WebMD

This app can be helpful whether it’s flu season or not, and you’re looking for a temporary diagnosis for whatever is ailing you. WebMD’s symptom checker can help you find out what’s wrong.

To use, tap the mannequin to highlight the body parts that are troubling you most and learn about what could be causing your symptoms. You can then use the app’s location tracking to find a local physician or hospital if you feel that you need to get your symptoms checked. Further, you can keep track of your medications using a free WebMD account.

WebMD is available on iTunes and Google Play.

Reader’s Digest Easy Home Remedies

Looking for the best home remedies to bust your flu or ease your aches and pains? Reader’s Digest Easy Home Remedies gives you a list of Grandma’s best-kept secrets with old-fashioned home remedies from A to Z. Beyond the flu, this app has remedies to treat and/or cure 74 injuries and illnesses, from acne to arthritis, but cold and flu cures are comprehensive, with techniques that range from steam therapy to spritzing your throat with pepper spray.

This free app is available on iTunes.

Help, I Have the Flu

This Facebook app gives you chance to scout out your Facebook contacts and see who may have made you sick, scouring your friends’ posts and messages for keywords that may signal that they are ill as well -- ranging from “flu” to “coughing.” If you aren’t sick yet, this app can give you a heads up about who may be contagious and who to stay away from so that you can avoid a bout of flu.