# Kuu: Ride Out the Urge

> Ride out the urge, calmly

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6801987654](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6801987654)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6801987654`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Takeaki Hashimoto
- **Category:** Health & Fitness
- **Version:** 1.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-12
- **First published:** 2026-08-23
- **Size:** 114 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kuu-ride-out-the-urge/id6801987654)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://takeaki-ortho.github.io/neckguard-privacy/kuu.html](https://takeaki-ortho.github.io/neckguard-privacy/kuu.html)

## Description

Sit for three minutes, eyes open.

Kuu (空, "emptiness") is an app for daily meditation.
Watch a mandala, a bonfire, or a tropical beach while breathing in the 4-7-8 rhythm.
It still works as a refuge for the moment an urge to scroll hits.

■ Meditate — your daily sit
- Choose a length: 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 minutes, or open-ended
- Choose what to watch: mandala, sunflower spiral, liquid, aurora, colored flame, bonfire, tropical beach
- Each video is three minutes long and loops seamlessly, so 10 or 20 minutes feels continuous
- Cues for 4-7-8 breathing (inhale 4, hold 7, exhale 8), or "just sit" with no cues
- A bell marks the start and the end. Your minutes and day streak are logged

■ Breathing cues — by sound or by touch
- Five sounds: temple bells, singing bowl, ocean waves, bonfire, voice guide
- Silent mode: no sound at all — vibration alone tells you when to inhale, hold, and exhale. Works on the train

■ Wave — when an urge hits, come here
- Breathing starts the moment you open it
- The chemical wave of an urge peaks in about 90 seconds — visualized with a timer
- Surfed it or got swept away: log it either way, without blame

■ Gate — put 90 seconds in front of the app you reach for
- Stand it in front of Safari, X, Instagram, YouTube, Kindle, or any app you choose
- Set up with a single action in a Shortcuts automation
- Nothing is forcibly blocked. It only adds a pause

■ Log and wisdom
- Meditation streak and total minutes, waves surfed, a two-week chart
- "Today's wisdom": 24 cards on emptiness, Yogacara, Zen, Stoicism, neuroscience, and practice
- Everything stays on your device. No account, no network, no ads

■ English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese (switchable in-app)

This app is not a medical device and is not intended for diagnosis or treatment.

## Rankings

- #1,877,338 — Overall

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