justwait

Just Wait

Pause before you buy.

Most things you want today, you won’t want in a week. Just Wait helps you find out which ones actually matter.

The idea

Impulse buying isn’t a willpower problem — it’s a timing problem.

Just Wait inserts a cool-down window between the urge and the action. You add what you want to buy, choose how many days to wait, and let time do the work. By the end of the cool-down, your desire data tells you whether it was ever real.

Most things fade. The ones that don’t are worth buying.

How it works

  1. Add — drop in any item you’re tempted to buy. Takes 10 seconds.
  2. Wait — choose a cool-down from 1 to 30 days.
  3. Track — rate your urge (1–5) each day and watch it naturally decay.
  4. Decide — when the timer ends, your own desire chart is waiting. Buy it, drop it, or wait longer.

No accounts. No subscriptions. Just a pause.

Features

   
Cool-down timers 1–30 days, set per item
Urge tracking Daily desire rating (1–5) with a decay chart
Decision screen Your own data as a mirror — no ads, no FOMO
Lifetime savings Every dropped item accumulates as money saved
Stats dashboard Drop rate, monthly savings chart, biggest save, streaks
Notifications Decision reminders + optional daily check-in nudges
46+ currencies IDR, USD, EUR, SGD, MYR, GBP, JPY, and more
Privacy No account required. All data stays on your device.

Why it works

Desire decays. When you can see that decay as a chart — your urge dropping from 5 to 1 over seven days — the decision makes itself.

The average Just Wait user drops more than half the items they add.

No ads. No subscriptions. No tricks.

Just Wait is free. The whole app. No premium tier, no notifications designed to create urgency, no data leaving your phone.

Who it’s for

Get it

Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Built by

Egy Adhitama — egyadhitama@gmail.com

React Native + Expo SDK 54 · No backend · Private by design