Crest - Ride Out Cravings

Giving in now gets logged instead of ignored, proof in your own numbers that urges fade, and an optional heads-up right before your usual window.

Every urge rises, peaks, and fades — just like a wave. Crest helps you ride through cravings instead of giving in.

WHAT IS URGE SURFING?

Urge surfing is a proven technique from therapy (DBT). The key insight: most urges peak within 10-20 minutes, then naturally fade. Most people give in during the rise, never learning that urges pass on their own. Crest gives you a calm, beautiful place to ride out that wave.

HOW IT WORKS

Tap Surf Now when an urge hits. Watch your wave rise, crest, and fall in real time. Gentle haptics guide you through each phase. Reach for a coping tool if you need one. Log it when it passes.

PROOF THAT URGES ACTUALLY PASS

Log how strong an urge was at its worst and how strong it was by the end, and Crest turns those into evidence: how far your urges actually drop, how long it takes, and how many times you've now proven it to yourself.

SLIP-UPS ARE DATA, NOT FAILURES

Gave in? Log it. Nothing breaks and no score drops. Crest asks what set it off, because the triggers that beat you are the most useful thing it can learn about you — and you'll see them separately from the ones you ride out.

FEATURES

◆ Wave visualization that follows your urge's journey ◆ Four phases: Rise → Crest → Fall → Calm ◆ 8 coping tools: breathe, ground, affirm, journal, body scan, cold, move, delay ◆ Countdown or count-up timer — your choice ◆ Streaks, totals, and time spent riding urges out ◆ Patterns: when urges hit you, and what triggers them ◆ An optional heads-up shortly before your usual window ◆ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activity, and Siri ◆ Private iCloud sync across your devices

PRIVACY FIRST

No account, ever. No analytics, no tracking, no ads, and no servers of ours. Your surfs sync through your own private iCloud, which we can't read. Your journey is yours alone.

WORKS FOR

Food cravings, doom scrolling, shopping impulses, nail biting, vaping, procrastination.

Any urge you want to outlast.

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