# Tsubu - Hold back, grow — Hold back, and it grows

> Hold back, and it grows (iPhone/iPad app by SHINOBU MIYAHIRA.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tsubu-hold-back-grow/id6805888575 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SHINOBU MIYAHIRA](https://appshunter.io/developer/6782739570)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 320 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-15

## What is Tsubu?

Tsubu combines personal goal tracking with caring for a little companion. It does not provide diagnosis or treatment.

A little step, together
Choose a goal such as avoiding cigarettes, alcohol, sweets or too much phone time, or doing more studying, reading or helping at home. You can also write your own goal. Mark a completed day once a day, and correct forgotten records from the last seven days.

A fluffy friend to care for
Enjoy six kinds of care: bath, brush, play, rest, cuddle and tidy. Wash with foam, rinse the bubbles, and see your companion looking fresh. Five-step meters show clean, energy, mood and bond. Care is always available. Each kind adds a bond point and a memory once a day.

One room, up to three friends
Your current companion can share its room with up to two friends. Invite companions from your other goals or creatures you have met in your collection. Watch them breathe, walk or hop. The room changes between morning and night. Choose a rug color and arrange your treasures.

Share stars and little moments
Choose which of your own goal companions receives your reward stars. Collection visitors are not recipients. Gifts become growth and memories.
Decorate with Storybook woods or Moonlit manor at no extra cost. At night, everyone sleeps. Adjust the schedule or wake together for 30 minutes. Stars left by a sleeping companion's pillow are received on waking.

Dance, practice and decorate
Dance solo or with up to three of your goal companions. Practice slowly or try a short copy-the-moves game. Earn room decorations through completed goal days. Watch pets practice by the mirror. Change the window to Paris, Tokyo or Singapore. Create a short dance movie with music, preview it, then save or share. Personal goal records are excluded.

Your own pace
Choose the weekdays you want to work on your goal, a small step, an alternative action and your own reason to keep going. Completed goals, little steps, rest days and missed days are recorded separately. Planned rest days do not break your run of completed records. Care and little steps never count as completed goal days.
A hard-moment activity and a timer for working together are there when you want them.

Growth and memories
Pieces earned through your goal records help your companion grow. There are seven changes across 49 pieces, with different forms along the way. Meet 64 creatures, discover an eight-chapter story as your companion grows, and enjoy seasonal moments. Look back on your care count and your latest 120 care memories.

Meet your next companion
There are 18 kinds of companions to raise. With the one-time unlock, completed goal days and care lead to new introductions. Greet a friend, then welcome them with a new goal or continue an existing goal after a farewell. Your current companion is never replaced automatically.

Family after the farewell
Send a letter to invite a grown, departed companion home. Welcome the next companion, continue your goal or start a new one, and follow its growth guide.

Welcome back, whenever
A break never removes completed days or growth, makes your pet ill or causes it to disappear.
Works offline without an account. When iCloud is available, a backup helps carry your records to a new phone. Notifications are optional and can follow your chosen goal schedule.

Free care, one-time unlock
Keep recording, enjoy all six kinds of care, and invite creatures you have met for free. Free growth reaches the first evolved form, while your records and pieces continue to accumulate.

The one-time unlock includes:
- Every form ahead
- The whole story
- The lock screen widget
- A daily visitor opportunity (once a week for free)
- Up to four active goals and companions

One payment. No subscription or monthly charge. Purchases can be restored in the app.

Privacy Policy
https://goonobu-dot.github.io/tsubu-public/privacy.html

Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA)
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Is Tsubu safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Tsubu.

## Is Tsubu legit?

Tsubu - Hold back, grow appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Tsubu is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5 — 2026-09-16

Meet Tsubu Dance V2!
Enjoy a new 31-second, front-facing dance, solo or with three companions and a trio finale. Practice slowly, dance in your room, and enjoy an original soundtrack. Save and share a portrait dance video. The original V1 dance is still available.
Celebrate your everyday efforts with the companions you have raised.

### 2.4 — 2026-09-15

Introducing Little Wins Jar.
Track estimated money or time saved, money actually earned, time spent trying, actions or pages for each goal, day by day.
See monthly and all-time totals in your jar. Set a usual amount, a reward target and notes. Add or correct past entries, or save zero to remove an entry. Your companions celebrate your first entry and milestones.
We also added clear buttons and input checks to make editing amounts easier. Savings are self-reported estimates, not a bank balance.
Fixed low-contrast text with Dark Mode enabled. Added a clear way to choose another friend's goal and records. Explained little-step calendar leaves. Added copycat dance instructions, an explicit start, numbered demonstrations and round celebrations. Care buttons now name the action and show remaining steps.

### 2.3 — 2026-09-13

More little friends, and a cozier room to share.

- Raise 18 kinds of companions, including 12 new friends with eight growth stages and individual movements.
- Keep completing goals and caring for your pets to meet new friends. Greet them, then choose when to welcome them.
- Reward stars now become a quick bite before your pet returns to moving. Gifts to a companion outside the room are easier to see.
- Mirrors, lamps and keepsakes now sit along the wall, apart from the walking area.
- Improved walking scale, sleeping expressions and immediate purchase confirmation.

Raise up to four companions at once, with up to three sharing a room. Existing records and purchases carry over.

### 2.2 — 2026-09-12

More playful moments, and a little more support for your daily steps.

- Open Play & memories for a playful glass hello, a show with up to three companions, and lessons with an older friend.
- Keep each companion's practice days and playful memories.
- Record minutes, repetitions or pages and reflect on your week. Amounts and goal completion remain separate.
- Memory movies now include music through the ending.
- Improved record editing, local data protection and purchase handling.

The glass effect is just an animation inside the app. Pets stay quiet at night and during focus sessions. Automatic surprises can be turned off.

### 2.1 — 2026-09-10

Improved dated goal history and editing for completed, rest and missed days. Fixed note preservation, cancelling goal changes, notification guidance and numeric entry. Prevented duplicate rewards when records are saved again, and checked care, homecoming and dance flows.

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