Uses

Kick a bad habit. Reward the moment you did not do it.

Bad habits are not a character flaw. They are loops that pay out quickly and reliably, which is why they win against good intentions that pay out slowly, if ever. Touchward gives the good intention a fast payout of its own.

Notice the urge, let it pass, tap

The moment that matters is the one where you notice the urge: the hand moving to your mouth, the thumb reaching for the feed, the walk to the kitchen. If you catch it and let it pass, that is a win, and wins should feel like something. Open Touchward and tap. The buzz is the payout the urge was promising, delivered for not giving in instead.

Replacement, not deprivation

Habit change research keeps landing on the same idea: you do not delete a habit, you replace what it does for you. Nail biting soothes. Scrolling stimulates. Snacking rewards. A tap on a glowing button that buzzes back is a small dose of all three, with none of the downside. It is a fidget, a stimulus, and a reward in one gesture.

Turn the volume buttons into the button

With the unlock, either volume button counts as a tap while the app is open, and the link touchward://reward fires a tap from a Shortcut or a button remapper. That means a reward one physical press away, without looking at the screen, which is useful when looking at the screen is the habit.

Count the wins, not the slips

Touchward only counts rewards. There is no streak to break and no red X for a slip. Every urge you rode out is on the counter for good, and the counter only goes up.

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