Bet on anything
A dare, a diet, a deadline, a dinner — if you can say it out loud, Friendly Stakes can hold you both to it. Type the bet in your own words, set the stakes, and let the record do the remembering.
Stakes
Stakes worth playing for
Every bet names exactly what the loser owes. No real money ever moves through the app — stakes are promises between friends, and the app is the witness.
Drinks
The classic. First round, next round, a specific regrettable pitcher.
A meal
Loser buys — breakfast burritos to the steakhouse, winner's choice.
A chore
Lawns get mowed and garages get cleaned over lost bets.
Bragging rights
Sometimes the W is the whole prize. It still goes on the record.
Anything else
Free text. Loser wears the jersey. Loser does the group's fantasy recap.
Settlement
Built for the moment somebody's wrong
Both sides confirm the winner, so nobody rewrites history. And the terms can be negotiated up front: don’t like the bet as proposed, counter it before you accept.
One-tap agreement
One side calls it, the other taps “I agree.” Done and recorded.
72-hour auto-decide
If the other side goes quiet, your call stands after three days. Silence isn't a strategy.
Draws and no-contests
Genuinely unresolvable? Call it a draw, or void it together as a no-contest.
Disputes, contained
Disagree and the bet flags itself — with its own thread to fight it out until someone folds.
The thread
Trash talk, on the record
Every bet carries its own chat — the negotiation, the mid-game panic, the concession speech, all attached to the bet forever. Emoji reactions included, because some messages only deserve a skull.
When it’s settled, the thread stays. Six months later, “remember the taco bet” is one tap away.
Invites
Works on friends who don't have the app
Send a bet to anyone. The invite link renders the full bet — terms, stakes, deadline — before they’ve created an account, so they’re accepting the actual bet, not a mystery. Sign-up happens after they tap Accept, and the bet is waiting on the other side.
Links stay live for seven days. If they duck it, it expires and you get told — which is its own kind of victory.
Everything in custom bets
- Five stake types: drinks, a meal, a chore, bragging rights, or anything you type
- Counter-proposals before a bet is accepted
- One-tap “I agree” settlement
- 72-hour auto-decide when the other side goes quiet
- Draws and no-contests for the genuinely unresolvable
- A dispute state with its own flagged thread
- Per-bet chat with emoji reactions
- 7-day invite links with a full bet preview for non-users
- Deadlines with expiry notifications
- Reopen a settled bet if you both agree the call was wrong
Keep exploring
Somebody in your group is overdue to be proven wrong
Put the next big claim in writing — it takes about a minute.
Free to play. No credit card. 18+.