When you have an allergy, avoiding your trigger becomes a way of life. But it’s not always easy. Food allergies can be challenging when you eat out, and seasonal allergies can make it difficult to be outside at times. The good news? Technology may be able to help. We chose the year’s best allergy apps for their quality content, reliability, great reviews, and ability to help you avoid allergens of all kinds.

General allergy apps AroundMe iPhone rating: 4.6 stars Android rating: 4.3 stars Price: Free with in-app purchases When you live with allergies, easy access to what you need when you need it can be important. Find the closest hospital, restaurant, supermarket, and other business in your immediate vicinity with AroundMe. This robust app gives you instant information about your surroundings, pinpointing nearby places of interest on a map and providing the best routes from your starting point. Add the details to your contact list or email it to a friend, and get where you want to go. Medical ID: In Case of Emergency Android rating: 4.4 stars Price: Free Store all of your essential medical and allergy information in one place with this app. In an emergency, it can help friends, family members, colleagues, or medical providers get a quick snapshot of your health details, including your allergies, height, weight, blood type, and other crucial information. This can help them make informed decisions about treatment that could save your life or prevent complications.

Food allergy apps Yummly Recipes + Shopping List iPhone rating: 4.8 stars Android rating: 4.5 stars Price: Free with in-app purchases Yummly features more than 2 million recipes that you can personalize to your tastes and dietary needs. Just plug in your allergies and preferences, and it’ll dish up recipes you’ll love. Follow the step-by-step guided recipes, collect and save your favorites, and even find recipes you can make with ingredients on hand. AllergyEats iPhone rating: 4.6 stars Android rating: 3.8 stars Price: Free If you’ve got food allergies, you can only eat so many things at many popular restaurants. This app helps walk you through the most allergy-friendly restaurants for a variety of food allergies, breaks down menu items that are safe to eat, and even organizes restaurant listings by major cities like New York City and Washington, D.C., and attractions like Walt Disney World. mySymptoms Food Diary & Symptom Tracker iPhone rating: 4.6 stars Android rating: 4.4 stars Price: $3.99 This app helps you track your symptoms, allergy episodes, bowel movements, and any other major events. It can help you better understand the patterns of your allergies and what diet, lifestyle, or exercise routines may trigger your worst symptoms and how to manage them. Food Intolerances iPhone rating: 4.6 stars Android rating: 4.0 stars Price: $6.99 for iPhone, $4.99 for Android Understanding your food allergies can be overwhelming when they involve so many variables of nutrients, minerals, and vitamins. The Food Intolerances app helps you make sense of the science behind food allergies for a number of different types, including gluten-free and peanut allergies. It also helps you dive deep into the details around histamine intolerances, carbohydrate malabsorption, and many other interactions that result in food allergies. Then, you can build your diet around your knowledge to help prevent uncomfortable or life threatening allergy symptoms. Cara Care: IBS, FODMAP Tracker iPhone rating: 4.7 stars Android rating: 4.8 stars Price: Free with in-app purchases Bowel conditions aren’t the same for each person with IBS, IBD, or FODMAP intolerances. The Cara Care app helps you track your symptoms and log how your body responds to different foods and nutrients. It can help you better understand your triggers, keep an eye on your bowel movements, and see detailed analytics on the interactions between your diet, lifestyle, and overall health so that your gut symptoms don’t take over your life. The Gluten Free Scanner iPhone rating: 4.7 stars Android rating: 4.0 stars Price: Free with in-app purchases Not sure if something is gluten-free? Just scan the barcode. This app contains a database of over half a million products so that you can always be sure that a food, ingredient, or beverage won’t trigger gluten intolerance symptoms. It can help you better understand why exactly a certain food isn’t gluten-free, building your knowledge of how your diet can work best. Find Me Gluten Free iPhone rating: 4.9 stars Android rating: 4.6 stars Price: Free with in-app purchases Don’t worry about eating out when you’re gluten-free. The Find Me Gluten Free app can be used to search through the menus of thousands of restaurants to find gluten-free options, whether you’re looking by location, menu items, or specific meals (like brunch or drinks). The app also lets you make a reservation and save your favorite restaurants for future reference.