# Throw It Away
## A tactile ritual for letting go

**First public release · iPhone · Created by Yucong Du**

A thought becomes a handwritten-style note. A fingertip turns it into a paper ball. A swipe sends it away. Throw It Away makes that short sequence the center of the experience, pairing responsive paper sounds with haptics and atmospheric scenes.

### The editorial story

The idea starts with an everyday action: writing something down and crumpling the paper. Here, the user supplies the meaning. It might be an unfinished task, an awkward conversation, or simply tomorrow's alarm. Tappable suggestions help people find a starting point, and every suggestion becomes an editable draft.

The interaction invites expression without requiring precision. A gentle movement or a quicker crumple changes the paper feedback. The throw always reaches its destination. There is no score, leaderboard, level or failed attempt between the user and the ending.

Sound gives the gesture its character. Layered paper recordings respond to movement while the background recedes. A room ends with the paper landing in a bin; a furnace with fire; the void with a specially mixed absorption sound that sits within its musical background. Moving firelight and the black hole's moving outer glow carry the atmosphere beyond a static backdrop.

### What to experience first

1. In My Room, tap a suggestion and edit it to “Tomorrow can wait.” Hear the paper while crumpling slowly, then more quickly, before throwing it into the bin.
2. Try The Furnace and The Void to compare the moving environments and their distinct endings. Headphones reveal the paper texture and the changing balance between foreground and background sound.
3. In Settings, try Simple controls and adjust Environment, Paper and release audio separately. VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion provide further ways to use the ritual.

### Launch at a glance

| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| App | Throw It Away |
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 18 or later |
| First public version | 0.3.0 |
| Launch date | October 16, 2026 |
| Language | English |
| Included spaces | My Room, The Furnace, The Void |
| Optional purchase | Complete Experience, one-time US $2.99; local prices vary |
| Purchase includes | The Volcano, The Ocean, Snowfall, and removal of all banner ads |
| Advertising | Bottom banner outside the ritual; hidden during writing, crumpling, throwing and the ending |
| Written thoughts | Current session only; not uploaded or kept as a journal |
| Account / subscription | Neither required |
| Planned availability | Available launch territories excluding mainland China; final storefront setup pending |
| Contact | Yucong Du · yucongdu@yahoo.com |

The app uses native iOS technologies, including SwiftUI, RealityKit, AVAudioEngine and Core Haptics. The core experience is a brief sensory ritual; no therapeutic outcome is claimed. Advertising services process data as described in the [privacy policy](https://f244cmdh9k-svg.github.io/privacy.html); the session-only handling of written thoughts is not a claim that the entire app collects no data.

### Suggested editorial angles

- **A familiar gesture, made tangible on iPhone:** the relationship between paper deformation, sound and haptics.
- **Small rituals for the end of a busy day:** an approachable, self-directed moment with a clear ending.
- **Six places to let a thought go:** the same interaction, expressed through different visual and sonic environments.

These are proposed story angles, not existing Apple features or awards.

### Supporting media

The accompanying media folder contains nine screenshots covering all six spaces, an actual-app preview, and an overview image. The screenshots identify the optional paid scenes. The preview shows native app footage using the available Simple controls mode; its soundtrack was reconstructed from the app's bundled audio and synchronized to the recorded actions. It is not a direct recording of device audio. Haptics are best evaluated on an iPhone.

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