PebbleStep: Social Anxiety
Exposure Therapy & Confidence
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
NEW: Dark mode and improved reliability. Overcome social anxiety with daily exposure therapy challenges, streak tracking, and personalized tips from your past wins.
Struggle with social anxiety, conversation fear, or panic in crowds?
PebbleStep helps you overcome social anxiety through gentle, daily exposure challenges—one small step at a time. No therapist required. No judgment. Just you, at your own pace.
WHY PEBBLESTEP WORKS
Built on evidence-based exposure therapy and CBT principles, PebbleStep guides you through progressively challenging social situations while tracking your anxiety levels before and after each attempt. Watch your confidence grow as the data proves your progress.
Unlike generic meditation apps, PebbleStep focuses specifically on social anxiety, conversation fear, public speaking anxiety, and panic in social situations.
DAILY CHALLENGES (40+ Activities)
Choose from carefully designed challenges across 3 categories:
• Social Challenges - Start conversations, make eye contact, ask questions, phone calls, presentations
• Crowd Challenges - Navigate stores, restaurants, events, public transit, waiting in lines
• Mindfulness Challenges - Breathing exercises, gratitude practice, body scans, grounding techniques
Each challenge includes difficulty ratings (1-7), clear instructions, anxiety tracking before & after, personal notes, and progress visualization.
ONE CHALLENGE PER DAY
Complete one daily challenge, reflect, and build momentum without overwhelming yourself. Real change takes time.
PANIC BUTTON - INSTANT RELIEF
When anxiety strikes, tap the floating panic button for an immediate 4-7-8 breathing exercise with animated visual guidance, haptic feedback synced to your breath, and a calming, distraction-free interface. Available from anywhere in the app.
ANXIETY TRACKING & PROGRESS CHARTS
Every challenge and journal entry logs your anxiety levels. The Progress Chart visualizes improvement over time with dual-line graphs showing "before" and "after" trends. See tangible proof that exposure therapy works.
COPING TOOLS LIBRARY
Access 4 expert-designed techniques anytime:
1. Box Breathing - 4-4-4 cycle for calm
2. 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding - Sensory anchoring to fight panic
3. Positive Affirmations - Build self-worth
4. Cognitive Reframing - Challenge anxious thoughts
Each includes step-by-step guidance with haptic feedback for grounding.
STREAK TRACKING
Stay motivated with a visual daily streak counter, dynamic milestone emojis, best-streak and total-challenge tracking, and celebration haptics. Consistency beats intensity when overcoming social anxiety.
PERSONALIZED SUCCESS TIPS
Learn from your own wins. See notes from past attempts when starting a challenge—sorted by anxiety reduction—so "what worked for me last time" is there before you begin. Build your own playbook of proven strategies.
SIRI VOICE CONTROL
Hands-free anxiety management:
• "Hey Siri, start panic breathing in PebbleStep"
• "Hey Siri, log my anxiety in PebbleStep"
• "Hey Siri, check my streak in PebbleStep"
CREATE CUSTOM CHALLENGES
Got a specific fear? Add your own challenges tailored to your triggers—dating anxiety, phone calls, job interviews, or any situation that causes you stress.
COMPLETE PRIVACY
• 100% local storage - your data never leaves your device
• No account required - completely anonymous
• No cloud sync - private by design
• No tracking (except optional ad personalization)
PERFECT FOR: social anxiety disorder (SAD), conversation anxiety, public speaking fear, dating anxiety, workplace stress, phone call anxiety, shyness & introversion, and panic in social settings.
WHY CHOOSE PEBBLESTEP?
- Evidence-based exposure therapy
- Gentle, sustainable pacing
- Beautiful progress visualization
- Completely private & offline
- No subscription required
- Free with optional ads
START YOUR JOURNEY TODAY
Take the first pebble step toward social confidence. Download now and complete your first challenge.
Ratings & Reviews
• Fresh new app icon
• Performance and reliability improvements
Thanks for using PebbleStep — keep taking those pebble steps toward social confidence.
The developer, Steve Scott, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Steve Scott
- Size
- 6.5 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.5 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.5 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Medical Treatment information
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2025 Evil Sidekick Games Inc.