WITHSTAND
Five minutes of peer support
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
WITHSTAND is an anonymous peer-support app for adults 18 and older who are facing compulsive urges or a habit they want to leave behind.
When an urge gets strong, the app looks for another member who is in the Watch at that moment. A five-minute "someone is here" session begins only if that person accepts.
WITHSTAND has no free-text chat, no voice, no video, no public profiles, no direct messages and no followers. What passes between two people in a session is a short set of server-defined signals. A peer sees your anonymous name, your light, the fixed signals during the session, the shared action you chose, and your connection state — nothing else.
Free, and staying free:
- Ask an adult peer to be with you for five minutes when an urge is strong
- Be there for someone else when you have the capacity
- Open and rewrite your own Plan when an urge comes (it opens offline too)
- Keep a private journal and read it back
- See your walk: days held, urges survived, marks lit
- Open immediate-help information from inside the app
- Block and report a peer, during a session and after it
- Delete your account from inside the app
Plus (subscription) adds one thing:
- A Personal Circle. Invite up to five people you trust; when you ask for support, your ask reaches them too, and you can see by name who came. People you invite can respond without buying Plus.
Supporter (subscription) adds no features. It is a way to keep WITHSTAND running, and while it is active you can use a supporter's mark and an alternate app icon.
WITHSTAND is not medical care, therapy, professional counseling, addiction treatment, or an emergency service. It does not promise relapse prevention or a treatment outcome, it does not monitor anyone for crisis, and it cannot call emergency services. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency number.
Asking for support, and being there for someone, will stay free. The app shows no advertising.
Privacy Policy: https://withstand.dev/privacy
Terms of Use: https://withstand.dev/terms
Safety: https://withstand.dev/safety
Support: https://withstand.dev/support
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Your walk, your journal and your Plan are now open to everyone. Several things to be free from, not just one. And the app tells you how many peers are standing by right now.
The developer, Hiroaki Takaishi, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Hiroaki Takaishi
- Size
- 18.1 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- This app is rated 18+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Frequent
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Messaging and Chat
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Plus (Monthly) $4.99
- Supporter (Monthly) $3.99
- Plus (Yearly) $49.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Aster Works