Behavior Tracker vs Crest

Ever wonder what triggers your urges to drink, smoke, overeat, doomscroll, or gamble? TriggerLink connects triggers to behaviors so you can break the cycle. When an urge hits, log what led to it: stress, boredom, or social situations, then discover your patterns and gain the insights you need to resist urges and make lasting changes. UNDERSTAND YOUR TRIGGERS. CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIORS. TriggerLink helps you break the cycle by connecting your behaviors to their triggers. TriggerLink reveals the cause-and-effect patterns behind your behaviors. Track what triggers your urges—stress, boredom, arguments—and see exactly how they connect to your actions. Understanding the "why" is the first step to lasting change. HOW IT WORKS: SIMPLE CAUSE & EFFECT TRACKING When an urge hits, log it in seconds: - Cause (Triggers): What led to it? (Stress, Argument, Boredom, Loneliness) - Effect (Behavior): What happened? (Drank alcohol, Overate, Smoked, Doomscrolled) - Context: Add optional notes for deeper understanding Then watch the patterns emerge. SEE THE CONNECTIONS - "Stress → Drinking: 8 times this month" - "Argument → Overeating: 5 times this week" - "Boredom → Doomscrolling: most common at 9pm" These insights reveal your patterns, identify warning signs, and show exactly what drives your behaviors. TRACK CAUSES (TRIGGERS) - Emotional: Stress, Depression, Loneliness, Anxiety - Social: Arguments, Conflicts, Social Situations - Physical: Tired, Hungry, Pain - Environmental: Work Problems, Saw Trigger - Custom: Add your own unique triggers TRACK EFFECTS (BEHAVIORS) - Substance: Drinking, Smoking, Vaping - Eating: Overeating, Binge Eating, Sugar Cravings - Digital: Doomscrolling, Gaming, Procrastinating - Emotional: Lost Temper, Self-Isolated, Overthinking - Resistance: Track when you resist urges - Custom: Create behaviors specific to your journey DISCOVER YOUR PATTERNS - Cause-effect links: See which triggers lead to which behaviors - Frequency analysis: Identify your most common patterns - Time patterns: When are you most vulnerable - Trigger rankings: Know your highest-risk situations - Visual insights: Charts that make patterns clear - Filter by timeframe: 7 days, 30 days, year, all-time trends SMART SUGGESTIONS - Personalized behavior recommendations - Discover behaviors you should track - 50+ pre-made suggestions by category - Insights that learn from your habits FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE - Create custom behaviors with emojis and colors - Add your own trigger categories - Organize everything to fit your life - Make it personal to your journey PERFECT FOR - Addiction recovery: Understand what triggers drinking, smoking, or substance use - Emotional eating: See the connection between feelings and food - Anxiety management: Track what triggers stress responses - Breaking bad habits: Identify root causes of unwanted behaviors - Therapy support: Share insights with your therapist or counselor - Self-improvement: Build awareness through data-driven insights - Sobriety tracking: Prevent relapse by knowing your triggers - Mental Health: Use as a CBT-based log for anxiety, ADHD symptoms, or stress. WHY CAUSE-EFFECT TRACKING WORKS Understanding triggers is essential for behavior change. When you can see the cause (trigger) before the effect (behavior), you can: - Interrupt automatic responses - Avoid high-risk situations - Develop coping strategies - Build lasting awareness - Make intentional choices instead of reactive ones TriggerLink turns this into a simple daily practice. YOUR PRIVACY - iCloud sync - All data stored securely on your device - Completely private Whether you're in addiction recovery, managing emotional eating, working with a therapist, or building self-awareness, TriggerLink gives you the clarity you need to understand your patterns and make lasting changes. ---- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pixolini.com/privacy-policy/

Every urge rises, peaks, and fades. Like a wave. Most peak within 8 to 15 minutes and then pass on their own. Almost nobody finds that out, because giving in ends it sooner. Crest gives you somewhere to wait. HOW IT WORKS An urge hits. You tap Surf Now. The wave rises with you, and Crest tells you where you are on it: what your body is doing, how much is left, and the moment you've hit the peak. Gentle haptics mark each phase. One tool is suggested if you want your hands busy. When it passes, you log it. That's the whole loop. One tap to start, one to finish. A JOURNAL THAT FILLS ITSELF IN Most journals are a blank page you abandon after a week. Crest's is full before you type anything. Every day you logged an urge colours itself by how hard that day was, so a month is a picture instead of a list. Tap the month name to pull back and read a whole year at a glance. Tap any day to see what happened and add a line about it. Nothing nags you to write. It's there on the days you want it. PROOF THAT URGES PASS You tell Crest how strong an urge was at its worst, and how strong it was by the end. Those two numbers turn into evidence: how far your urges actually drop, how long it takes, and how many times you've now proved it to yourself. "47 of the 50 you rated ended lower. Hit you at 7, left you at 3." Give it a couple of months and it answers a better question: whether your urges are fading further than they used to. SLIPS ARE DATA, NOT FAILURES Gave in? Log it. Nothing breaks, no score drops, no lecture. Crest asks what set it off, because the triggers that beat you are the most useful thing it can learn about you. You'll see them in their own list, separate from the ones you ride out. DECIDE BEFORE THE URGE ARRIVES The best evidenced thing in habit change is deciding in advance: when this happens, I will do that. Crest writes the first draft for you, from what actually beats you, then puts it on your Home Screen, on your widget, and in front of you the moment an urge starts. IT LEARNS WHAT WORKS FOR YOU Eight tools: breathe, ground, affirm, journal, body scan, cold, move, delay. After a surf, Crest asks one question. Did anything help? Over time it stops offering you eight options at the worst possible moment and starts offering the one that works. EVERYTHING IN CREST • The wave, drawn in real time, through four phases: Rise, Crest, Fall, Calm • A Journal that fills itself in, by month and by year • Eight coping tools, and a toolkit that learns which ones work for you • Your plan, written before you need it • Proof that your urges fade, in your own numbers • Patterns: when urges hit you, and which triggers win • Log an urge that already passed, without running a timer • Countdown or count up, your choice • An optional heads-up shortly before your usual window • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activity, and Siri • Private iCloud sync across your devices PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, ever. There's nothing to sign up for. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. There is no third-party SDK in the app. No servers of ours. Your surfs sync through your own private iCloud, and nobody but you can read them. No feed and no leaderboard, because the last thing anyone needs is somewhere to broadcast a bad night. WORKS FOR Food. Doom scrolling. Shopping. Gaming. Procrastination. Any habit you're trying to break. And anything else you name yourself. Crest doesn't care what the urge is, only that it passes. Free. No ads, no subscription, no paywall. You've got this.