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Nextself · Digital health apps
Digital health apps for the next generation
Focused apps built on established behaviour-change techniques: stop smoking, drink less, calm a busy mind, eat healthier. Built in Karlsruhe.
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Why nextself
There's no single way to feel better.
Health shows up differently for everyone: the smoker who wants their mornings back, the mind that races at midnight, the weight that feels hard to shift, the drink that quietly crept in.
Modern life asks for support that's just as specific. So we don't build one app that does everything loosely. We build focused ones that each do a single, hard thing properly.
More than an app
Your everyday best friend.
Open it on the good days and the hard ones. It cheers the streak, talks you through the 11pm craving, and remembers how far you've come on the mornings you forget. Not a clinic you visit. A companion that stays.
Our apps
Four habits.
Four habits.
Four apps that change them.
Each one is a focused programme, not a feed. Pick the change you're ready for and start in minutes.
Quit smoking
airy
Breathe your way free. Cravings tracked, faced, and counted as days you'll never get back.
Try on iOS
Try on Android
Drink less
dryside
Stay clear, stay well. A calmer relationship with alcohol, one honest day at a time.
Try on iOS
Try on Android
Built for real life
Support that fits between a walk and a coffee.
No waiting rooms. No clinic hours. Just the right exercise, in your pocket, the exact moment the craving, the spiral or the restlessness hits.
How it works
From first tap to a habit that holds.
Get your plan
Your plan follows your goal and your pace.
Build the habit
Daily check-ins, guided exercises and small wins keep momentum alive on the hard days.
Keep the progress
Track progress, patterns and milestones over time.
Availability
Free to start.
airy and dryside are free to download. We are preparing selected apps for the DiGA process.
Why digital-first
3established methods behind every programme
8 wkguided programme
24/7exercises on hand, not a crisis service
DEhosted in Germany, data never sold
Real methods. No waiting room.
Our content uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy and motivational interviewing, and is refined with the people who use it.
Inside the apps
What to expect.
Help button
One tap opens a short exercise for the moment a craving or a racing thought hits.
Danger zones
Spot the times and places that trip you up, and plan for them.
Progress
Days, check-ins and milestones in one view.
airy & dryside are live. lessload & bigly: join the beta.
The next version of you starts here.
It's early, but you can participate now.
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Digital health apps are no substitute for emergency care. In an emergency call 112.