Defuse: Anxiety SOS

When panic hits at 3am, this app gets you breathing in 90 seconds. No signup. No scrolling. One big button: "I'm having anxiety NOW."

Defuse is an anxiety SOS toolkit for the moment your chest tightens, your hands shake, your thoughts spiral. Open the app, tap the red button, and a calm, full-screen guide walks you through it.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 4-7-8 BREATHING — A full-screen circular animation. Breathe in for 4, hold for 7, breathe out for 8. Four cycles. Eighty seconds. It works because slow exhales tell your nervous system you're safe.
• 5-4-3-2-1 GROUNDING — The classic sensory reset. 5 things you see, 4 you feel, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, 1 you taste. Forces your brain out of the spiral and back into your body.
• DEFUSE A WORRY (CBT) — Name your worst case. Defuse plays it forward as a 12-step script. By step 12 it's so absurd you'll laugh. Catastrophic thinking, exposed to daylight, dissolves.
• WEEKLY PATTERN — A 30-second daily check-in. Over a week, see the shape of your anxiety emerge.

DESIGNED FOR THE WORST MOMENT

• Huge text. Anxious users can't read small type.
• Tap-to-act. No menus. No tutorials.
• Dark, calm interface.
• Lock Screen & Home Screen widget. One tap to panic relief without unlocking your phone.
• Hotlines (988 US, 116 123 UK, findahelpline.com) on every screen.

PRIVACY We collect NOTHING. No account. No email. No analytics. No advertising ID. Everything stays on your device.

NOT THERAPY. NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE. If you are in crisis, please call 988 (US), 116 123 (UK), or visit findahelpline.com.

DEFUSE PRO (optional) The SOS flow and the full 12-step CBT script are ALWAYS FREE. You only pay for insights.

• $4.99/month or $19.99/year
• $39.99 lifetime, one-time — pay once, no renewals
• Pro unlocks the weekly pattern view, all four narrative voices, hands-free read-aloud, and unlimited saved scripts.

Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled 24h before the period ends. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.

Privacy: https://leexuanxuan95-dev.github.io/defuse/privacy.html Terms: https://leexuanxuan95-dev.github.io/defuse/terms.html