Back to EvenThe Shield
Pick the betting apps on your phone from Apple’s own picker, and switch on a built-in blocklist of 43 sportsbook, prediction-market, sweepstakes and crypto-casino sites. Blocked in apps and in Safari.
The app · iPhone
Block it. Lock it. Ride out the urge.
Back to Even is the plan you made on a calm night, running on your phone on the hard ones.
No account. Your recovery data stays on your phone.
Everything it does
Six tools, one job: keeping you even.
The commitment lock
Lock the Shield for 7, 30, 90 or 365 days. Ending early starts a 72-hour cool-down, and a lock can only be extended, never shortened.
The Radar
Follow the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college sports, the Premier League, Champions League, MLS, UFC or WNBA. See the next seven days of games and get a warning 15, 30 or 60 minutes before each one.
SOS
Ninety seconds of guided breathing, four questions that play the bet forward, your own reasons, and one tap to call 1-800-GAMBLER or text your person. Free, forever.
Money kept
Tell it what a normal week of betting cost you. It counts that back, by the second, for every day you don’t place one.
Your patterns
A daily ten-second check-in, a five-week calendar of even days, an urge trend line, milestones, and a private journal.
A wall across every app
Sportsbooks, prediction markets, sweepstakes and crypto casinos. One switch, one lock.
Help in the moment
When the urge hits, the SOS is one tap away from every screen. It never sits behind a paywall.
See the pattern, keep the money
Days even, money kept, urges beaten, and the calendar that shows you the weeks you’ve already won.
Questions
Before you download.
Is Back to Even free?
The SOS, the day count, money kept, check-ins, the journal, the self-exclusion guide and the help lines are free. Back to Even Plus adds the Shield, the commitment lock, Radar warnings and the full patterns view, as a subscription you can cancel any time in your iPhone’s settings.
Can Back to Even see which apps I use?
No. Apple’s Screen Time framework hands us anonymous tokens for what you choose to block, never the names of your apps or your browsing.
Does it work for Kalshi and Polymarket?
Yes. Prediction markets are on the built-in blocklist, and the guide walks you through self-excluding from each one. Your state’s sportsbook ban does not do that.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Back to Even is iPhone-only for now.
Is this treatment?
No. It’s a self-help tool. If gambling is hurting you, call or text 1-800-GAMBLER (US) for free, confidential support, or 988 in a crisis.
Day one starts when you’re ready.
Two minutes to set up. Everything you tell it stays on your phone.