▲ 45 r/WearOS
I built an app to stop myself biting my nails, it trains a tiny AI on your exact habit and buzzes your wrist the moment you start [4–6 testers wanted]
I've struggled with nail biting my whole life, especially during stress or deep focus, and most of the time I don't even realize I'm doing it until after it happens.
So I built WatchGuard, a Wear OS app with an Android companion.
Here's how it works:
- Tap "Train" and demonstrate your habit a few times, it could be nail biting, scratching, smoking, any repetitive hand movement
- A lightweight AI model trains directly on your phone using your watch's motion sensor data (fully private, no cloud processing, nothing leaves your device)
- WatchGuard continuously monitors wrist motion and triggers a response the moment the habit begins, often before you consciously register it
You pick the response:
- Gentle vibration (default)
- A sharper alert
The model learns your exact gesture, not some generic wrist raise. That personalization is what I'm most proud of and what I most need to stress-test across different people and different habits.
What I need from testers:
- You have a habit you'd genuinely want to stop (nail biting, scratching, skin picking, smoking, phone checking all work, anything with a hand movement)
- ~30 minutes over a week to use it and report back
- Honest feedback, especially on false positive rate (fires when it shouldn't) and false negative rate (misses when it should fire)
4–6 people max so I can actually respond to everyone. Please DM me or comment below.
u/Fair-Builder-7824 — 7 days ago