A gentle companion for skin picking. No shame, no pressure — just noticing the urge first, then learning to let it pass. Built on the methods clinicians actually use.
Picking is often automatic. Steady helps you catch the moment before it happens — then gives you something kinder to do with the urge.
Learn to catch the urge before your hand moves. Log picks and urges in a tap — no judgement.
Spot the triggers, times and feelings behind picking, turned into a clear personal picture.
Playful exercises give the urge somewhere else to go, using methods clinicians rely on.
Gentle nudges and stress-relief exercises help you stay steady through the hard moments.
Every slip is information, not failure. Steady turns your tracked urges into a personal reduction plan and celebrates the moments you noticed — even when you picked anyway.
Steady is an educational self-help tool built on published techniques — not a medical treatment. Here is what's inside, and why.
Most picking and biting runs on autopilot. The core skill is noticing sooner — so Steady's streak counts the days you noticed, and a hard day never erases it.
Studied since 1973: learn your early signals, then hold a competing response — like softly clenched fists — until the urge crests and passes. Steady guides it step by step.
Developed by researchers in Hamburg: begin the habitual movement, then redirect it just before contact. The studies are small and the effects honest — about a minute a day.
One membership — Steady Plus — with three ways to pay.
About $2.50 a month — save 64%.
Purchases are handled by Apple. Plans renew automatically until cancelled in the App Store; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Occasional emails on noticing urges sooner, staying steady, and what's new in the app. No pressure, unsubscribe anytime.
Everything Steady is built on, explained in full — self-checks, guided practice, and the research in plain language. No email, nothing stored.
8 questions, 2 minutes, instant private reflection — nothing leaves your browser.
The Hamburg research technique with a guided practice block you can try right now.
The tension-release loop, illustrated — and the two places it can be interrupted.
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Download Steady on iPhone and start with a week of noticing. No account — everything stays on your phone.
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