About NoGambling.app
In one paragraph
NoGambling.app is a recovery app for people who want to stop gambling — built as a complete recovery stack, not just a blocker. Where most gambling recovery tools do one thing (Gamban blocks sites, GamStop registers UK self-exclusion, Gambling Therapy offers one-to-one sessions with a trained therapist), NoGambling.app integrates four things in a single iOS app: a daily commitment tracker with a real-time clean counter, a 6-step panic button for crisis moments, a financial recovery dashboard with a debt payoff plan and a savings estimate, and a peer community. It's free to try, then pick monthly, yearly, or — unusual in this category — a one-time lifetime purchase. You can use it anonymously, with no email needed. Available on iOS. Best for: people who want recovery, not just a wall.
Why we built this
The gambling recovery market has two modes: block and counsel. Blockers (Gamban, BetBlocker) put a wall between you and the casino. Counselling apps (Gambling Therapy) connect you to a human. Self-exclusion registers (GamStop) block you from online gambling companies licensed in Great Britain. All three are useful. They leave a lot of the daily work to you: the hours you used to spend gambling, the debt you built up, the 2am urge on a Friday after a stressful week.
We built NoGambling.app for the part that is missing — the daily work of recovery. The moment after you install a blocker and realise the urge is still there. The moment after the counsellor call ends and you still have to get through the night. The moment six weeks in when your bank account has crept back into the black and you catch yourself feeling something that has been missing for years: pride in your own decisions.
What NoGambling.app actually does
Four things in one iOS app.
- Real-time commitment tracker. A clean counter that tracks every second you have been gambling-free, tied to a daily promise loop (for example, "I promise not to gamble today"), mood logging, and milestones for your streak, your promises and your debt plan.
- 6-step panic button. When the urge peaks, press one button. The app guides you through a mirror moment with your streak and debt progress, three cycles of 4-4-4 breathing, a motivation card (your own words if you wrote a "Your why", otherwise a card the app writes for you), naming the urge, urge-wave education (urges are waves that crest and pass), and a drafted text you can send to someone you trust.
- Financial recovery dashboard. Plan your debt payoff in snowball order (one urgent debt first, then the smallest balance) and see an estimate of the money you haven't gambled, based on your monthly spending. It is a plan with no bank link, so it doesn't record real payments.
- Peer community. You can read without an email. To post, comment or report you add one, and your username is created from it, so use an email that doesn't contain your name. A moderated feed where people trade what is working and what is not, read each other's recovery wins, and know they are not alone.
What we are not
We are not Gamban, so we are not a deep technical blocker of what Gamban describes as "tens of thousands" of sites and apps (checked November 2026). We are not GamStop, so we are not a national self-exclusion register. We are not Gambling Therapy, so we do not connect you to a human counsellor. If you want a comprehensive system, you can combine a blocker for the wall, NoGambling.app for the daily recovery work, and (in the UK) GamStop for self-exclusion. That stack, in our view, is the strongest defence. See our comparison pages for honest head-to-head breakdowns.
Our principles
Privacy-first
Recovery is a private act. You can use the app anonymously, with no email needed. We do not sell data to insurers, to advertisers, or to data brokers. Your data is stored on the app's servers, and the app runs analytics.
Fair pricing with a lifetime option
NoGambling.app is a paid app that's free to try. You can choose a monthly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Some competitors are subscription-only, which means you keep paying year after year. Gamban, for example, lists monthly and annual plans and no lifetime option (checked November 2026). We believe a recovery tool should have a buy-it-once option so the app cannot lapse at the worst possible moment (an expired card, a cancelled subscription) and take your recovery infrastructure down with it. Current prices are on the App Store listing.
Compassion over shame
Gambling disorder is a recognized diagnosis, not a character flaw. Our relapse flow is a 4-step screen that asks what happened and shows what will reset before you confirm. The reset is heavy: your streak goes to 0, your saved amount goes to $0, all promises and logged urges are deleted, and daily and behavioral milestones reset. Your journal, debts and debt milestones stay.
Who we are
NoGambling.app is built by a small team that has lived the problem it solves. We are not a large VC-backed company, we do not have a clinical partnership we can name today, and we will not invent credentials we do not have. If that philosophy fits how you want your recovery software to be built, we are glad you are here.
Where to go next
Ready to try it?
Free to try. No email needed to start. iOS only.
Download on the App Store → iOS 15.1 or later · Monthly, yearly, or lifetime · Free to try & Anonymous