FAQ

DareDog is where friendly arguments become friendly wagers. Throw a BARK (a challenge) at a friend — “I bet you 25 MRTZ the Lakers lose tonight” or “I bet you can't run 10k this week” — they BITE (accept), and the winner FETCHes the MRTZ. Sports, fitness, life stuff, anything you can argue about.

No. MRTZ (“Merits”) is a social scorekeeping currency — it has no cash value, can't be cashed out, and isn't sold for money. You're wagering bragging rights, not dollars. See our Terms for the fine print.

Hit Sign In in the header and use your Google account — you'll get 200 MRTZ to start barking. Want to look around first? Try as Guest lets you browse games and the leaderboard without an account.

Win your wagers. Your sign-up grant gets you started, and every BARK you win moves your opponent's stake to you. Running low? Make smaller wagers and build back up — that's the game.

Because it's more fun this way. BARK, BITE, FETCH, your Pack, the Yard — scroll down to the Glossary for the full vocabulary.

Games — NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and the FIFA World Cup while it runs — with who-wins, over/unders, and player props. And life: fitness goals, habits, predictions, whether your friend can go a week without ordering takeout. If you can argue about it, you can BARK it.

No. We'll suggest an amount based on your history, but you can change it — or leave stakes open and let whoever BITEs name them. Your stake is set aside (escrowed) when you send the BARK, so you can't promise MRTZ you don't have.

Mini-wagers attached to the main one. The classic: the BARK is “Tom will be late to dinner,” and the side bet is “what's his excuse — traffic, work, or forgot?” Everyone in the wager picks an outcome. Add them while creating a BARK, or later from the chat.

A specific Pack member, a friend outside DareDog (send them the invite link by text or WhatsApp — they can BITE after signing up), or leave it open so anyone in the Pack can take it.

Open the BARK — from your notifications, your Pack feed, or the link your friend sent — and hit BITE. Your matching stake is set aside too, and the wager is on. First person to BITE gets it; a BARK can't be double-accepted.

The BARK sits pending until its deadline. After that it expires and can no longer be accepted. During alpha, if your staked MRTZ looks stuck on an expired BARK, tell us and we'll sort it out.

The moment someone BITEs, the BARK page grows a chat thread — participants only. Talk your talk, post updates, and add mid-game side bets right from the chat (type or say something like “side bet: top scorer, LeBron or Tatum, 5 each”).

For side bets there's a dispute window with a group vote. For main wagers, the verification method you chose rules — that's why photo evidence or Pack-verify beats honor system for anything contentious. Still deadlocked during alpha? Flag it to us.

The moment the BARK resolves. Winner FETCHes both stakes; your balance updates in the header immediately.

Tap the mic and say the whole thing naturally — target, stakes, deadline, all optional: “I bet Julie 50 MRTZ she can't do yoga five times this month.” DareDog structures it, finds tonight's game if it's a sports bet, and asks about anything missing. Nothing sends until you confirm — you always get a review screen first.

BARKs are shareable by design — anyone with the link can view one (that's how you challenge friends who aren't on DareDog yet). The chat thread is private to the people in the wager. Don't put anything in a BARK title you wouldn't put in a group chat.

Not yet in alpha. An unaccepted BARK simply expires at its deadline. Choose your words wisely — or own them proudly.

Loudly and directly to us — this is an alpha and your bug reports are worth their weight in MRTZ. Tell whoever invited you, or use the feedback channel they gave you. Screenshots help. We ship fixes fast.