Developer Spotlight: Rootd

1 · Apple · Nov. 16, 2021, 10 a.m.
When Ania Wysocka started having panic attacks as a university student, she turned to the first resource she thought of. “My instinct was to look for an app that could explain what was happening to me,” she says. But when the hypnosis and therapy apps she downloaded didn’t have what she was seeking, she decided to create Rootd, whose lo-fi vibe matches its simple mission: to demystify panic attacks and bring on-the-spot relief. Rootd offers a primer in the biology of anxiety, as well as breath...