Press kit: Stint, the prize-pool focus app
Stint is an iPhone focus app where a group pays an entry fee into a prize pool, commits to a daily focus goal, and everyone who qualifies splits the pool.
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Stint is an iPhone focus app where a group pays an entry fee into a prize pool, commits to a daily focus goal, and everyone who qualifies splits the pool.
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Stint, the prize-pool focus app, turns deep work into a group challenge. Each pool member pays the same entry fee into a prize pool and commits to a daily focus goal. Devices verify the work, only the apps each person chooses are blocked, and everyone who qualifies splits the pool.
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Stint, the prize-pool focus app, turns deep work into a group challenge. A pool is a fixed group of people taking the same challenge: each member pays the same entry fee into a prize pool and commits to the same daily focus goal. Focus time counts only in the work apps each person picks, and only the apps they choose get blocked. Their devices verify each focused minute, so nothing is self-reported. Everyone who qualifies splits the prize pool. Stint is free to download on iPhone, with Mac, Windows, Android and Chrome coming soon. Stint Pro is US$5.99 a month.
Key facts
- Name
- Stint. On first mention: “Stint, the prize-pool focus app”.
- Category
- Focus app and app blocker with a group prize pool.
- Launched
- On the App Store, 12 September 2026. App Store listing
- Platforms
- iPhone (iOS 18 or later), live now. Mac, Windows, Android and Chrome: coming soon.
- Price
- Free to download. A pool charges its entry fee when you join. Stint Pro is optional: US$5.99 a month, no free trial.
- Who can join
- Adults: 18 or older for any pool with an entry fee.
- Website
- trystintapp.com
How it works, in three lines
Join a pool: everyone pays the same entry fee into the prize pool and commits to the same daily focus goal.
Focus: time counts only in your work apps, the apps you chose are blocked, and your devices verify every minute.
Qualify and split: everyone who meets the goal on the days the rules require splits the prize pool.
The details: how it works and how prize pools work.
What makes it different
Most focus apps run on willpower or charge you when you slip. This one does neither.
Verified by devices
Focus time is reported by each device in a session, minute by minute, and checked on our server. It is never self-reported, and no more time is credited than has actually passed.
Finishers split a prize pool
Pay-if-you-fail apps such as stickK and Beeminder charge you when you miss a goal. Here everyone pays the same entry fee up front, and everyone who qualifies splits the prize pool. Nobody is charged more than their entry fee.
Blocks only what you choose
Nothing is blocked unless the person picks it, and only while a session runs. Focus time counts only in the work apps they chose.
It is a skill-based productivity challenge: whether someone qualifies depends only on the focused work they do, never on luck. Members must be 18 or older, and the full rules are in the Terms.
Brand basics
Name
Write “Stint, the prize-pool focus app” on first mention and in every headline. Several other apps share the name, so “Stint” alone in a headline is ambiguous.
“Stint” on its own is fine after the first mention. Not affiliated with Stint, the UK student-jobs app.
Logo files
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- App icon (PNG, 512 × 512)
- App icon, small (PNG, 180 × 180)
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Press contact
Email hello@trystintapp.com for interviews, screenshots, a Stint Pro code for review or a test pool to try.
