Commit to sessions, not the scale
Choose how often you’ll train, the deadline and who confirms it. Then sign. “3 times a week” still lets you pick the days.
For gym-goers and athletes
Three good weeks is easy. Skipless is for week four.
Commit to your sessions and choose what a skip costs. Skip, and your training partner knows before you talk yourself out of the next one.
What will you commit to?
What does a skip cost you?
Gym 3 times a week. Skip it once, and you pay $20.
Get started for freeFree while Skipless is in beta. Change anything before you sign.
Not ready yet? See how it works
SkiplessM
Thursday 8 OctoberGood evening, Maya
Next deadline 9:30 pm, in 2h 05m7 of 12check-ins kept this week
11 days20 minutes of mobility
$0on the line today, plus 1 Skip Message
Up next1 due today, soonest first
20 minutes of mobilityEvery day by 9:30 pm · You check in
11 daysSkip Message
2h 05m left
Yes, I did itNo, I didn’t
Run before workWeekdays by 8:00 am · Sam confirms
9 check-ins$20
Checked in at 6:48 am. Confirmed by Sam.
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Sound familiar?
You’ve started plenty of programs. The hard part is week four, when motivation fades and excuses sound reasonable. Skipless is built for that week.
“I’ll go tomorrow. I’m wrecked today.”
“Monday’s a fresh start. It was last Monday too.”
“I was going well until I got sick, then never got back into it.”
Skipping always costs you. Just not today.
One skipped session never hurts. That’s what makes the next one so easy.
Day 1Skip one session. Nothing happens.
Week 2Skip three. Still nothing.
Month 6The habit’s gone, and the fitness you built went with it.
Year 5Out of shape, and starting again from zero.
With SkiplessMiss your sessions, pay $20 within a day. Not in five years.
When skipping costs something now, you keep showing up.
How Skipless works for training
Real screens from the app. Two minutes to set up.
Step 1
Contract · Gym 3 times a week
I will train at the gym for at least 45 minutes, three times a week. I check in 3 times in each 7-day block, logged by 8:00 pm on the block’s last day, proven by self check-in and confirmed by Sam (if Sam doesn’t answer within 24 hours of a deadline, my check-in stands). Each miss costs $20, charged after a 24-hour dispute window. After each miss, Sam also gets my Skip Message: “Couch 1, me 0. Your next coffee is on me.” Sam hears about every miss.
- Schedule
- 3 times a week · by 8:00 pm Sunday
- Proof
- Accountability partner · confirmed by Sam
- Penalty
- $20 per missed week · Skip Message
- Appeals
- Check me
Type your name to signMaya Chen
Sign and lock inStep 4 of 5 · Stakes
What’s on the line?What happens when you miss?Pick one or both. Both only happen if the miss stands.
MoneyPay a stake for each miss.
$10$20$50$100
A Skip MessageYour partners get a message from you, in your words.
FunnyCheekyHonestSeriousYour own
Couch 1, me 0. Your next coffee is on me.
Sam gets this if a miss stands, after the 24-hour dispute window:Maya missed “Gym 3 times a week”. Their Skip Message, in their words: “Couch 1, me 0. Your next coffee is on me.”
Who hears about it when you miss?
SamJess+ Add someone
Step 2
Choose what a skip costs
Choose it on a good day. It’ll be waiting on the cold, dark morning you’d rather stay in bed.
Money$20 for every missed week. More than the session would have cost.
A Skip MessageYour training partner gets it if a miss stands: “Couch 1, me 0. Your next coffee is on me.”
Or bothFor the sessions you skip most.
Nothing is charged until a miss stands for 24 hours, so you can always appeal.
Step 3
Log every session
Trained? Tap Log it. The week’s done when the bar’s full. Your training partner or PT can confirm each session.
Gym check-ins by location and live photo proof are coming.
Gym 3 times a weekDue Sunday by 8:00 pm
$202 of 3 logged · 3d 1h left
Log itUndo last
Run before workDue today by 8:00 am
$20Checked in at 6:48 am. “5 km along the river.” Confirmed by Sam.
SkiplessOn Sam’s phone
Sun 8:01 pm
Skipless: Maya missed “Gym 3 times a week” (Week of Mon 28 Sep). No check-in by the deadline. If the miss stands, their Skip Message comes in 24 hours. Send a nudge: skipless.app/p/7Hq2 Reply STOP to opt out.
Mon 8:02 pmSkipless: Maya missed “Gym 3 times a week” (Week of Mon 28 Sep). Their Skip Message, in their words: “Couch 1, me 0. Your next coffee is on me.” Hold them to it! skipless.app/p/7Hq2 Reply STOP to opt out.
Flat white, Saturday. Then legs.
Text message
Step 4
Skip, and your training partner knows
Pick who gets your miss alerts: a training partner, your PT, your sister. They hear the moment you miss. If the miss stands, your Skip Message follows and any money is charged.
They can nudge you before the next session too. Harder to skip when someone’s expecting you.
No app store. Just your home screen.
Add Skipless to your home screen and it opens like an app. Nothing to download or update.
On iPhone
- Open skipless.app in Safari, tap ••• then Share.
- Tap View More, then Add to Home Screen, then Add.
- Open it and log in once with the code from your email.
On Android
- Open skipless.app in Chrome.
- Tap Install app, or open the ⋮ menu and tap Add to Home screen.
- Open Skipless from your home screen.
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Why it works
Losing feels about twice as bad as gaining.1 When University of Pennsylvania researchers framed money as something people could lose, they hit their step goal on about 50% more days.2 And Stanford researchers found people who got regular check-ins were doing 51% more exercise a year later.3
- Brown, Imai, Vieider and Camerer. Meta-analysis of 607 estimates of loss aversion. Journal of Economic Literature, 2024.
- Patel and colleagues, University of Pennsylvania. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016.
- King and colleagues, Stanford University. Health Psychology, 2007.
Findings from the studies named, not results from Skipless users.
Questions
Can I use it to lose weight?
Skipless tracks what you do, not what you weigh. Commit to the sessions and let the results follow. No weigh-ins, no calorie targets.
How does Skipless know I trained?
You log each session, and your training partner or PT can confirm it. Gym check-ins by location and live photos are coming.
What if I’m sick or injured?
Appeal within 24 hours. Nothing is charged while your appeal is open.
Does my training partner need the app?
No. They get texts or emails and can reply STOP any time.
Is it free?
Yes, while Skipless is in beta. After that, one commitment stays free.
Skip once, pay once. Or don’t skip.
Week four is coming. Have a deadline waiting for it.