CFBPlayoff vs User Picks
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
User Picks
Predict college football outcomes weekly by selecting your top 5 teams. Compare your choices with other users to see how your predictions measure up against the community. Test your college football forecasting skills.
- Weekly team selections
- Top 5 team picks
- Community comparison
- Predictor rankings
- College football focus
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User Picks is a free college-football pick'em with two games in it. 5-Lines is the original: every week you pick five teams to cover the spread. Your lines lock the moment you submit, so you are graded against the number you actually took, not a later move. Death Race 100 is the survivor game. Pick as many teams as you like each week, straight up — no spread, just win the game. First to 100 wins takes the season. One loss and your race is over. The format is Shane Ryan's, credited and linked in the app. Everyone plays in one global pool. Picks are public as soon as they land — copying a rival is fair game. 5-Lines standings rank by wins only, with equal wins sharing a rank. The Death Race 100 board ranks by win count, with finishers in finishing order. Leagues are a lens, not a second competition. Create or join with a code to watch a smaller board, across both games. Your picks still count in the same pool. No money changes hands. No ads, no in-app purchases, no tracking. Sign in with Apple or Google. Delete your account any time from the profile menu. The regular season only — week 1 through conference-championship week.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: User Picks at 5.0 against CFBPlayoff's 2.3. User Picks also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). CFBPlayoff's advantage is ratings volume (139 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
User Picks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CFBPlayoff has 139 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CFBPlayoff ships an update every 6 weeks, User Picks weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CFBPlayoff | User Picks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (139 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 269 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SIDEARM Sports | Christian Krueger Health LLC. |
Customer experience
CFBPlayoff
User Picks
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
User Picks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CFBPlayoff
No in-app purchases
User Picks
No in-app purchases
