# Kuu: Ride Out the Urge — Ride out the urge, calmly

> Ride out the urge, calmly (iPhone/iPad app by Takeaki Hashimoto.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kuu-ride-out-the-urge/id6801987654 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Takeaki Hashimoto](https://appshunter.io/developer/6775720582)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-08-23
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kuu-ride-out-the-urge/id6801987654/reviews.md

## What is Kuu?

Caught yourself scrolling again at midnight?

Kuu (空, "emptiness") is a refuge app — a place to escape TO the moment an urge to scroll or binge hits. No blocking, no surveillance. Just a calm place to spend the few minutes until the wave recedes.

■ Wave — breathing starts the moment you open the app
- Physiological sigh / 4-7-8 / box breathing
- The chemical wave of an urge peaks in about 90 seconds — visualized with a timer
- Surfed it or got swept away: log it either way, without blame

■ Wisdom — 24 cards from East and West
- Buddhist emptiness, Yogacara, Zen, and Stoic philosophy
- The science of dopamine: wanting vs. liking, the pleasure-pain balance, the 90-second rule
- Practical tools: the 10-minute rule, HALT, cold water, urge surfing
- Every card ends with one small action to try right now

■ Stillness — slowly drifting ink-wash landscapes
- Moon and sea, mountain mist, a rock garden, bamboo, snow, stars

■ Log — statistics without shame
- Day streaks, waves surfed, a two-week chart
- Everything stays on your device. No account, no network, no ads.

An urge is a wave. It rises, peaks, and always recedes.
Keep a place for those few minutes in your pocket.

This app is not a medical device and is not intended for diagnosis or treatment.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-09-02

- The breathing guide is now 4-7-8 (inhale 4, hold 7, exhale 8) for a simpler, calmer screen
- Choose from three guide sounds: temple (bowl, mokugyo, bell), singing bowl, or ocean waves. You can hear exactly when to inhale, hold, and exhale
- The app gate now works with any app on your iPhone, including Kindle and Chrome
- After the 90 seconds, Kuu takes you straight to the app you were opening
- The status bar is hidden during the gate, so you can't slip back to the previous app by accident
- Rewrote the gate setup guide with step-by-step diagrams

### 1.1 — 2026-08-25

- Breathing is now guided by temple sounds: a singing bowl, a wooden fish, and a temple bell. You can turn the sounds off.
- You can now choose a breathing pattern on the gate screen as well.
- The wave timer now has pause, resume, and reset.
- Records can now be deleted individually.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-23

No release notes.

## More apps by Takeaki Hashimoto

- [NeckGuard: Text Neck Monitor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/neckguard-text-neck-monitor/id6775720580)
- [Araya: Buddhist Meditation](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/araya-buddhist-meditation/id6802515797)
- [MapQ](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapq/id6803341464)

All apps by Takeaki Hashimoto: https://appshunter.io/developer/6775720582

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