Haptic feedback

An app that vibrates when you slouch, without buying a device

Why vibration instead of a notification?

A visual notification requires you to be looking at something, and by the time you read it you have already stopped what you were doing. Posture correction works better as an interrupt you feel and act on without switching context.

There is also a social factor. A buzz is private. A sound in a shared office or a call is not, which is why most people mute posture apps that beep and then stop using them.

Hardware clip or AirPods — which should you pick?

This depends entirely on which problem you actually have, and it is worth being honest about.

• Your lower back collapses in the chair — a back-worn sensor measures that directly. AirPods cannot see it. Buy the device.
• Your head creeps toward the screen over a long session — AirPods measure exactly this, and you already own them.
• You stopped wearing the device you bought — this is the most common outcome, and it is the actual argument for using hardware you already put in every day.

What does the buzz actually feel like?

In Stature it is a short haptic on the iPhone, not a long alarm. The intent is to be noticeable enough to register and mild enough that you do not resent it by the third hour.

There is a rate limit so it cannot fire repeatedly while you are genuinely leaning forward for a reason, and Silent Hours lets you switch it off during sleep, meetings, or focused work.

Does it work with the phone in my pocket?

Yes. The AirPods report to the app over Bluetooth, so your iPhone can be locked, in a pocket, or face down on the desk. The current posture zone stays visible in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen if you want to glance at it.

Written by Mert Yandımata, who built Stature and uses it every working day. Stature (getstature.app) is an iOS app that turns the motion sensors already inside your AirPods into a real-time posture coach.