WAIT24 · IMPULSE CONTROL, BY DESIGN

Buy it on purpose.

Nothing here is on sale. Wait24 just adds a quiet 24 hours between wanting something and buying it — long enough for the urge to pass.

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Free to try · Runs in your phone's browser today · iPhone & Android apps on the way

The Wait24 board: four pinned wants resting, each with a countdown timer and a price trend.

THE PROBLEM

The urge peaks in 90 seconds — and is gone by tomorrow.

Most impulse buys are decided in the heat of the moment and quietly regretted within the week. Every checkout is engineered to rush you past that feeling. Wait24 does the opposite — it just adds a pause.

90s

how long the peak really lasts

24h

for most of it to fade

1 tap

to pin it and start the wait

The urge spikes right after you see something, which is when most people buy, then fades over 24 hours.

HOW IT WORKS

Three taps. One quiet day.

No new shopping habits to learn. Wait24 slots into the moment you already have — the one right before you buy.

STEP 1 · PIN IT HERE

See it, pin it

Something catches your eye in any shop or app? Copy the link and tap + — or drop a screenshot, snap a photo, or just say it out loud. It lands on your board in a second.

Pinning a product to Wait24 from a store page.
STEP 2 · LET IT REST

Give it 24 hours

A calm countdown — not a fire sale. Prices are checked quietly in the background, so you'll know if it genuinely drops.

A resting want with its countdown and price watch chart.
STEP 3 · DECIDE CLEARLY

Buy it, or let it go

When the timer's up, flip through what's ready. Buy it proudly, or let it go and keep the money. Either way — you chose.

The stack view: swipe a ready want left to let go or right to buy.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Quietly working on your side

Price trends & dip alertsLive

Resting wants with a store link get their price checked while they wait. If it genuinely drops, Wait24 pings you — buy the dip, not the impulse.

Best price across storesComing

One want, every seller — including quick commerce. Today you can log a cheaper price you've spotted; automatic comparison arrives with the iPhone app.

Board · Stack · List

A visual pinboard, a full-screen flip-through you can swipe, or a tidy list. However your brain likes to look at things.

Kept-money tracker

Every want you let go adds to a running total of money that stayed yours — with stickers and a receipt you can share.

A nudge when it's timeLive

One notification when a want is ready to decide, and one if its price dips. Nothing else. Home-screen widgets come with the native apps.

Private by design

No account, no ads, nothing sold. Your board is tied to an anonymous ID on your device, and you can wipe it any time.

WHY WE BUILT IT

We were tired of the little pile of things we bought at 11pm and never touched again.

Wait24 isn't anti-shopping. It's pro-meaning it. We wanted the good stuff — the things you'd still choose tomorrow — without the quiet drip of regret from everything else. So we built the smallest possible pause, and made it feel calm instead of preachy. That's the whole app.

— The Wait24 team

GOOD QUESTIONS

Before you try it

Give your next purchase a day to breathe.

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