Between friends.

A push-up a day. A walk. A 5k you've been putting off. Do it with a friend.

Train together, apart.

Jo this morning · fades tonight

Day 3 of the plank. Shaking by the end. Held it.

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Mia moments later

That's the hard bit done. Mine's tonight.

between friends

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run
walk
hike
swim
bike
gym
yoga
cali
…and the rest

What you can do

Three ways to do it.

As many as you like. Each one has its own small room, and its own few friends.

Daily activities one small thing, every day rest today random, or a pattern you set Challenges an event, and the way there first run the 5k do it with them, or cheer them on Team challenges a combined target between a few of you J M S the app keeps the total and what remains; nobody keeps score J M S J P J S K R

Gauntlet Challenge is a small, private place to share your training with a few close friends.

Pick something — a daily push-up, a first 5k, back to the gym after a long gap. Ask a friend or two. Share how it went, the good days and the bad. They see yours. You see theirs. It's gone by tomorrow.

Built for the friends who'd train together if they could.

Why it's different

You already know the places to share your training. None of them quite fit.

Not Instagram. Not Facebook.

No feed, no followers, no highlight reel. Nothing here is public, and nobody is performing.

Not WhatsApp. Not Messenger.

The group chat scrolls away and goes quiet. Here, each challenge has its own small room, and today is the only thing in it.

Not Strava. Not Garmin.

Nothing measures you. No times, no pace, no leaderboard. The app doesn't know how fast you went — and doesn't need to.

What it isn't
What it is
A feed you perform for
A few friends you chose
Leaderboards and rankings
Nothing measures or ranks you
Likes and follower counts
Reactions that mean something: legend, gnarly, mint
A permanent record to live up to
Updates that fade after a day
Strangers finding you
One way in: a friend's invite

Not the place you perform for.

Where to begin

Start with one of these.

One-minute plank, every dayDaily · one week. Shaking is allowed.
50,000 steps in a weekChallenge · walk it, run it, split it between you.
First 5k togetherChallenge · walk, jog, run. Nobody's timing it.
300 burpees between three of youTeam · ten days. A combined target between a few of you. The app keeps the total and what remains; nobody keeps score.

Or make your own. Anything you'd move for.

How it works

Pick something. Invite friends to join you. Share how it went.

1

Set a challenge

A daily push-up, your first 5k, the return after a long gap. Small is fine.

2

Invite a few friends

To do it with you, or to be in your corner. One way in — your invite. No search, no strangers.

3

Share the journey

Short updates, a photo, the day it went badly. Legend. Gnarly. Mint. Gone by tomorrow.

What it looks like

A week, between friends.

Tom this morning · fades tonight

Day 1. Plank. Counted the last ten out loud.

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Sam this evening · fades tonight

Skipped it. Toddler. Back tomorrow.

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Jo this morning · fades tonight

Held the whole minute. Nobody saw it. You lot did.

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On purpose

A five-minute app.

See how your friends got on, give someone a boost, get on with your day. No feed to scroll. No bait to pull you back.

Lifted in five minutes, not emptied in thirty.

Pricing

Honest about money.

Membership

Free for 90 days, the full app. Then a flat annual fee. No upsells, no premium tiers with features held back. Or gift a year to a friend.

Sponsorship, maybe, in future

Billboard-style — a running brand on running challenges, say. Nothing shows in the app today.

What sponsorship can never include: anything about you. Not your name, not what you've done, not how often you open the app. The sponsor sees an activity category — nothing else. It's built into the architecture, not a policy we can quietly change. The longer version is on the About page.

Get the app

It's here.

Free for 90 days, the full app, nothing held back.

The gauntlet is what stands between you and the thing you want to do — the first step, the door to the gym, the return after a long gap, the fear of looking slow. Gauntlet Challenge is the place that helps you through it.