Boost your social confidence through daily real-world challenges. Hatchr uses exposure therapy, the gold-standard method, to help you build confidence step by step—track progress, earn streaks, and grow at your pace, but surrounded by a community.
👋 Hey Product Hunt! We’re the founders of Hatchr — a gamified app to help people overcome social anxiety through real-world exposure challenges.
One of the founders actually grew up with social anxiety.
He was shy, avoided eye contact, scared to take space in public… the usual. But something unusual helped him break through: he started street performing as a breakdancer. That meant performing in public every day! It was terrifying at first, but he did it anyway.
Over time, something clicked. The fear didn’t vanish, but he stopped avoiding it. And that’s what changed everything. People started picturing him as an "extrovert".
Later in life, we all realized: he had stumbled into exposure therapy without knowing it. The most effective, science-backed way to overcome social anxiety… disguised as breakdancing on a sidewalk 😅
So we built Hatchr to bring that same power to anyone who needs it (without the breakdancing part, haha).
An app:
🧠 Based on exposure therapy, the #1 method for social anxiety
🎮 Gamified levels to track your progress + streaks to stay consistent
🤝 Built with a community of people all leveling up, together
We wish we had a tool like this when we were younger. Now we’re building it for anyone who feels stuck, held back, or alone in their social anxiety.
If that’s you or someone you know, we’d love for you to try it.
Let us know what you think, we’re here all day! 🙏
The Hatchr Team
Tibs, J, Ritch
@thibault_mundele This is such a thoughtful and much-needed product. Turning exposure therapy into a gamified, supportive experience is brilliant—especially for something as isolating as social anxiety. Rooting for Hatchr!
@thibault_mundele @ritchrivia Let's gooo! This is us almost 10 years back 😂 You could catch us performing in any squares of the big cities. Now things have slighy changed... We came out of the street, took what what we learned and started Hatchr to help people with social anxiety :)
@ritchrivia@busmark_w_nika I wouldn't say we started to perfom in the goal of increasing our confidence, but years of performing in the street definitely helped us overcome social anxiety. Entertaining strangers who never asked for a show—and who could (and often would) ignore or reject us—taught us to care less about what others think and be more playful with life in general :)
The exposure therapy approach is such a smart foundation, and gamifying the experience with progress tracking and streaks makes it feel like a journey rather than a chore. Does Hatchr offer any personalized challenges based on individual progress or comfort level? It would be great to have something that adapts as you level up.
@evgenii_zaitsev1 Thanks for the comment! This is only our V1 so we don't have that system yet but you hit the nail on the head with your suggestion. It's already on our roadmap :)
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Love the concept of hatching you've got going on! The UI and the mascot looks very 'cute' too. Will give this a try, congrats on the launch
This has always been a painful area for me... Meeting new people and spending time with strangers has held me back from many opportunities in the past. That’s why it feels like this product was made for me! I’m really excited about the journey ahead and the challenge it represents, so I went for the yearly membership. Can’t wait to improve my social life!
Love the concept of this app! The design is friendly and clean. One of my kids had some social anxiety and what really helped him was facing some of those fears on his own terms. What I like about the concept of the app is that it’s YOU deciding you want to face your fears instead of a human telling you to do it. 
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@thibault_mundele So cool to see Hatchr on product hunt!!
I used to be the quiet one, the guy who’d rehearse small talk in his head before ordering coffee 😅
Now, I get to work on an app that helps people break out of that shell — one small challenge at a time.
If Hatchr helps even a few people feel less stuck and more confident, that’s a huge win for us.
Would love to hear your thoughts !
Kalyxa
@thibault_mundele This is such a thoughtful and much-needed product. Turning exposure therapy into a gamified, supportive experience is brilliant—especially for something as isolating as social anxiety. Rooting for Hatchr!
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@thibault_mundele @ritchrivia Let's gooo! This is us almost 10 years back 😂 You could catch us performing in any squares of the big cities. Now things have slighy changed... We came out of the street, took what what we learned and started Hatchr to help people with social anxiety :)
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@ritchrivia @bigjjjim This is so cool! Did you really start with some performances to increase your confidence?
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@ritchrivia @busmark_w_nika I wouldn't say we started to perfom in the goal of increasing our confidence, but years of performing in the street definitely helped us overcome social anxiety. Entertaining strangers who never asked for a show—and who could (and often would) ignore or reject us—taught us to care less about what others think and be more playful with life in general :)
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@ritchrivia @bigjjjim Guys, I love your approach! :D
The exposure therapy approach is such a smart foundation, and gamifying the experience with progress tracking and streaks makes it feel like a journey rather than a chore. Does Hatchr offer any personalized challenges based on individual progress or comfort level? It would be great to have something that adapts as you level up.
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@evgenii_zaitsev1 Thanks for the comment! This is only our V1 so we don't have that system yet but you hit the nail on the head with your suggestion. It's already on our roadmap :)
Love the concept of hatching you've got going on! The UI and the mascot looks very 'cute' too. Will give this a try, congrats on the launch
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@indukeys Thanks a lot, appreciate! 🙏
I really love the design. I hope this app helps many people break out of their shell and truly soar. Congrats on the launch!
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@kay_arkain Thank you for your comment!
This has always been a painful area for me... Meeting new people and spending time with strangers has held me back from many opportunities in the past.
That’s why it feels like this product was made for me!
I’m really excited about the journey ahead and the challenge it represents, so I went for the yearly membership.
Can’t wait to improve my social life!
Querri
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@amy_ingram Thanks so much! That's exactly what we had in mind when building it!