ARNASPress kit
ARNAS is an iPhone app that walks people through the first 30 days after their last cigarette.
Most quit attempts fall apart in the first weeks, and usually in a single minute: when a craving hits. ARNAS is built for that stretch. Every day it explains what is happening in the body right now and why today feels the way it does, and when a craving lands it helps right away: a long press on the app icon opens “Craving now” with guided breathing.
Everything happens on the phone. The App Store privacy label is “Data Not Collected”: no accounts, no analytics, no ad networks.
Key facts
| App | ARNAS |
|---|---|
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 17 or later |
| Languages | English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, German, French |
| Privacy | Data Not Collected |
| Developer | Independent, one person |
| Contact | hello@arnasapp.com |
| Availability | App Store |
What it does
- Help in one tap. Long-press the app icon and choose “Craving now”: guided breathing starts immediately. A craving usually passes within a few minutes (NHS).
- A 30-day course. One short chapter a day on what is changing in the body and why, with facts from the NHS, CDC and WHO.
- 32 recovery milestones. From twenty minutes to twenty years, unlocking on their own as time passes.
- A slip is not a reset. One cigarette does not wipe the progress; the app helps you get back on track.
- Weekly recap. Cravings beaten, the strongest triggers and a plan for the week ahead.
- Widgets and a letter to your future self. Progress on the home screen, and a letter that arrives on the day you choose.
- Privacy. Data Not Collected. Nothing leaves the phone.
Why it exists
I smoked for nearly twenty years and quit more times than I can count. I only added up the money late — it came to a small car. But the money was not the worst of it. Every day began with a thought about a cigarette and ended with a promise that tomorrow would be the last one. When I quit for the last time, I looked for help in apps. All of them could do one thing: count days and congratulate me. Not one was any use in the minute when the urge really lands. And nowhere could I find a plain answer to the question that bothered me most — what is actually happening in my body right now, and why is today so hard. So I started writing those answers for myself, one for each day. It turned out that writing them was how I quit. It worked. Then I finished the rest and made it into an app, because that was exactly what I had needed.
— the author of ARNAS
ARNAS was built by one person on a 2017 iMac that can only run Xcode 15.2; App Store builds are produced in the cloud with GitHub Actions.
Screenshots and icon
Contact
Interviews, questions and review requests: hello@arnasapp.com