UrgeWise is a private, gamified tracking app for people living with body-focused repetitive behaviours — skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting, and more.
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Understanding BFRBs
Body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs) affect an estimated 1 in 20 people. They're not habits you can simply "stop." They're deeply ingrained responses to stress, boredom, and emotional overwhelm — and most people who have them carry them silently for years.
The first step isn't willpower. It's awareness.
What UrgeWise does
Every urge you catch and log instead of acting on is a win. UrgeWise rewards that — because the battle is fought before the behaviour.
Charts by location, body part, and time reveal when and where your urges spike — turning vague feelings into actionable insight.
Build incident-free streaks and earn points automatically every 6 hours. Progress feels real because it is.
Capture what's going on emotionally in the moment. Over time, patterns in your thoughts become just as revealing as the behaviour itself.
Set meaningful targets — hours, days, weeks incident-free — and track your progress toward them.
Your data is yours. UrgeWise is built on secure, encrypted infrastructure. Nothing is shared or sold.
"Awareness is the first step to change. Every entry helps you understand your patterns better."— From inside the app
The story behind UrgeWise
My name is Richard. I've lived with chronic skin picking disorder for over 30 years.
I built UrgeWise because I couldn't find a tool that treated this condition with the seriousness and nuance it deserves. Most apps are built for generic habit tracking — they weren't designed for the reality of a BFRB, where an incident isn't a failure but an act of honesty, and catching an urge deserves as much recognition as a clean day.
UrgeWise is the app I wished existed. I hope it helps you the way building it has helped me.
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