Bet on yourself. With friends.
Put money in a pot with friends on a health goal. Your phone checks your progress. Hit it and your stake comes back. Miss it and it goes to charity.
18+ in the US · Stakes from $10 to $200 · $2.99 flat fee per person, per pot
Example pot
Summer Steps
8,000 steps a day · 6 days a week · 30 days
Everyone pays $52.99 at checkout: a $50 stake + $2.99 Won fee.
- AnaHit the goal$50 back to card
- BenHit the goal$50 back to card
- CaraMissed$50 to charity
- DevHit the goal$50 back to card
- Refunded
- $150
- Donated
- $50
- Won fees
- $11.96
Nobody wins anyone else’s money. The $2.99 fee is the same whether you hit or miss, and is refunded only if the pot is cancelled or you drop out before it starts.
How it works
Three steps. No willpower apps, no leaderboards of strangers — just you, your friends and a little money on the line.
Put money in
Pick a goal with friends — like 8,000 steps a day or 4 workouts a week — and each put in a stake from $10 to $200.
Your phone checks
Won reads your steps and workouts from Apple Health automatically. Weight goals use a quick photo-and-video weigh-in.
Hit it, get it back
Hit your goal and your whole stake goes back to your card. Miss it, and it goes to the charity your group picked.
Questions
Is this gambling?
Won is designed not to be. You only ever put in your own stake, and what happens to it depends only on whether you hit your own goal — not on luck, and not on anyone else losing.
Hit your goal and your stake is refunded to your card in full. Miss it and your stake is donated to the charity your group picked. There is no prize pool: nobody wins anyone else’s money, and Won doesn’t keep missed stakes. Won’s only income is a flat $2.99 fee per person per pot.
What does Won cost?
$2.99 per person per pot, added to your stake at checkout (for example “$50 stake + $2.99 fee”). The fee isn’t refunded when you hit your goal. It is refunded if the pot is cancelled or you drop out before it starts.
How does my phone check my progress?
With your permission, Won reads daily step counts and workouts from Apple Health (Health Connect on Android, coming later). Steps or workouts typed in by hand don’t count. Weight goals use a short weigh-in: a photo of your scale plus a 3-second video with a fresh code word, checked by software and, when needed, a real person.
When do I get my money back?
Pots run 7–60 days. After a pot ends there’s a 48-hour grace period to finish syncing or do your final weigh-in. Then your stake is refunded to the card you paid with. Banks usually show refunds within 5–10 business days.
Where does missed money go?
To the charity your group picked when the pot was created. Won sends donations monthly and publishes running totals on the charities page.
Can I drop out?
Before the pot starts, yes — you get everything back, including the fee. Once it has started, your stake follows the normal rules: refunded if you hit the goal, donated if you miss. Full details are in the pot rules.
Are weight-loss goals safe?
Weight goals are capped at 1% of your body weight per week and 10% in total, and Won never offers “gain” or extreme goals. Won is not a medical service, so check with your doctor before starting a weight-loss goal.
If food, eating or your body feels hard right now, please skip weight pots and reach out to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline at 1-866-662-1235 or allianceforeatingdisorders.com. In a crisis, call or text 988.
Who can join?
Adults 18 and over in the US. Won is launching on iPhone first, with Android after. Won isn’t available in every state yet — join the waitlist below and we’ll let you know.
What stops people from cheating?
Hand-entered data doesn’t count, unusual days (like 50,000+ steps) are reviewed, weigh-ins need a fresh code word on video, and friends in the pot can flag anything that looks off. Results can be appealed once, within 48 hours, by emailing help@wewon.app.
Join the waitlist
Won is launching on iPhone first. On Android, or Won isn’t in your state yet? Leave your email and we’ll tell you when it’s ready for you.