Squair
Calm anxiety in 2 minutes with Navy SEAL breathing
338 followers
Calm anxiety in 2 minutes with Navy SEAL breathing
338 followers
Your phone gave you anxiety. Now it gives you calm. Squair brings science-backed breathing protocols to your pocket: Box Breathing for stress, Zen Button for panic attacks, 4-7-8 for sleep. The same techniques Navy SEALs use - now in your pocket. Works offline. Built for anxious founders, overwhelmed creators and anyone who’s tried 4 cups of coffee just to focus. Free to start. No pills. No meditation journeys. Just breathe.
Squair
@ethanrbrown Appreciate that, and thanks for flagging the hit target issue. That's useful. Do you remember which device you were on? Want to track it down.
Glad the breathing animation landed. Took a few rewrites to get that one right.
@mindofaaryan an iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26.2. I'm not sure it was a hit target issue...what I experienced was that I was trying to navigate around; access an exercise, go back to the "Breathe" screen, try a different one, etc, and a couple of times, I noted that I couldn't to/back to the exercise. I thought "maybe it's because I'm not a paid user and I've used all my quota for today"...but I don't think that as it as I was eventually able to get back in. And there was no UI feedback...I just remember touching the card and getting no feedback. I wasn't doing methodical QA -- just experiencing it as a user. I'll pay closer attention the next time I use it & try to narrow down what I experienced.
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@ethanrbrown This is really helpful - the "no UI feedback" part is a good clue. Might be a state issue where the tap registers but nothing visually responds. That's annoying.
iPhone 17 Pro on iOS 26.2 noted. Will dig into the navigation flow and see if I can reproduce it.
Appreciate you taking the time to break it down and if you catch it again, let me know. Makes it way easier to fix.
Zivy
Congrats on shipping @mindofaaryan ! 🔥 The framing really resonated, especially the “your phone used to give you anxiety, now it gives you calm.”
We’ve also been building a similar product (Lila) in this mental-performance space for creatives & founders, so was great to see someone else go after the same problem. Rooting for you.
Squair
@harkirat_singh3777 Appreciate it! That line came from staring at my phone at 2am realising it was both the problem and the only thing in my pocket to fix it.
Love that you're building in the same space - just checked out Lila, the creative/founder angle makes a lot of sense. This stuff is way underserved for people who actually need to perform under pressure.
Would be down to swap notes sometime. Rooting for you too.
Wow, Squair looks amazing! The Zen Button for panic attacks is exactly what I need. Does the offline mode save battery life, especially during longer breathing exercises? Super cool!
Squair
@jaydev13 Zen button is the most-used feature for a reason so far! It's there when you need it most.
Battery-wise, offline mode actually helps since there's no network calls running in the background. Just the animation and haptics. Shouldn't drain much even on longer sessions.
Let me know how it works for you.
Huge congrats on the launch! 🚀 Squair hits a real pain point for anxious founders and creators by turning clinically backed Navy SEAL-style breathing protocols into a fast, focused tool rather than another noisy wellness app.
Squair
@zeiki_yu Thank you - and you nailed exactly what I was going for. "Tool not wellness app" was the north star the entire build.
Most apps in this space feel like homework. Meditation journeys, daily lessons, 30-day courses. I just wanted something I could hit when my chest gets tight before a meeting and move on with my day.
Appreciate you checking it out.
Squair
@raven_lui Fair point. Kept it focused on breathing intentionally - most wellness apps try to do everything and end up feeling like homework.
But curious what you'd want to see added. Always looking for what would actually be useful vs feature creep. Thanks!
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@dubd59 Means a lot. The noise isn't going anywhere, figured we need better tools to deal with it.
Hope it helps when you need it.
Great idea! I’ve long wanted to make a similar app for memory training. There are simple exercises used, for example, by chess players. They also fit perfectly into the concept of an app with reminders. I think other areas of personal development could be done the same way.
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@mykyta_semenov_ Memory training with reminders could work really well — same concept of short, focused exercises that compound over time.
You should build it. The personal development space needs more tools that respect people's time instead of trying to trap them in the app.
What kind of chess exercises were you thinking?
@mindofaaryan It’s a mental exercise where you take a decision or thought you’ve just had and deliberately walk backward through the reasoning that led to it, step by step, until you reach the original trigger.