Breaking the Cycle
Understand & break your cycle
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A private space to ride out urges, map your personal cycle, and see where you're getting stuck, with real coping tools for the moment you need them.
Breaking the Cycle is a private, judgment-free space to understand your patterns and build the life you want — one day at a time.
Whether you're working on a substance, a behavior, or a thought pattern, this app gives you real tools for the moment an urge hits, and a clearer picture of your cycle over time.
BREAK THE CYCLE, RIGHT NOW
When an urge hits, start the timer. Ride it out with guided breathing, grounding exercises, or a reminder of exactly why you started. No shame if you slip — the app tracks your total journey right alongside your current streak, because one hard day doesn't erase your progress.
YOUR CYCLE, VISUALIZED
Map your own version of the trigger, build-up, giving in, acting out, and aftermath cycle, in your own words. As you log real moments, a simple wheel lights up to show exactly where you're getting stuck most, so you know what to actually work on.
COPING TOOLS THAT MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE
- Guided breathing (box breathing, 4-7-8, and more)
- 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercises
- Quick mood check-ins
- Thought reframing for hard moments
- Small daily challenges to build new habits
YOUR PRIVACY, PROTECTED
Everything you write stays on your device. Journal summaries are generated entirely on-device, nothing you write is ever sent anywhere.
NEVER ALONE
Crisis resources, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Text Line, are one tap away from every single screen.
Breaking the Cycle is free to use, with optional ads on a few screens. A one-time $1.99 purchase removes them completely. Every coping tool, the journal, and the cycle wheel are free either way.
This app is a support tool. It supplements, but never replaces, professional care.
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This update makes the app faster to use in the moments that matter most:
- New quick actions on Today let you log a trigger or do a mood check-in in one tap, instead of digging through menus
- Haptic feedback on key actions throughout the app — riding out an urge, hitting a milestone, saving a journal entry
- Safer editing: reasons and logged moments now ask for confirmation before you delete them
- Clearer feedback if you decline reminder notifications during setup
- Switched our ad provider behind the scenes for better reliability (only affects the few free/ad-supported screens — every coping tool, the journal, and your Cycle Map stay ad-free either way)
As always, everything you write stays on your device.
The developer, Tam Tran, 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:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Tam Tran
- Size
- 12.1 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Advertising
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Remove Ads $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Levi Dev