Habit Bandz App Capabilities

  • One tap starts a guided urge surfing session with haptic feedback — right from your Apple Watch or iPhone Lock Screen

  • Real-time heart rate monitoring helps you stay grounded during urges

  • Automatic logging builds a personal history of triggers and progress over time

  • Set reminders for high-risk moments before urges strike

  • Pair with the Habit Bandz Smart Fidget to sync data

  • Sync with your clinician's dashboard for guided, ongoing support

  • Compatible iPhone XS or later (iOS 18+) and Apple Watch Series 6 or later (watchOS 11+)

Skin picking, Nail Biting, and Hair Pulling


If you pick or pull because it feels good or satisfying, Habit Bandz offers a replacement that engages the body without harm.

  • Tap or hold the app to activate vibration-based “fidget” or “pulse” mode

  • Use as a tactile anchor when your hands crave stimulation

  • Data is tracked automatically by Habit Bandz

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Intrusive & Negative Thoughts


Habit Bandz helps you pause, breathe, and reframe challenging thoughts with gentle vibrations that ground you in the moment.

  • Tap to feel vibrations and interrupt the urge-thought cycle

  • Create space to practice reframing: “This is just an urge — I don’t have to act on it”

  • Log shows when thought-driven urges occur

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Emotional Eating

Habit Bandz helps you stay grounded during the urge to snack on food.

  • Tap and hold to practice mindfulness-based “Urge Surfing”

  • Use vibration as a cue to pause, breathe, and stay present

  • Track your time spent Urge Surfing and log your mood directly in the app

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Substance Use


Let the urge to vape or drink pass by using Habit Bandz to practice urge surfing with mindfulness.

  • Build new muscle memory by using Habit Bandz when urges start

  • Ride the wave until it passes naturally after about 3-4 minutes

  • Progress is tracked in your personal behavioral report

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Doom Scrolling


Habit Bandz stays on your phone screen as a healthy alternative habit. Instead of doom scrolling, practice urge surfing and mindfulness.

  • Wearable and app are always with you, even in high-risk places

  • Use the tool as a subtle cue to pause in trigger zones

  • Use logging patterns to reflect on where urges may occur

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