CFBPlayoff vs Fighting Irish Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CFBPlayoff
Stay updated with the College Football Playoff, the postseason tournament that crowns the national champion. Follow the excitement with official rankings, video content, and custom notifications.
- CFP Rankings
- Video Content
- Custom Notifications
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The College Football Playoff is the postseason format that determines the national champion for FBS college football. The playoff was created to preserve the excitement and significance of college football’s unique regular season where every game counts. Follow the excitement by downloading CFBPlayoff, the official app of the College Football Playoff. Features Include: + CFP Rankings + Video Content + Custom Notifications
Fighting Irish Mobile
Stay connected with your favorite Notre Dame teams through a personalized newsfeed, exclusive behind-the-scenes content, and a seamless shopping experience for official gear and tickets. Get breaking news and live scores with push notifications.
- Personalized newsfeed
- Behind-the-scenes content
- Official team store
- Ticket purchasing
- Push notifications for alerts
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• The official Notre Dame app is a must-have for fans headed to the game or following from the sidelines. Create your own personalized content newsfeed and enjoy behind-the-scenes articles & videos. Begin your journey to Gameday by engaging with our new shopping experience, Browse our official team store for all the latest Notre Dame gear and purchase tickets to experience the thrill of Gameday this season! Download and install the app to enjoy the following features: • Personalized Newsfeed: Follow your favorite sports, and instantly get the latest news, personalized for you. Have a customized sports experience, and be the first to know all about Notre Dame! • VIP Access: Enjoy behind-the-scenes access to the Notre Dame that nobody else has! In-depth articles, results, and videos personalized for your favorite teams, players, and alumni. • New Shopping Experience: Browse our official team store for all the latest gear and purchase tickets to experience the thrill of Gameday this season! Allow Push Notifications To Get Alerts for Breaking News, Live Scores, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fighting Irish Mobile at 4.5 against CFBPlayoff's 2.3. Fighting Irish Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (16% vs 6%). CFBPlayoff's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fighting Irish Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 139 and 632 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of CFBPlayoff's written reviews are positive against 16% of Fighting Irish Mobile's.
CFBPlayoff ships an update every 2 months, Fighting Irish Mobile every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CFBPlayoff | Fighting Irish Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (139 ratings) | 4.5 (632 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 16.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 139 | 632 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SIDEARM Sports | WEBME TECHNOLOGIES LLC |
Customer experience
CFBPlayoff
Fighting Irish Mobile
User reviews
CFBPlayoff
From 139 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Mobile ticketing process is easy
- 👍 App is awesome
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Tickets not syncing with Apple Wallet
- 🐛 No support for issues
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Tickets are not truly owned by user
Fighting Irish Mobile
From 632 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient ticket management
- 🚀 Great app for sports event information
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and unresponsiveness
- 🔴 Persistent notification issues
- 🤔 Confusing UI changes and missing features
Bugs and requests
CFBPlayoff
Reported bugs
19 issues- Does not sync with Apple Wallet
- App crashes
- Tickets not available on time
- Cannot sell tickets below a certain price
- Cannot transfer tickets
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- Ticket selling expired
- Edit feature for selling tickets not working
- App shows tickets not purchased
- Servers cannot handle the load
- Cannot print tickets
- Live chat not helpful
- Ticket sales not showing
- App errors out when selling tickets
- Cannot access CFP account
- Reset link expired
- App crashes when trying to view tickets
- Cannot download tickets
- Barcode pulled from server every time
- App won't complete download
Requested features
14 requests- Support for Apple Wallet
- Better customer support
- Allow selling tickets for less than face value
- Allow tickets to be sold on other platforms
- Print at home option
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- Live chat that provides relevant answers
- Fix ticket selling expiration
- Fix ticket editing feature
- Allow ticket transfers
- Improve server capacity
- Make app more intuitive
- Provide information on Fan Central schedule and lineup
- Fix app crashing when viewing tickets
- Provide alternate way to access and print tickets
Fighting Irish Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- App fails to load user accounts
- Ticket transfer process not working as expected
- Update notifications not clearing even after updating
Requested features
3 requests- Improve ticket transfer functionality
- Fix persistent notification issues
- Restore missing features from previous app versions
In-app purchases
CFBPlayoff
No in-app purchases
Fighting Irish Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CFBPlayoff free?
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