Promise
to yourself
Launching soon — claim your spot.
DO IT OR LOSE
Make a promise to yourself. Back it with a deposit. Keep it — or it goes to charity.
Open to only the first 1,000.
Open to only the first 1,000.
What is DIOL
Your word, with real stakes.
Pick one personal goal — run every morning, write daily, quit sugar — and turn it into a promise. Back it with a refundable deposit, then check in once a day. Honestly. Only you know if you really did it.
Keep your promise and your deposit is never touched — every cent comes back to you. Break it, and it's collected: 90% goes to a real charity you chose, and a small share keeps DIOL running.
This isn't a punishment app. It's a way to make your word to yourself actually count — with a room of people keeping the same promise beside you, day by day.
Do it
for yourself
or LOSE
your deposit — 90% goes to a charity you chose
How it works
Discipline, made real — together.
- 01
Choose your focus
You're the average of the people and habits around you — so choose them on purpose. Pick the few areas of life that genuinely matter to you and turn each into a promise. A handful of real commitments beats a long list you'll ignore.
- 02
Shape the promise to fit
Not every goal is a countdown. Commit to a set number of days, work open-endedly toward a goal until you reach it, count down to a date like exam day, or simply track your hours as they add up toward mastery. You choose the shape it takes.
- 03
Back it — as much or as little as you want
Add a refundable deposit if you want more on the line: anywhere from $0 to $100. The more you stake, the more quitting costs; $0 is perfectly fine if the daily habit is enough on its own. If you fall short, 90% goes to a charity you chose. It stays yours until then.
- 04
Step into a room
You're not doing this alone. Every promise drops you into a room of people keeping the very same one — morning sunlight, daily reading, a walk after meals. You see their check-ins, their photos, the notes that pull each other forward. Behavior is contagious; here it works in your favor.
- 05
Show up, every day
One honest check-in a day — a photo for the room, or just a tap only you can vouch for. Your streak grows as you go, and a freezer can quietly cover the odd missed day, so a single slip never erases your momentum.
- 06
Watch it add up
Finish and your deposit returns untouched. Trackers show your total hours climbing, streaks stretch longer, questions solved stack up before the exam. Every kept day compounds into the one thing worth more than any deposit — trust with yourself.
Right now, people are making promises like these.
- AAlex — 5,000 steps a day · 30 days
- JJ. — Quitting smoking · 30 days
- MMira — Morning meditation · 21 days
- SSam — No sugar · 30 days
- TT. — Read every day · 30 days
- NNoor — 10 push-ups a day · 21 days
- DDeniz — No phone after 10pm · 14 days
- LL. — Write 300 words · 30 days
- KKai — Cold shower every morning · 21 days
- EEmma — Call someone I love · 14 days
- RR. — No takeout · 30 days
- YYuki — Practice guitar · 30 days
A few examples of the kinds of promises people make.
And whole communities form around bigger goals.
- 🇹🇷Preparing for the TUS medical exam · 780 promised
- 🇹🇷Preparing for the DUS dental exam · 412 promised
- Prepping for an Amazon interview · 293 promised
- Learning deep learning · 634 promised
- Working toward my first $1M · 1,000 promised
- Studying for the bar exam · 356 promised
- Hitting IELTS 8.0 · 521 promised
- Launching a startup this year · 488 promised
- Passing CFA Level I · 274 promised
- Landing my first dev job · 610 promised
- Solving 200 LeetCode problems · 845 promised
- Solving 100 HackerRank problems · 397 promised
- 🇨🇳Preparing for the Gaokao · 926 promised
- 🇰🇷Preparing for Suneung · 558 promised
- 🇮🇳Preparing for the UPSC exam · 701 promised
- 🇺🇸Studying for the USMLE · 349 promised
Illustrative examples — the numbers show the idea, not live data.
See the app
What keeping your word looks like.
A promise for every part of life.
Browse rooms by what matters — longevity, fitness, focus, money, quitting a habit. You're the average of the company you keep, so pick a few areas and step into the right ones.
A promise, not a to-do.
You don't tick a box — you put your name to it. A personal pledge, signed and dated, that actually costs something to break.
The daily rhythm.
One goal, one honest check-in a day. No dashboards, no clutter — just showing up, and watching the streak grow.
Count the hours, not the days.
Some goals have no finish line. Log your time and watch it climb toward the 10,000 hours research ties to mastery — an instrument, a language, your craft. No pressure, no streak to break; just the work stacking up as proof.
You're not doing this alone.
A room of people on the exact same promise, sharing a daily photo as proof. Post as yourself or anonymously — the effort is what counts.
Step into a room.
Every community challenge is a room of people chasing the exact same goal. See who's already inside, then commit — you never start alone.
You're not the only one struggling.
Drop a line on the hard days; someone grinding toward the very same goal will read it — because they get it, not because they're cheering. Stay anonymous the whole way if you want. Just be there, among people who understand.
What actually helped.
The people who finished a room leave behind the gear and resources that worked for them — surfaced right where you need them, never a store. Real recommendations from people who've already been where you are.
Proof it's working.
Your wins and your record in one place — every kept promise, the hours you've banked, and every broken one turned into a 90% donation to the charity you chose.
Trusted charity partners
Even a broken promise does some good.
When a promise is broken, 90% of the deposit goes to one of these vetted causes — chosen by you at the moment you make your promise.
American Red Cross
Providing help where dozens of dangerous wildfires have forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in California.
World Central Kitchen
WCK is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises.
UNICEF USA
As conflict escalates in Ukraine, UNICEF is on the ground reaching children with water, health and education services.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Delivering medical aid where it's needed most — independent, neutral, impartial.
World Wildlife Fund
Conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth.
American Cancer Society
For cancer information, call 1-800-227-2345 anytime, day or night, or visit www.cancer.org
Feeding America
The largest hunger-relief organization in the US. We feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a nonprofit organization. It is based in Tampa, FL. It received its nonprofit status in 1948.
The Trevor Project
The world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth. TrevorLifeline: 866.488.7386.
Khan Academy
Working to make a free, world-class education available for anyone, anywhere with remote learning resources.
charity: water
We're working every day to reinvent charity while bringing clean drinking water to the 771 million people living without. Join us.
Team Rubicon
We mobilize veterans to serve communities and to help people prepare, respond, and recover from disasters and humanitarian crises.
American Heart Association
Heart is a nonprofit organization focused on healthcare. It is based in Charleston, SC. It received its nonprofit status in 2014.
