 500 whole-food plant-based recipes wherever you go.
That number is growing because each week recipes are added.
And more… the app has a conveniently built-in shopping list, where the ingredients are sorted automatically by aisle. (Talk about making your grocery trip easy)
The recipes are displayed in a step-by-step fashion and the way the menus are organized really eases up the user experience.
Now you can carry your recipes in your pocket, and leave the cookbook at home. 🙂
#5 – Vegaholic
Do you like to party and get drunk? Or maybe you’re just a casual drinker and wanna know what’s up with the liquor?
Vegaholic has your back. Although I tend to connect alcohol and veganism together (hey, barley), there are some drinks, including beers that contain animal-based properties.
Vegaholic is an app you can use to check if the drink you’re slurping is vegan or not. It’s very hand, it works offline, and it has data sets from over 24,054 beers; 13,303 wines and 2,648 spirits. It’s worth noting that this data comes directly from the website Barnivore.com.
This being said, you