Terms of Service

The service

Ante is a habit and goal tracking app for iPhone, operated by The Commitment Company LLC (“we” or “us”). You make a commitment, prove each check-in in the app, and choose what happens if you miss it. These terms are an agreement between you and The Commitment Company LLC, and they apply to the app and to this website. By using Ante, you agree to them.

Ante Pro

Ante runs on Ante Pro, an auto-renewing subscription sold through the Apple App Store. Without it you can't make new commitments or check in.

• There is a monthly plan and a yearly plan. Prices are shown in the app before you buy.
• Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends.
• You can manage or cancel it in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Deleting your Ante account doesn't cancel it.
• Apple handles subscription refunds. If you ask Apple for a refund, Apple may ask us for details of your purchase and use of the app.
• If Ante Pro ends, goals you've already made run to their deadlines, with their stakes, and your habits pause.

Stakes

When you make a commitment, you choose what a miss costs you. Before you confirm, the app shows you the stake and exactly what happens if you miss. There are four kinds:

• Money. Your card is saved through Stripe and nothing is charged that day. If you miss, you're charged the amount you set, once, automatically. By confirming a money stake, you authorize that charge.
• A friend. We email the person you name a heads-up when you make the commitment, and one more email if you miss.
• A lockout. If you break a habit's streak, every habit freezes for 1, 3 or 7 days, as you chose. Nothing can be logged while they're frozen, and goals keep running. Lockouts aren't available on goals.
• Just your word. Nothing happens if you miss, except the streak starts over.

Money stakes

• You must be 18 or older, and an adult where you live, to put money on a commitment. Saving a card and signing the contract authorizes The Commitment Company LLC to charge that card the amount you chose if you miss.
• Each money stake is between $1 and $50. You can't have more than $250 on the line at once, across all your habits and goals.
• A habit is missed when a day ends without accepted proof (or, for a weekly habit, a week ends short). Your day ends at 3 AM local time. The stake is charged once, and the habit then waits for you to restart it with new stakes.
• A goal is missed when its deadline passes without accepted proof. Make it and nothing is charged.
• Stakes can be raised but not lowered. A goal with money on it can't be deleted. Ending a habit takes a week's notice, and it keeps counting until then.
• If your card is declined, the amount stays owed and you can pay it in the app.
• Stake charges are a penalty you set for yourself, and The Commitment Company LLC keeps them. They don't buy anything in the app, and nothing is paid out to you or anyone else.

Lockouts aren't billed

Earlier versions of Ante sold a fee through the App Store to end a lockout early. That fee no longer exists. A lockout ends on its own when its time is up, and it never costs money.

Friend stakes

When you name a friend, you confirm that they're happy to hear from us about your commitment. Every email we send them has a link to stop them. If your friend opts out or their email bounces, stakes naming them are void and the app asks you to pick someone new.

Proof and verification

Check-ins are proven with a photo that an AI model checks against what you wrote, a location check-in matched to places nearby, or a timer you keep running in the app. Our own failures don't cost you: if a check can't be completed because of an error on our side, that habit day is excused, and a goal whose last proof was never checked has its stake released.

Contesting a charge and refunds

• If you think a stake charge is wrong, tap “Something wrong with this charge?” on the charge in the app within 120 days of the charge, or email support@useanteapp.com.
• A person reviews every contested charge, usually within a day. We look at your proof, how the commitment ended, and anything you tell us.
• If we got it wrong, we refund the full charge to your card. Banks usually take 5 to 10 days to show it. If we keep the charge, we tell you why in the app, and you can reply by email.
• Apart from refunds made this way, stake charges are final.
• Please contact us before disputing a charge with your bank. While a dispute is open, money stakes are turned off for your account.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account in the app at Me → Delete account. Stakes that haven't come due are not charged, and no friend hears about them. Amounts already owed from a declined card are still owed. See the Privacy Policy for what is deleted and what is kept.

Acceptable use

You agree not to falsify proof, tamper with verification, name someone as a friend without their agreement, or use the service in a way that is unlawful or harms others. We may suspend accounts that do.

Disclaimer

Ante is provided as-is. We do not guarantee any particular outcome from using the app. To the extent permitted by law, our liability is limited to the amount you have paid us in the past twelve months.

Changes

We may update these terms. We will post the new version here with a new date. Continued use after an update means you accept the new terms.

Contact

Ante is operated by The Commitment Company LLC. Questions about these terms? Email support@useanteapp.com.