If you keep your goal, the stake costs you nothing. If you miss it, the money goes to an organisation you chose yourself.
Saving a card is free of charge. You are only charged if you miss a goal.
Tensio relies on the prospect of a loss rather than on a reward. For this to work, every goal has to be verifiable.
You choose from a catalog of verifiable goals that is sorted by category and searchable. Free text is not offered, because a goal such as “no sugar” could only be claimed, not verified.
The stake starts at €2.49 per missed check-in and has no upper limit. You also decide who would receive the money, either an organisation or your rival.
Daily, on weekdays or weekly, depending on the goal. One tap starts the verification. If it succeeds, the day is counted and your streak grows.
Every goal is tied to a real verification source, such as Health Connect, the device’s usage data, GPS or GitHub. A simple claim is therefore not sufficient.
Choose a goal, set a stake and decide who receives the money if you miss a check-in. You will then see what happens when you complete the check-in and what happens when you do not.
The goals, organisations and amounts in the demo come from the same source as the app.
This is a demo. No account is created, nothing is saved and nothing is charged.
The images show the real interface of the app, exactly as it looks on the phone. The figures in them are examples.
01
One after another: goal, rhythm, duration, stake and beneficiary.
02
Stake saved and donated, weekly summary, 14 achievements.
03
Light, dark or system, plus four theme styles.
Both modes cost the same. They differ in how a lost stake feels to you.
Your stake goes to an organisation you wish to support. This makes the loss easier to accept, because the money benefits a good cause.
Your stake goes to a recipient whose success you would rather not see, usually your sporting rival. What matters is not whether the money does good there, but who benefits from it.
Every goal in the catalog has a real verification source, which is shown directly with the goal. We do not include goals that cannot be verified.
Tensio does not work with points or badges. If you miss a check-in, the amount is actually charged and passed on to the chosen organisation.
Health values, location and app usage times are evaluated on the device and immediately discarded. All that is stored is whether the day was done: yes or no.
A streak that others can see is broken less often. Tensio therefore makes your streak visible to people who know you.
You can invite friends, compare your streaks and see in the leaderboard who is currently pursuing their goals most consistently.
Several people pursue the same goal. The team streak is determined by the member with the shortest streak, while the stakes remain individual.
A shared undertaking with participants you do not need to know personally. You join with a code, and the ranking is based on your completion rate. Everyone stakes their own money on their own goal, and there is no shared pot.
You receive three free jokers per month and can save up to nine. A joker pauses a due day without requiring a reason or proof. It cannot be applied retroactively.
A yearly heatmap shows every day you kept and every day you missed. You can share the monthly or yearly recap as an image.
Because a missed check-in costs real money, Tensio reminds you in good time and can also take care of the verification for you.
An evening reminder with a final warning at 22:45, plus a learning reminder that notifies you per goal once your usual check-in time has passed.
If you wish, Tensio checks in health goals automatically in the evening once you have reached them. On Sundays you also receive a weekly review.
The “Tensio – Today” widget shows open check-ins and the stake currently on the line, without you having to open the app.
If a remaining cent arises from the split, it goes to the organisation and not to us. Rounding follows the same rule as the calculation on our server.
The 20% cover operations and payment fees. The split is shown to you before every goal and recorded on every receipt.
Tensio is available for Android and iPhone. Up to five active goals are free, and a card is only required once you set a stake.
Tensio
