Vow: Focus Timer With Stakes

Forfeit coins if you drift

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Stake coins on a focus session. Touch your phone and you lose them. No subscription, no ads. Vow is the focus timer that finally has teeth. You stake coins on a session. Then you put the phone down. If you peek at notifications, switch apps or pick the phone up, coins burn off — live, automatically, no way to undo it afterwards. When the timer ends and you kept your word, the coins are yours again. WHY IT WORKS Every other focus app sells a consequence and then softens it: a pause button, a tap to unlock, a charge you can decline. Vow's consequence is pre-paid and automatic. Loss aversion does the rest — losing five coins hurts more than earning five ever felt good. HOW A SESSION WORKS • Pick a duration: 15, 25, 45, 60 or 90 minutes, or a preset (Pomodoro, Exam sprint, Deep work). • Choose your stake. The rules are shown before you confirm. • The screen goes dark. A Live Activity keeps the countdown on your lock screen. • Peeking at notifications: −1 coin (the first one is a free warning). Leaving the app: −1 every 30 seconds away. Touching or picking up the phone: −1. • Locking your phone is always free. Real phone calls are always exempt. • End Session is always available — you simply forfeit what is still at stake. Vow never traps you. WHAT YOU GET BACK • A receipt for every session: exactly what distracted you, when, and what it cost. • History and a weekly report: focused minutes, coins lost, distractions by hour and by kind, your streak, your phone-free time. • A daily reminder if you want one — that is all notifications are for. FAIR BY DESIGN • One automatic refund per week, no questions asked. Sessions lost to a crash are always refunded. • Coins never expire. There is no subscription. You buy coins, you stake them, you keep what you protect. • Anonymous usage statistics only, no third-party SDKs, no ads. Motion data never leaves the device. Built for students before exams, for anyone with ADHD who has tried every timer, and for everyone whose evening keeps disappearing into a feed. Privacy Policy: https://focusstakes-web.web.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://focusstakes-web.web.app/terms/

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    Information

    Seller
    • Youssef Ziat
    Size
    • 3 MB
    Category
    • Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 19 more
    • English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
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    • Handful of Coins $0.99
    • Jar of Coins $3.99
    • Vault of Coins $14.99
    • Chest of Coins $7.99
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    Copyright
    • © 2026 YozatApps
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