Designed to manage challenging behaviors

Whatever the behavior, the session is the same: open the app, tap, and let the urge pass. Your data is recorded automatically during every session.

Tapping the blue circle in the Habit Bandz smart fidget app at a cafe

😰 Anxiety

Calm down, breathe, and let the feeling pass. A gentle pulse helps ground you in the moment.

πŸ’… Nail biting

Give your hands a fidget instead of biting. Tap until the urge passes.

πŸ’‡ Hair pulling

Keep your hands busy with a fidget. Tap in the app until the urge to pull fades.

🀏 Skin picking

Redirect picking into calming taps and vibrations. The fidget gives your fingers somewhere else to go.

πŸ’¨ Nicotine & substance use

A hand-to-mouth replacement. Keep your hands occupied while you ride out the craving.

πŸͺ Emotional eating

Quiet the food noise. Pause, tap, and let the craving pass before you reach for a snack.

πŸ’­ Intrusive thoughts

Interrupt the thought without acting on it. Breathe until it passes on its own.

🧘 Emotional regulation

Reset before emotions escalate. A simple pause to slow down and settle.

πŸ“± Doom scrolling

Swap social media for a session in the app. Stay with it until the feeling dies down.

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Client stories

In their own words

🌱 After 45 years, progress

β€œAfter struggling with skin picking for 45+ years... I noticed a significant decrease in my urge to pick. The gentle reminder on my wrist has helped me become more aware of my habit, allowing me to break the cycle.”

β€” Shannon H., 53
🌟 It actually stopped the habit

β€œHabit 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. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to break a bad habit.”

β€” Jordan G., 27
πŸ“ˆ I can see my progress

β€œIt helped me see the pattern of my habit better and take more ownership of it. I like that this device is easy to use with just a button press, but it still provides applicable data for me to assess my progress.”

β€” Sydney S., 29
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§ It made change easier for my family

β€œMy 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.”

β€” Dorie E., 36
πŸ’ͺ It gave me confidence to change

β€œI feel more confident thanks to Habit Bandz... I was able to heal my skin and take out my stress and anxiety in a less harmful way.”

β€” Sofia T., 25
🧠 It made me more aware

β€œHabit Bandz helped me be more aware of my habit and an easy way to keep track. Very helpful being able to wear and use it whenever I want in a discreet way. It's the only fidget-type tool I've been able to stick with consistently!”

β€” Morgan M., 27
πŸŒ€ Real techniques, one device

β€œHabit 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.”

β€” Anna G., 21
πŸ” It helped me with multiple habits

β€œIt was simple to use and helped me break multiple bad habits. I think Habit Bandz could even be used for much more... like quitting smoking or any other kind of habit.”

β€” Janine S., 29
πŸ’‘ A way to interrupt the habit

β€œHabit Bandz allowed me to acknowledge my unwanted habit and have a stimulus replacement to overcome it... It caused me to learn new ways of overcoming my unwanted habit and pick less.”

β€” Maggie E., 26
🌊 It helped me manage anxiety

β€œI was really struggling with picking at my skin and have been for a very long time. Habit Bandz helped a lot with decreasing the time I spent picking and gave me something else to focus on when I was anxious.”

β€” Angelica D., 28
πŸ”„ It flipped my urges 180

β€œHabit 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.”

β€” Sam R., 22
✨ The first time I realized I could stop

β€œI've always wanted to change mentally, but never did. This was the first time I ever realized that I could stop picking at my hands if I had something to help.”

β€” Aaron N., 30
The research

Read the white paper

How wearable technology enables urge surfing and supports evidence-based, non-pharmacological behavioral intervention: data, methodology, and results.

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The science behind the design

Four short reads on the research concepts Habit Bandz is built on.

Fidget apps as a competing response

Habit reversal training pairs an early-noticed urge with an incompatible action, and why that action has to be within reach.

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Urge surfing with haptic feedback

Why a gentle vibration works as a grounding cue while an urge rises, crests, and passes.

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Why technology belongs in mental health care

Self-monitoring and blended-care research, and why Habit Bandz is built as an adjunct rather than a replacement.

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Measuring behavior in-the-wild

In-the-moment measurement beats end-of-week recall for dynamic states like urges, as long as the burden stays low.

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You need to try Habit Bandz

Designed for behavior change, simple to use, and built for insights.

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