The science
We did not invent confidence. We packaged three well-studied mechanisms — graded exposure, habit cues, and social accountability — into a tracker that works on your phone.
Decades of CBT research show that small, repeated exposures to the feared situation reduce anxiety faster than any amount of mental rehearsal. Cues turns "approach a stranger" into a daily quota you can hit.
Charles Duhigg's loop — cue, routine, reward — only fires if the cue is unmissable. The app nags you, the streak rewards you, the chicken-out punishes you. Loop closed.
Studies on commitment devices show that telling someone you will do a thing makes you 2x more likely to do it. Co-op mode and leaderboards bake that in.
In behavioural research, the act of tracking a behaviour changes it — even before any feedback. Logging is the therapy.