Brrrrr. Hands off my face.
A tiny macOS & iOS app that yells at me (politely) when my hand goes near my face. Screen flashes red. Annoying sound plays. Hand retreats in shame.
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A tiny macOS & iOS app that yells at me (politely) when my hand goes near my face. Screen flashes red. Annoying sound plays. Hand retreats in shame.
I touch my face constantly when I'm at the computer. My hand just… goes there. I find a tiny bump, and suddenly I'm a dermatologist with no degree and zero self-control.
The cruel irony: the more I touch, the worse my skin gets. So I buy £200 serums to fix what my own fingers broke. Genius business model for skincare brands, terrible for my face. I needed something that stops me before the damage, not after.
Brrrrr watches your face and hands through the camera. When it sees them getting cozy, it intervenes:
Screen blinks red. Startling? Yes. Effective? Also yes.
Plays something unpleasant enough to make you reconsider your life choices.
The effective combo. Hard to ignore when your screen flashes and speakers scream at you simultaneously.
Simple goal: catch the hand before it lands.
Everything runs on your Mac. No server sees your picking moments.
~2-4% CPU. Runs quietly in the background until you misbehave.
Dial sensitivity up or down. Pick your poison: flash, sound, or both.
Immediate feedback builds awareness. Eventually you stop before it warns.
This isn't quirky, it's common. Studies show 63% of people pick at their skin to some degree.[1] For some, it leads to real problems: scarring, infections, the works.[2]
Brrrrr won't fix the psychology. But it catches your hand mid-flight, which is often enough.
Grab it on the App Store. If it saves your face (literally), let me know — email's open.