Quit slowly.
Stay quit.
Cut back on any habit you want less of, smoking, vaping, coffee, or endless scrolling, without quitting cold turkey. Spacer gently widens the time between each use at a pace you choose, so cravings fade as your intervals grow.
App Store Android coming soon
You log. Spacer does the math.
No spreadsheets, no willpower contests. Three simple steps that quietly build distance over time.
Set your pace
Pick a habit and how gently you want to ease off: gentle, standard, or your own custom rate. Nothing is forced on you.
Just log it
Tap once each time you use. Spacer sets your next target a little further out than the last, so every interval grows.
Watch the gap grow
As the space between each use widens, the craving has more room to pass on its own. Distance does the quiet work.
Built for real recovery, not streaks
A closer look at what Spacer does, and how it handles the moments that matter most.
One app, whatever the habit
Spacer works two ways, depending on the habit. For things you do in single moments, a cigarette, a vape, a drink, a bet, it widens the gap between each one. For things you do for a stretch, scrolling, gaming, watching, it hands you a daily time budget that shrinks a little each day.
Track one habit or several at once. Each moves at its own pace, on its own quiet schedule, without ever competing for a single streak.
You log, Spacer figures out the rest
Every time you use, you tap once. That is the entire job. Behind that tap, Spacer calculates your next target using the pace you chose, always a little further out than before. No counting, no spreadsheet, no deciding in a weak moment when it is safe.
The interval quietly grows, and the app shows you exactly how far you have come. Not a vague streak, but a real number, like doing it 78 percent less often than when you started.
For screens, a budget that shrinks gently
With scrolling or gaming, quitting outright is neither realistic nor the point. So Spacer gives the habit a daily minutes budget and trims it slowly over time. Start a session, watch the time, and the ceiling lowers day by day so the change never feels like a cliff.
Go over on a hard day? Spacer holds the budget steady the next day instead of punishing you, then eases back into shrinking it. Progress that bends without breaking.
For the moment you almost give in
Cravings peak and pass, usually within minutes. When one hits, open Spacer and it walks you through the wave: your own reason for cutting back, read back to you, a guided 4-7-8 breath, a 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise, and a short delay timer to let the urge crest and fall.
If you still need to use, an honest emergency option lets you, no lecture. It eases your interval back a little rather than wiping everything you have built. The door is always open, so you never have to lie to the app or to yourself.
Slipping never sends you back to zero
Most apps reset your streak the moment you slip, which is exactly when people quit the app too. Spacer does the opposite. Log it honestly and your interval stays exactly where it was. The clock simply restarts from the moment you really used, so your next target stays truthful.
Honest logging is free, always. A rough day on a screen-time habit holds your budget steady the next day instead of tightening it, and a single hard moment never undoes weeks of distance. There is no red screen and no shame, only your real numbers staying true.
A setback costs you days, not months
Sometimes you need to use now, and Spacer lets you, without a lecture. That emergency option is the only thing that eases your interval back, and even then the cost is capped by how far you have already come. The longer you have been going, the more you keep.
- First week You return to your starting interval. This early there is barely anything built up, so the reset costs you almost nothing.
- First month You give back roughly three days of progress. The other weeks of distance you built stay fully intact.
- One to three months About five days of progress. Everything else holds, because by now you have earned real ground.
- Beyond three months You keep eighty percent of your interval, no matter what. Months of work can never vanish in a single moment.
See exactly where your pace is taking you
Spacer turns your logs into a picture: your trend over time, the triggers behind your cravings, whether stress or boredom drives them, and the hours of the day they cluster around. Knowing the window is half the battle.
It also projects where your current pace lands you in a month, and tracks how often you surf an urge successfully. It is proof, in your own data, that the distance really is building.
Thoughtful where it counts
Your pace, your rules
Ease off gently, at a standard clip, or set a custom rate. You are always in control of how fast the gap grows.
Decisions made when you are calm
Pace changes take effect at a quiet reset, never in the middle of a craving, so a weak moment cannot sabotage you.
Reflections you can revisit
The notes you write during cravings are saved, so you can look back and learn what set them off.
Locked behind Face ID
Keep your recovery private with optional biometric lock, so only you can open the app.
Backup and restore
Export your history to a private file and bring it back any time. Your data stays yours, on your terms.
Accountability partner Pro
Share quiet, automatic progress updates with someone you trust. Support without the pressure.
Questions, answered
Will quitting slowly just drag it out?
Cold turkey has a high relapse rate precisely because it asks for everything at once. Spacing lowers the bar to a level you can actually hold, then keeps raising it. Slow and kept beats fast and abandoned, every time.
What if I have a really bad day?
Use the emergency option honestly. Spacer eases your interval back rather than erasing your progress, and the amount is scaled to how far you have come. In your first week you simply return to your starting point, since there is little built up to lose. After three months you keep eighty percent of your interval no matter what, so months of work can never disappear in one moment.
Does logging a slip lower my progress?
No. Logging a use you already had costs you nothing: your interval stays exactly where it was, and the clock simply restarts from when you really used. Only the emergency option, where you choose to unlock early, eases the interval back, and that cost is capped by how long you have been going.
Does it judge me when I use?
No. There is no streak to break and no red screen waiting to shame you. You log honestly, the math adjusts, and you keep going. Honesty is what keeps your numbers, and your recovery, accurate.
Which habits can I track?
Anything you want less of: smoking, vaping, coffee, alcohol, gambling, scrolling, gaming, porn, and more. You can space out single uses, or shrink a daily time budget for things you do over a stretch. Habits are yours to name, so you can track something private without spelling it out.
Can I use Spacer to cut back on porn?
Yes, and it fits either way you want to approach it. You can widen the gap between each time, or set a daily time budget that shrinks. Because a slip never resets a streak, Spacer avoids the day one shame cycle that makes most quitting apps so hard to stay with, and your data never leaves your phone.
Does it really work offline?
Completely. Everything runs and stores on your device, with no account and no internet required. It even works in airplane mode.
Is Spacer free, and is it on Android?
Spacer is free to start, with a Pro upgrade for extras like the accountability partner and deeper insights. It is available now on iPhone, and Android is on the way.
Your recovery is nobody's business but yours.
Spacer keeps everything on your device. No account to create, no data sent anywhere, no ads, and no trackers. It even works in airplane mode.
Ready to start spacing?
Begin at a pace that feels possible today. The distance builds from there.
App Store Android coming soon