CFBPlayoff vs IU Hoosiers
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
IU Hoosiers
Stay connected with Indiana University Athletics. Access real-time social media feeds, view live scores and detailed game statistics, and receive custom alerts for important team news. This app is essential for any Hoosiers fan, whether on campus or following from home.
- Social media stream
- Live scores and stats
- Custom notifications
- Team and fan feeds
- Play-by-play information
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The official Indiana University Athletics app is a must-have for fans headed to campus or following the Hoosiers from afar. With interactive social media, and all the scores and stats surrounding the game, the IU Hoosiers app covers it all! Features Include: + SOCIAL STREAM - View and contribute to real-time Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram feeds from the team and fans + SCORES & STATS - All the scores, stats, and play-by-play information that fans need and expect during live games + NOTIFICATIONS - Custom alert notifications to let fans know important news
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IU Hoosiers at 4.5 against CFBPlayoff's 2.3. IU Hoosiers also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 6%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
IU Hoosiers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 139 and 357 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of CFBPlayoff's written reviews are positive against 22% of IU Hoosiers's.
CFBPlayoff ships an update every 2 months, IU Hoosiers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CFBPlayoff | IU Hoosiers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (139 ratings) | 4.5 (357 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 139 | 357 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SIDEARM Sports | Indiana University |
Customer experience
CFBPlayoff
IU Hoosiers
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
IU Hoosiers
From 357 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Love my IU!
- 👍 Photo essays are working again.
- 👍 Light show amazing
- 👍 Notices remind about game start and channel
Room to improve
- 🐛 App won't load
- 🐛 App crashing
- 🐛 Constantly logged out
- 🐛 Can't save password
- 🐛 Safari browser not supported
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
IU Hoosiers
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashing
- App won't load
- Constantly logged out
- Cannot save password
- Safari browser not supported
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- Session expired too quickly during login/ticket transfer
- Notifications not working on iPhone 15
- New app version is a step back
- Old app allowed radio broadcast within the app
- App attempts to load schedule into calendars
- App does not recognize account that works on desktop
- App does not have a 'show password' option
- Home page schedule not displaying major events
- Pixelated logo on first boot
- Account creation/email verification sends code but logs user out before they can retrieve it
- Tickets not added to wallet requiring re-login
- Latest iOS update states Safari is unsupported, forcing login to full site which defaults to Safari
- Notifications incorrectly refer to teams as 'IU Athletics'
Requested features
8 requests- Fix terrible app
- Add private sharing option
- Add customer service page
- Fix notifications not working
- Restore radio broadcast within app
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- Make schedule easier to find
- Fix 'IU Athletics' naming in notifications
- Add additional links in articles/stories within the app
In-app purchases
CFBPlayoff
No in-app purchases
IU Hoosiers
No in-app purchases
Questions
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