You and your friends have started a dozen fitness challenges. They die by Wednesday. Someone "forgets" to log, someone rounds 12 pushups up to 40, and nobody wants to be the person policing the group chat. Without something real on the line and a referee nobody can bribe, the whole thing is just a spreadsheet of lies you all quietly stop opening.
- Every challenge runs on the honor system, so the friend who trains hard finishes tied with the friend who typed in numbers from the couch.
- Motivation evaporates by day three because a shared Note or group chat costs nobody anything to abandon.
- Half-rep pushups and skipped days go unquestioned, and calling out a friend for padding their count just makes it awkward.
- There's no real reward at the finish line, so the streak dies the second someone stops caring.
How Cadoo solves it
Real money makes the challenge real
Everyone bets into the challenge, and the pot goes to whoever hits the goal. Suddenly skipping leg day isn't free, and the group chat stays alive because your own cash is riding on it. Money on the line is the accountability a shared spreadsheet could never give you.
Verified reps end the honor system
Your phone camera counts every pushup, squat, situp, pullup, dip, and plank hold, and AI scores your form so half-reps don't count. Steps come straight from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. Nobody has to trust anybody's word, and nobody wins on numbers they made up.
Compete, climb, and share the highlights
Bet head-to-head with friends or the whole crew, climb leagues and leaderboards as you rack up verified work, and turn your best sets into shareable, skinned highlight clips worth posting. The bragging rights are backed by proof.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo stop my friends from cheating the challenge?
Cadoo verifies every activity itself. Reps like pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds are counted and form-scored by AI through your phone camera, and steps are read directly from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. Made-up numbers and sloppy half-reps simply don't count, so the win goes to whoever actually did the work.
What do we actually win?
Everyone in the challenge puts money into the pot, and the friends who reach the goal take the winnings. Because your own cash is on the line, the challenge stays motivating long after a free group-chat streak would have fizzled out.
Which activities can we compete on?
You can challenge friends on pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds through the camera, plus daily steps pulled from your health app. Note that the camera handles reps only, while steps always come from Apple Health or Google Health Connect.
Grab your friends and put something real on it
Start a challenge where every rep and step is verified and the friend who trains hardest walks away with real winnings.