Comparison

Stakes vs Stakely

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Stakes

This app helps you achieve your goals by making it financially costly to fail. Bet stakes on your tasks, with higher stakes providing greater motivation. Track your progress and get reminders to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Bet financial stakes on tasks
  • Set monetary consequences for failure
  • Track wins and losses
  • Enable task reminders
  • Re-use completed stakes
  • Public reputation betting option
Features
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* Free GOLD STAKE Included In Your Download - For A Limited Time Only * Ever feel like your ToDo list only gets LOOOONGER? Like it's IMPOSSIBLE to actually catch up and catch your breath? Even worse, do you have a few NAGGING tasks that you can't seem to get to (or convince yourself it's "okay" to put them off another day)? We did too. And that's why we created Stakes. As Tim Ferriss says, "Self-discipline is overrated." Which leaves you with two simple choices for accomplishing the tasks you want to: 1. Don't want to eat the chocolate, don't keep chocolate in the house (don't go near the bad stuff because then you'll fail and indulge). This is very hard because you're not locked up 24/7 inside the house so you will can still easily get your mitts on the bad stuff. 2. Make it painful to not accomplish that goal. One of, if not THE, best ways to do this is to put money down on you finishing the task. Don't want to eat the chocolate? Make it COST YOU if you do eat it. Eat and LOSE, not just eat and feel guilty. With Stakes, you buy a 'Stake' and bet that stake on a task. For example, you can buy 3 Bronze Stakes for $2.99USD (only $0.99 each), and you can bet one bronze stake on the goal you set that you would not eat chocolate this month. If you do eat chocolate, then you admit that to the app and we take away your bronze stake.   The higher the priced stake, the more incentive you have to accomplish your goal.  Let's say you want to work out 3 times per week for a month... maybe it's best to put a Gold Stake ($15USD per stake) on that bet so it's even more painful if you fail. Get Stakes now, get serious about what you want, and finally get the work done so you can take control of your life. Accomplish your goals when, and how you want.   We all need a little push, and this just might be one of the simplest and best ways to do just that! ***BONUS*** What will work even better for some goals than putting a stake in the game is betting your reputation. Eke! None of us wants to publicly commit to something, but doing just that will be the biggest push to us actually doing that thing. Want to run a marathon, tell the world and you'll be forced to train to do it... because your rep is on the line! Additional features to help you get things done: • Enable reminders to keep you on your timeline to completion • Re-use completed Stakes for new goals • Track your Wins and retackle your Losses with the score board Here's to your life, it's all in your hands! The Berzapp Team For support issues, just email Mak at support@berzapp.comand she'll respond quick to help you out (she's the best).

About

Stakely

This app helps you achieve your goals by setting self-imposed stakes. Earn points, level up, and unlock rewards for completing tasks, or pay your stake if you fail. It's designed to make goal-setting engaging and motivating.

Highlights
  • Self-imposed stakes for accountability
  • Smart reminders
  • Daily stats and streak tracking
  • Accountability score tracking
  • Leveling up system
  • Unlockable rewards
Features
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Stakely – Bet on Yourself Stay accountable, hit your goals, and raise the stakes. Stakely is a powerful goal-setting app with a twist: every goal comes with a self-imposed price. Stay motivated with stakes, earn points and level up, and unlock rewards that make goal-setting actually fun (and a little scary in a good way). How It Works: Set a goal, a deadline, a stake, and get it done. Stay accountable — achieve your goal before time runs out. Win or lose — either earn points and XP, or pay the stake. Features: Self-imposed stakes for accountability Smart reminders to keep you on track Daily stats and streak tracking Track your progress with metrics that calculates your accountability score Level up from completing goals Whether you’re building habits, crushing deadlines, or just tired of procrastination, Stakely helps you stay committed — because your goals should cost you nothing but your effort. This app is free with the option to upgrade to Premium. Stakely Premium gives you access to additional features: -You can subscribe to this app to get access to advanced metrics and double rewards from daily check-ins. -Subscription options are: 1-week with a 3-day trial, 1-year. Links to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy can be found below: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.privacypolicies.com/live/11ad9f47-6e2c-4302-9ed3-6cfe0d4bfecc

Screenshots

Stakes4 screens
Stakely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stakes at 100% against Stakely's 0%. Stakes also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 17.6). Stakely's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stakes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Stakely sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stakes ships an update every 3 months, Stakely weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stakes versus Stakely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStakesStakely
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRTC Holdings IncorporatedWhilce Raphael Varquez

Customer experience

Stakes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stakely

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Stakes

One-time4
  • 3 Bronze Stakes$2.99
  • 3 Silver Stakes$14.99
  • 3 Gold Stakes$44.99
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  • 3 Diamond Stakes$99.99
7 purchases

Stakely

Subscriptions2
  • Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium$3.991 Year
One-time5
  • $1 Stake$0.99
  • $5 Stake$4.99
  • $10 Stake$9.99
Show 2 more
  • $20 Stake$19.99
  • $50 Stake$49.99

Questions

Is Stakes free?
Stakes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stakely free?
Stakely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stakes or Stakely have ads?
Neither Stakes nor Stakely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stakes or Stakely?
Stakes ships an update every 3 months, and Stakely weekly. Most recently, Stakes was updated on October 10, 2026 and Stakely on October 6, 2026.

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