Backed turns the claims your friends throw around into proper bets — live odds, evidence, a judge, and a winner. Win their points, climb the table, and settle who was actually right.
Someone makes a claim, someone else scoffs, and a fortnight later nobody can agree on what was even said. Backed gives the argument a price, a deadline and a winner — in about twenty seconds.
Every bet runs on the clock you set when you write it. Nothing waits on an admin, and nothing needs anyone to remember to do it.
Say it the way you'd say it out loud. Backed turns it into a proper market — outcomes, deadline, resolution notes — and you edit every word before it goes live.
Any member backs yes or no with points from their wallet. The odds are just the two pools, so they move with every stake until the deadline.
When staking closes, the group files the proof: a screenshot, a link, or a sentence. It all lands in one feed everyone can read.
The judge chosen at the start names the outcome, and the losing pool splits between the winners in proportion to their stake.
And if the judge goes quiet? 48 hours after a ruling comes due, the bet voids itself and every stake is refunded in full — automatically, whether or not anyone is watching.
Everything a real market needs to be worth arguing over, and nothing that turns a group chat into an accounting department.
The price is just the two pools: back a side and the number shifts for everyone. Every stake writes a snapshot, so the trend line is real history rather than decoration.
Every bet names its judge up front. Their rulings, their flags and their satisfaction score follow them around the app, so choosing a judge is itself a decision the group makes.
Once staking closes, anyone can file proof for either side — and images stay behind your group’s own door.
“Who bails on the trip first?” runs every name as its own contract. Naming the winner settles the rest in the same action.
Your balance is global. Win points off the five-a-side lot and spend them backing yourself against your sister.
Every bet you win moves your balance, your win rate and your rank on the group table. Five levels sit on top of the number — pure status, which is exactly the point of them.
The rules that make a points economy worth playing for — the ones that decide whether your group trusts the result.
Winners split the losing pool in proportion to their stake, and the points always sum exactly. None invented, none lost to rounding.
48 hours past the deadline with no ruling and the bet voids itself. Every stake goes back in full, automatically.
Blocking it would only push the conflict out of sight. Backed marks the bet instead, so the group can weigh it themselves.
Flag a ruling within 24 hours and the bet shows as disputed, and it counts against the judge. The settlement itself stands.
Your level comes straight off your points balance: Rookie at 0, Contender at 1,200, Sharp at 2,500, Shark at 5,000, Legend at 10,000. Win bets, your balance climbs, and you move up. It's pure status — the level doesn't change how you play, it just tells the group how you're doing.
Points and bragging rights. Points are the only unit in Backed — you win them off the people who backed the other side, and they show up on every table you're on. There's nothing to cash out.
A phone number. We text you a six-digit code, and that same code both creates your account and signs you back in later. New players start with 1,000 points.
Whoever the group picks when the bet is created. Any member can be the judge, including the person who wrote the bet — and their record of rulings and flags follows them around the app.
Two things keep them honest. If the judge has also backed a side, everyone can see it on the bet. And any member can flag a ruling for 24 hours afterwards — flags don't change the payout, but they stick to the judge's record.
Yes, and your balance is global. The same stack of points follows you into every group you're in, so a win off your five-a-side lot is a win everywhere.
Start a group, write the first bet, and let the points do the talking. A thousand of them are already yours.