UrgeShield - Gambling Recovery
Jacob Engemann Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
UrgeShield - Gambling Recovery is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Jacob Engemann. Rated 5.0/5 from 3 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 3 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 3 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Sep 4
- 2026 · v1.3
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About UrgeShield - Gambling Recovery
UrgeShield is a recovery companion built for one thing: helping you stop gambling and stay stopped, one day at a time. It's not a generic habit tracker with a gambling label slapped on. Every tool inside was built around how urges actually happen — suddenly, at inconvenient times, with your phone already in your hand. EVERYTHING INCLUDED — Blocker: blocks gambling apps and sites through Screen Time, with a built-in cooldown that's intentionally hard to talk yourself around in the moment. — SOS button: one tap routes you to the National Problem Gambling Helpline or a trusted contact, wherever you are in the app. — August: a supportive AI chat companion with memory across sessions, available any time you need to talk something through before you act on it. — Streak tracker: your current streak, past milestones, and accountability partners who get notified if you need support. — Savings tracker: see what you're actually keeping instead of losing, with goal pace projections and a running dashboard of money saved. — Urge pattern insights, built from your own check-ins over time. — Streak & Savings widgets for your Home Screen. — Resources: crisis support, a nearby-treatment finder, and recovery stories from people further down the same road. PRICING Try everything free for 7 days. After the trial, UrgeShield is $9.99/month, billed through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings. UrgeShield is built local-first. Your data lives on your device and syncs only through your own private iCloud account — never a server we run. UrgeShield is a supportive tool, not a replacement for professional treatment, and it's not a crisis service. If you're in danger or thinking about harming yourself, call 911 or the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700 — free, confidential, and available 24/7. UrgeShield is intended for users 17 and older. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://urgeshield.com/#privacy
What’s new
Version 1.3 · Updated September 4, 2026
Ride it out - right from your Lock Screen. - Live Activity: your 15-minute urge timer now counts down on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island - After an urge passes, tap what actually helped - UrgeShield builds you a list of what works for you - Logging a slip now walks you through what was going on, what it cost, and the one thing you'll do differently - then shows you the pattern across slips - Hand a slip straight to August: the conversation opens with what you just logged, not a blank screen - A single check-in the day after a slip, when it matters most - Strict Mode: stops apps from being deleted to get around the block, with a 24-hour cooldown to turn it off - and a heads-up the moment any cooldown lifts - Your Shield status now shows right on the Streak tab, so you always know you're protected - The Shield tab gets a new cyan look, and Savings shows your pace toward your goal
App privacy
The developer, Jacob Engemann, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Health & Fitness: Health
- Contact Info: Name
Used for: Product Personalization
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location
Used for: App Functionality