Vow
Focus timer with stakes

Stake coins on a focus session.
Touch your phone and you lose them.

Vow is the pomodoro timer that finally has teeth. You put coins on the line, you put the phone down, and every peek at a notification costs you — live, automatically, no undo. Keep your word and the coins come home.

Coming to the App Store

How a session works

1 · Pick a duration

15, 25, 45, 60 or 90 minutes — or a preset: Pomodoro, Exam sprint, Deep work.

2 · Stake coins

Choose what you put on the line. The rules are shown before you confirm. Coins never expire.

3 · Put the phone down

The screen goes dark. A Live Activity keeps the countdown on your lock screen.

4 · Keep your word

When the timer ends the stake returns to your wallet. If not, you get the receipt: what distracted you, when, and what it cost.

What costs coins, what is free

Peeking at notifications or Control Center: −1 coin (the first one is a free warning)
Leaving the app: −1 coin every 30 seconds away
Touching or picking up the phone: −1 coin
Locking your phone is always free
Real phone calls are always exempt
End Session anytime — you forfeit what is still at stake, and you are never trapped

The app

Questions

Is this gambling?

No. There is no element of chance and no payout of value. Coins have no cash value and are never paid out; they are only consumed by a stake you explicitly confirm before each session, and purchased coins never expire.

What if the app got it wrong?

One automatic refund per week, no questions asked. Sessions lost because the app crashed are always refunded. Real phone calls never count, and locking your phone is always free.

How does Vow know I touched my phone?

Everything happens on your device: iOS tells the app when it loses focus, goes to the background or when the phone is locked; the motion sensor notices a pickup. Nothing leaves the device.

Is there a subscription?

No. You buy coins, you stake them, you keep what you protect. There are no ads.

Which languages?

English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese.