Health Technology
Designed to build better habits
Practice urge surfing with the Habit Bandz smart fidget app.
4.7/5 would recommend
Designed with mental health professionals
Practice urge surfing with the Habit Bandz smart fidget app.
What are you struggling with?
Habit Bandz turns urge surfing, a mindfulness technique developed by therapists in 1985, into an everyday tool for iPhone. Apple Watch support is coming Fall 2026.
iPhone (iOS 18+). Apple Watch support is coming Fall 2026.
Habit Bandz gives you something better to do. Tap for calming vibrations, let the urge pass with urge surfing, and build healthier routines using technology.
“After struggling with skin picking for 45+ years... I noticed a significant decrease in my urge to pick. The gentle reminder on my wrist helped me become more aware of my habit, allowing me to break the cycle.”
“Habit Bandz helped me stop picking my skin within 2 days of using it. After 2 days, I haven't picked my skin for a month! It's easy to use, and it's very discreet.”
“It helped me see the pattern of my habit better and take more ownership of it. Easy to use with just a button press, but it still provides applicable data for me to assess my progress.”
“My spouse loves that he has a constructive way to alert me... For them to be able to nicely say ‘Push your button’ instead is very positive for everyone.”
“Habit Bandz combines a lot of the therapeutic techniques for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, such as habit reversal training and urge surfing, into one simple device.”
“Habit Bandz helped bring awareness to my unwanted habit... it flipped my urges almost 180, and it helped me stay motivated to continue to work towards breaking my habit completely.”
Habit Bandz is grounded in urge surfing and habit reversal research. The white paper covers the research, methodology, and results of our feasibility study.
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Habit Bandz is a smart fidget app for mindfulness. It helps you redirect an unwanted habit into a harmless tap on your devices.
Urge surfing is a mindfulness technique developed by therapists in 1985. Instead of acting on an urge, you ride it out like a wave: notice it, let it rise and crest, and let it pass. Habit Bandz gives your hands something to do while you ride it out.
Mostly, yes. Each session is a quick go/no-go game: tap when you see the blue cue, hold back when you see the yellow one. Tapping gives your hands something safe to do, and holding back is practice at noticing an impulse without acting on it.
It gives you something to do until the feeling passes. Calming vibrations settle you while you tap, you rate your urge before and after, and your score shows how focused and steady you stayed. That feedback builds self-awareness in the moment, and your data is recorded automatically during every session.
No. Habit Bandz works on its own. If you have a provider, you can link with their code.
You can use Habit Bandz for any urge, craving, or compulsion that you'd rather not act on. That includes anxiety, nail biting, hair pulling, skin picking, substance use, emotional eating, intrusive thoughts, emotional regulation, and doom scrolling.
The app runs on iPhone (iOS 18+). Apple Watch support is coming Fall 2026.
Whether you're starting on your own, getting it for someone you love, or bringing data to your practice, there's a path for you.
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