# Cold Shower Therapy — Track your cold showers.

> Track cold showers, build streaks, and improve mental toughness. (iPhone/iPad app by Impossible X LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cold-shower-therapy/id693240707 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Impossible X LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/708988184)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 107 App Store ratings · 89 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-09-01
- Data updated: 2026-08-18
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cold-shower-therapy/id693240707/reviews.md

## What is Cold Shower Therapy?

Build mental toughness one cold shower at a time.

Cold Shower Therapy helps you track your daily cold shower practice, build streaks, and join a community of people pushing their comfort zones.

FEATURES:
• Track your cold shower streaks
• View your progress with beautiful stats
• See your history on the calendar
• Compete on the global leaderboard
• Daily reminders to stay consistent
• Choose between Ice Blue and Arctic White themes

WHY COLD SHOWERS?
Cold showers have been shown to boost energy, improve circulation, increase alertness, and build mental resilience. Start your day by doing something hard.

Sign in with Apple to sync your progress and compete with others.

From IMPOSSIBLE® - helping you do hard things since 2010.

Based on the original cold shower therapy post - http://impossiblehq.com/cold-shower-therapy

More cold shower resources

http://impossiblehq.com/cold-shower-therapy-guide

http://impossiblehq.com/cold-shower-health-benefits

http://coldshowertherapy.com

Special thanks to Nick Reese.

## Key features

- Track cold shower streaks
- View progress with stats
- Calendar history view
- Global leaderboard competition
- Daily consistency reminders
- Theme customization

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3-Months Optional Patronage | $2.99 | one-time |
| 6-Months Optional Patronage | $5.99 | one-time |
| 12-Months Optional Patronage | $11.99 | one-time |
| Cold Shower for Yesterday | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Cold Shower Therapy?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Motivates cold showers
- 👍 Tracks streaks and stats
- 👍 Simple and effective
- 👍 Good for discipline
- 👍 Inspires self-improvement
- 👍 Useful timer function
- 👍 Leaderboard feature

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Data loss and resets
- 🐛 Login and sign-in issues
- 🐛 App not working in recent years
- 🐛 Outdated interface
- 🐛 Music playback issues
- 🐛 Loud alarms
- 🐛 Inconsistent logging

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Account creation errors
- Cannot get back into the app after signing out
- App is buggy and outdated
- App is broken and no longer works
- Stopped logging showers
- Data corruption and loss of streaks/stats
- App crashed
- Stats reduced to incorrect numbers
- Current streak data disappeared
- Incorrect days shown for streaks
- Invalid login parameters
- Cannot sign in with Facebook
- Music doesn't play
- Doesn't keep a counter going
- Lost records multiple times
- App is very unstable
- New update requires re-login with no password reset
- Wouldn't register shower on calendar
- Add past shower feature doesn't work
- Contact feature not working
- Does not always update, leading to lost stats/rankings
- Black screen on opening
- Downloading new iOS update deletes shower history
- Screen never turns off when app is open
- App crashes or doesn't open properly
- Statistics screen won't scroll
- Total cold showers doesn't fit on older iPhones
- Total showers count is wrong

**Most requested features**

- Ability to edit starting date
- Manual add option for past showers
- Adjustable prep time beyond 5 seconds
- Increase alarm volume
- Option to shut off music prompt
- Record total number of showers
- Ability to delete incorrect entries
- Intermediate chimes/countdown
- Connect to Spotify
- See notes afterwards
- Make timer work without multiple button presses
- Make noise when timer is up
- Apple Watch app
- Ability to edit journal entries
- Option for rare days without showers
- Change alarm to 10 minutes
- Allow current song to finish after alarm
- Toggle to stop screen from turning off
- Offline tracking

## Recent user reviews (10 of 89)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cold-shower-therapy/id693240707/reviews.md

### 1/5 — APP SUCKS DONT WASTE YOUR TIME

*2026-03-26, version 2.10*

nothing works,will not let me creat a account app is horrible. Wouldn’t give it even 1 star if I could. App sucks.

### 1/5 — Can’t make an account

*2025-02-11, version 2.2.3*

I tried to make an account and it was impossible saying it was it the wrong format.

### 2/5 — Having a melt down

*2023-02-16, version 2.2.3*

After 1115 days of cold showers the app glitched so I signed out.  I now can’t get back into it as it keeps giving me an error message.  I’ve never stuck to anything for this long & have really felt the benefit.  I’ll be disappointed to have to stop, or to lose my spot in the stats/scoreboard.  It’s glitched a few times but I’ve always managed to log out & then log back in to overcome it.  So frustrating.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work in 2022

*2022-07-10, version 2.2.3*

App is very buggy and outdated now

### 2/5 — Broken

*2022-01-17, version 2.2.3*

App is broken and no longer works for 2022.

### 2/5 — Stopped logging my showers

*2022-01-05, version 2.2.3*

I was so excited to start January 1, 2022 on a mission to beat last years number of showers. I am a visual person and love being able to “see” my progress. I’ve taken the cold shower challenge every day since the 1st using the timer and not one single shower shows as logged. I currently show zero cold showers. Very disappointed

### 5/5 — I love this app

*2021-11-02, version 2.2.3*

… to track my CSTs with statistic. It’s the best in my opinion

### 5/5 — Love it! 🥶

*2021-02-14, version 2.2.3*

Love the app. It’s awesome. 5 second timer. Records the streak and a leaderboard! 🏆

### 1/5 — Seems like the app has crashed

*2020-11-21, version 2.2.3*

The app stopped working for me. I was up to 987 cold showers last week when my total was reduced to 9 under “most total” and 1 under “all time”.  The data in the current streak column has completely disappeared. Under “Your Stats”, Current Streak, Longest Streak and Total CST’s, each shows 18446 days. I noticed that the stats for the other people have not changed since the day that this happened, so it’s not just happening to me. I sent an email to the contact email address asking if the app is no longer being supported, and have not yet received a response. Keeping track of my cold showers on my own now. I understand that with technology, glitches can happen, but what disappoints me most is the lack of a response.

### 1/5 — Not great

*2020-10-08, version 2.2.3*

Deleted all my stats after a year

## Frequently asked questions about Cold Shower Therapy

### What does the Cold Shower Therapy app do?

This app helps you track your daily cold shower practice to build mental toughness. You can monitor your streaks, view your progress with statistics, and see your history on a calendar. It also offers daily reminders to help you stay consistent with your practice.

### What are the key features of Cold Shower Therapy?

Key features include tracking your cold shower streaks, viewing progress with detailed statistics, and seeing your shower history on a calendar. You can also compete on a global leaderboard, receive daily reminders, and choose between different visual themes.

### Is Cold Shower Therapy free to use?

The app is free to download and use, with in-app purchases available. This allows users to access additional features or content beyond the core tracking functionalities.

### What are the benefits of using cold showers?

Cold showers are associated with several benefits, including boosting energy, improving circulation, increasing alertness, and building mental resilience. The app encourages users to start their day by engaging in this challenging practice.

### How can I sync my progress across devices?

You can sign in with Apple to sync your progress across devices. This feature also allows you to compete with other users on the global leaderboard, fostering a sense of community and shared challenge.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.10 — 2026-02-09

Improved the countdown logic.
Added some encouragement.
Made the water ice cold.

### 2.9 — 2026-01-28

Improved the countdown interaction.
Made the water even colder.

### 2.8 — 2026-01-28

Updated login experience.
Lowered the water temperature.

### 2.6.1 — 2026-01-27

Improved user login experience.
Added some polish.
Squashed some bugs.
Made the water even colder.

### 2.6 — 2026-01-13

Squashed some bugs. Made the water colder. Got stronger.

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