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Anchor is a free, private companion for quitting porn. Watch your streak grow, check in with yourself each day, and get through urges with a 60-second reset. No account, no judgement.
Your streak, breathing on your home screen.
Understand it
Your brain is built to learn from reward. Porn happens to be very good at teaching it. Knowing how that works takes a lot of the shame out, and makes change feel possible.
Dopamine mostly drives anticipation: the pull toward something your brain predicts will feel good. That's why an urge can feel huge beforehand and oddly flat afterwards. The craving and the reward aren't the same thing.
Nothing in the natural world offers unlimited new content in seconds. Constant novelty keeps the brain's prediction system firing, which is part of why sessions run longer than planned and ordinary life can start to feel dull by comparison.
Late nights, boredom, stress, loneliness, scrolling in bed. Repeat a response to the same cue often enough and it becomes automatic. The good news: habits are learned, so they can be relearned by changing what follows the cue.
Many people notice they need more time, more novelty, or more extreme content to feel the same thing. That escalation is a common reason people decide to stop, and a sign the habit, not you, has been steering.
"Porn addiction" isn't a formal diagnosis, and researchers still debate the best way to describe it. The World Health Organization's ICD-11 does include compulsive sexual behaviour disorder as an impulse-control condition. Whatever the label, if you want to stop and find it hard, that deserves to be taken seriously. We keep our explanations to what the research supports, and skip the scare tactics.
What people notice
Everyone's experience is different. These are patterns people commonly describe when they look back, not a checklist of damage.
"Just a few minutes" turns into an hour. The time adds up, often at night, and often at the cost of sleep.
Reaching for quick stimulation becomes a reflex, which can make slower things like reading, work, or study feel harder to settle into.
Feel low, use it to escape, feel worse afterwards, use it again. Shame tends to feed the cycle rather than break it.
Some people notice real intimacy feeling less exciting, or pulling away from partners and friends to protect a secret.
Deciding "that was the last time" and then not following through is one of the most common and most discouraging experiences.
Many people simply say they want to feel more present, more confident, and more in charge of their own attention again.
The journey
Recovery isn't a straight line, and no timeline fits everyone. But knowing what's common makes the hard parts less frightening when they arrive.
These stages are general patterns drawn from what people commonly report, not a medical timeline or a promise. Your path may be faster, slower, or look different, and setbacks along the way are normal.
Urges can feel frequent and intense. Restlessness, irritability, and trouble sleeping are common. Your brain is noticing that an expected reward has gone missing.
HELPS Remove easy access, and have a plan for your riskiest time of day.
Some people go through a period of low motivation or low mood, sometimes called the "flatline". It can feel like nothing is working. For many it's temporary, and it's a common moment to give up, so it helps to know it may come.
HELPS Movement, sunlight, and not judging a low day as failure.
Many people notice urges becoming less constant and more tied to specific triggers. Energy and mood often start to even out.
HELPS Learning your personal triggers and what reliably gets you through them.
People often describe better focus, more confidence, and more interest in real-life connection. New routines start to feel like your own rather than rules.
HELPS Filling reclaimed time with things you actually care about.
Urges may still show up now and then, usually around stress or old cues, but they tend to feel manageable rather than in charge.
HELPS Keeping the tools that worked, even when things feel easy.
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Urges rise, peak, and fade, often within minutes. Slow breathing gives your body something to do while it passes. This is the same box-breathing pattern used in Anchor's Reset mode.
How Anchor helps
Built to be opened every day without feeling like a chore, and to be there the moment an urge hits.
Your day count lives inside a breathing orb that grows with you, and sits on your home screen as a widget so you see it without opening the app.
One tap from anywhere: guided breathing, the reason you wrote down when you started, and coping ideas based on what you told Anchor helps you.
How you feel, how strong urges were. Over time it shows you your own patterns.
Guided challenges with a theme each week and small daily actions you can add to your tasks in one tap.
Milestones, consistency, and a Comeback badge for returning after a setback.
A short, optional set of questions at the start shapes the tips and reminders you see.
A simple task list with dates, notes, and stars, for the routines that replace the old habit.
See others on the same path, with random usernames only. Never your real name.
If you slip
Most apps treat one slip like everything is lost. We think that's exactly what makes people quit trying. So Anchor handles it differently.
Private by default
Start anonymously. No name, email, or phone number required.
No ads, no ad trackers, and your data is never sold.
Permanently delete your account and data from inside the app.
Every feature is free. Nothing is locked behind a paywall.
Questions
Yes. Anchor is completely free, with no ads, no subscriptions, and nothing locked behind a paywall. That includes the Reset mode, challenges, and everything educational.
No. You can start anonymously without an email or name. If you want to keep your progress when you switch phones, you can optionally link a Google account or email later.
Researchers still debate the right term. "Porn addiction" isn't a formal diagnosis, but the World Health Organization's ICD-11 includes compulsive sexual behaviour disorder as an impulse-control condition. What isn't debated: if you want to stop and find it hard, that's worth taking seriously, and support helps.
Your streak counter starts again, but your XP, level, and badges stay. Anchor even has a Comeback badge for checking in again after a setback, because coming back is the skill that matters most.
Anchor collects only what the app needs to work, never sells your data, and never shows ads. The leaderboard uses randomly generated usernames, and you can permanently delete your account and data from inside the app at any time. The full details are in our privacy policy.
Anchor is available on Android through Google Play right now. An iPhone version isn't available yet.
No. Anchor is a daily support tool, not medical or psychological treatment. If you're struggling, a licensed therapist, especially one experienced with compulsive sexual behaviour, can help in ways an app can't.
Anchor is a support tool, not a substitute for professional care. If porn is tied up with depression, anxiety, trauma, or problems in your relationships, talking with a licensed therapist can make a real difference. Look for someone experienced with compulsive sexual behaviour.
If you're in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, please contact your local emergency number or a crisis line in your country right away.
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