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Abstenence
Pay a commitment fee to abstain from something for 2-5 days
Abstenence is a pay-to-commit habit tracker. Pick something to abstain from, stake $2–$100 on a short 2-5 day challenge, and pass or fail — no resets, no refunds. Real money makes discipline real.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Kelvin, the maker behind Abstenence.
I built this because I noticed something about myself and pretty much everyone I know: we're great at starting habit trackers and terrible at finishing them. There's no real cost to quitting — so nothing stops us from quitting.
So I added one. With Abstenence, you pick something to abstain from — social media, sugar, porn, nail biting, whatever's actually hard for you — and commit for a short window (2, 3, or 5 days). Starting at just $2, you choose your own stakes — up to $100 if you want to go all in. The amount isn't about unlocking features, it's about how seriously you take the next few days.
Pass, and you earn a PASS record — proof you followed through. Fail, and you lose the fee and get a FAIL record. No resets, no retries.
One of my favorite ways to use it is the Double Negative Challenge — instead of committing to "I'll read for 2 days," you commit to "I will not skip reading for 2 days." Small wording shift, but it turns a soft goal into a rule you're not allowed to break.
A few things that make it different from other habit trackers:
💰 You set your own stakes — starting at $2, up to $100, whatever makes it real for you
🔒 A-Plus Mode by default — no shortcuts, no fake progress, can't be turned off
📊 Simple pass/fail tracking — no bloated dashboards, just "did you hold the line"
📖 A companion activity book on Amazon — for an offline, reflective version
💬 Discord community — for people who want peer accountability too
I'd love your honest feedback — especially if you've tried and abandoned other accountability apps before. What made those fail for you?
Thanks for checking it out 🙏
Great launch! I like how Abstenence is tackling pay a commitment fee to abstain from something for 2-5 days. The product feels thoughtfully scoped around a real use case rather than adding complexity for its own sake. Congratulations to the team!
About Abstenence on Product Hunt
“Pay a commitment fee to abstain from something for 2-5 days”
Abstenence was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #93 on the daily leaderboard. Abstenence is a pay-to-commit habit tracker. Pick something to abstain from, stake $2–$100 on a short 2-5 day challenge, and pass or fail — no resets, no refunds. Real money makes discipline real.
Abstenence was featured in Health & Fitness (83.2k followers), Productivity (659.6k followers), Amazon (17.7k followers) and Personal Finance (2.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 193.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Abstenence?
Abstenence was hunted by Martins Kelvin. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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