For iPhone and Android · Smoking · Vaping · Alcohol
An app that works for you, with a friend who supports you.
Support and companionship for quitting smoking, vaping or drinking, built on the methods research shows help people quit. A friend who heals as you do.
Launching November 19 on the App Store and Google PlaySee how it worksEvery improvement in the app shows where it comes from. See all 120 sources →
Why we are here
Flip your habits into strength.
Choose and name your companion
Choose your companion.
They've been carrying everything your habit does to a body. Every day you stay free, they heal, and you get to watch it happen.
Milo and June are example names. In the app, you choose your companion and give them their name.
Your friend
A friend who heals as you do.
The grey lifts and the colour comes back. A pot appears at month one and grows white lilies through the year. You look after them, and they look after you.
Turvie covers smoking, vaping and alcohol, in any mix.
Shown here as Milo, an example name.
Something new every month
A new you every month.
A present arrives at the end of week one, then every month: things to wear, chosen for the season.
Milestones
Ribbons, lilies and a new friend.
Ribbons on the wall
At one, three and six months, then every year. They stay up for good.
A kitten
Or a puppy
After a year, you choose one, and a name if you like. It grows up beside your friend through year two.
What it does
Built for the moments that matter.
These are the real screens.
Today
One tap a night.
Check in each evening with how the day felt. Mark the good things too: moved your body, slept well, got outside, drank water, helped someone. Each one shows up in your friend.
After a week the words change from becoming smoke-free to “I am a non-smoker.”
Breathe
Help the minute a craving hits.
A nicotine craving usually passes within three to five minutes, and fighting the thought can make it worse. Tap Breathe from any screen, rate the craving, and breathe with your friend for a minute as they guide you through it, with your reason and plan in front of you. Rate it again and see how far it eased.
The research on riding out a craving →
Games and moving
Something to do with your hands.
Still strong? Take three quiet minutes, move with your friend for five, or play a short game. Exercise cuts cigarette cravings in the moment, and a few minutes of a visual puzzle can cut craving strength by about a fifth.
Slide puzzle, Water balloon, Blanket puzzle and Spot the difference: three minutes each, and your friend is the star of every one. Or move with them for five minutes: a brisk walk, a workout, a dance or desk moves.
The research on moving through a craving →
Slips
A slip, without the shame.
Tell your friend. They're poorly in bed for a day, and one good day gets them back up. A slip costs half the healing, never all of it, and every day you've had still counts.
The next day they talk it through with you and help you find a new way out. If your slips keep landing on the same day, they'll give you a heads-up before it comes round.
Journey
Every improvement, with its source.
From 20 minutes to 30 years, your Journey shows what your body gets back and when. Every card says where it comes from, and the source opens in one tap.
Each improvement you reach gets its own little celebration, one at a time.
All 120 sources, with 186 links →
Your numbers
See what you get back.
The money you keep, the cigarettes and drinks you didn't have, the cravings you beat, and how close you are to the thing the money becomes.
Turvie also estimates the life you're getting back, and shows the research it's based on.
Notes from your friend
Now and then, your friend has a note for you. The first one says: Love a life. Let's start with yours.
Private by design
Your progress is kept on your phone. There's no account to make to start, and no ads.
Free where it counts
Your first week has everything open, with nothing to sign up for. After that, Turvie Plus keeps your friend healing and all that comes with them, at $8.99 USD a month or $48.99 USD a year (about 55% less than twelve months). Your day counter, check-ins and craving support stay free, always.
The name
Turvie is virtue, turned around.
It starts topsy-turvy, like a messy week. Your friend gives it a bonk and the letters land as virtue, a word that first meant strength. That's the idea: flip your habits into strength.
The science
Built on research, shown in plain words.
Every health improvement in the app carries a label saying what kind of evidence it rests on, and links to its source. The science page explains why each part of Turvie is there.
Please read
Support, not a replacement for your doctor.
Turvie is a support tool, not medical treatment. Turvie is here to support you, not to replace your doctor. Check with a doctor as well as using the app, and before making medical decisions.
If you drink heavily every day, or get shaky or sweaty when a drink is late, talk to a doctor before you stop: alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous. Seizures, hallucinations or severe confusion mean calling emergency services straight away. HealthLink BC on alcohol withdrawal · NIAAA on cutting down or quitting
Canada
- EmergencyCall 9-1-1
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline24 hours, every dayCall or text 9-8-8
- Health Canada quit coachFree help to quit smoking1-866-366-3667
- QuitNow BCFree help to quit smoking or vaping in BC1-877-455-2233
- HealthLink BC, nurses and health advice24 hours, every day. 7-1-1 for the deaf and hard of hearingCall 8-1-1
- BC Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral ServiceInformation and referral, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Lower Mainland 604-660-93821-800-663-1441
United States
- EmergencyCall 911
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline24 hours, every day, including for substance useCall or text 988
- Your state's quitline1-800-784-86691-800-QUIT-NOW
- SAMHSA National HelplineFree, confidential information and treatment referral, 24 hours1-800-662-4357
Made in British Columbia
Launching November 19 on the App Store and Google Play.
Turvie is made by FussMaker Group Inc., a BC company. There are a few more surprises inside, for you to find. Questions? [email protected]