# OpenStep: OCD, ERP & Anxiety > Graded exposure steps, ritual tracking, and calm daily check-ins for OCD Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.faravareelab.openstep](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.faravareelab.openstep) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.faravareelab.openstep` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Faravaree Lab - **Category:** HEALTH\_AND\_FITNESS - **Downloads:** 24 - **Version:** 1.4.1 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-21 - **First published:** 2026-07-28 - **Publisher country:** AM - **Size:** 29 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-17 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faravareelab.openstep) - **Website:** [https://openstep.uk/](https://openstep.uk/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://openstep.uk/privacy.html](https://openstep.uk/privacy.html) ## Description OpenStep helps you take back the time OCD takes from you — one small, doable step at a time.

Instead of a generic mood tracker, OpenStep builds you a graded exposure ladder around the theme that actually troubles you: checking, contamination, intrusive thoughts, symmetry, or something you're not sure how to name yet. You always know what the next step is, and you only need that one.

WHAT YOU GET

• Your own exposure ladder — 20 steps from the first small touch to doing it without looking back. Each step has a short practice plan, the ritual to hold off on, and a timer for the hard part.
• Before-and-after tracking — rate your anxiety before a practice, watch the peak, then see where it lands after. Over time you see the pattern: the urge rises, peaks, and passes on its own.
• Daily check-ins in two minutes — mood, anxiety level, urge to do rituals, time lost to them, and where your body holds it.
• Calming breathwork — 4-7-8 and other rhythms for the moment before a hard step.
• Guided thought reframes — put a distressing thought down and look at it from another angle.
• A journal that fills itself — every check-in, practice, reframe, and breathing session lands in one searchable place.
• Insights that mean something — your ritual-free rate, your average anxiety before vs. after practices, and a streak that forgives missed days.

HOW IT WORKS

Answer a few questions about what's hardest right now. OpenStep shapes a starting plan around it and suggests one step for today. You practice, you note what happened, and the ladder moves. No streak pressure, no shame for a missed day.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Your check-ins, practice notes, and journal stay on your device. Nothing is shared unless you choose to share it.

IMPORTANT

OpenStep is a wellness and self-support tool. It is not diagnosis, treatment, or crisis support, and it is not a substitute for a doctor or therapist. If you are in crisis, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis line.

SUBSCRIPTION

OpenStep Plus unlocks the full ladder, all breathing exercises, guided reframes, and detailed insights. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Payment is charged to your Google Play account, and you can manage or cancel anytime in Google Play settings.

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Privacy: https://www.faravaree-lab.com/privacy-policy ## Rankings - #2,539,204 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.faravareelab.openstep.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID` - `com.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET_COMMON_DATA` - `com.samsung.android.mapsagent.permission.READ_APP_INFO` ## Similar extensions and apps - [OCD Tracker — ERP & CBT](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.glitchlab.ocdtracker) — 7 users - [OCD Tracker - ERP Therapy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ocd.tracker.test.tools.journal.therapy) — 887 users - [OCD & ERP Online Therapy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.invictus.ocdapp) — 31 users - [OCD ERP: Exposure Therapy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ocdserenity.exposurehierarchy) — 1,861 users - [OCD Support App - ObsessLess](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.obsessless.app) — 5,603 users, 4.67 / 5 - [OCD Relief](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rushikeshkbcodespace.code_relief_app) — 49 users - [OCD SensAI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ocdcompanion.ocdcompanion) — 60 users, 4.86 / 5 - [Patterns: OCD & ERP Journal](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.maskedsyntax.patterns) — 192 users - [OCD Therapy Toolkit](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.olivier7355.ocdserenitymobile) — 728 users - [OCD: Life Companion](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.jamsher.ocdfreelife) — 187 users - [OCD Helper - مساعد الوسواس](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.walliupp.healthcare.ocdhelper) — 469 users - [Pause OCD: ERP Therapy Tool](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mypauseocd.app) — 255 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.faravareelab.openstep)