Ranker vs GroupStakes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ranker
Discover and create crowdsourced rankings on a vast array of topics, from movies and music to history and comics. Share your opinions and influence the collective ratings of millions of fans.
- Crowdsourced rankings
- Vote on movies, TV, music
- Fan-driven opinions
- Deep ranking categories
- Spooky stories
- Historical tales
- Cosplay and fan art rankings
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Ranker goes far beyond Top 10 lists with deep rankings about everything, voted on by everyone. It's the largest destination for crowdsourced rankings on movies, tv, music and more. We believe that the opinion of millions of fans is more definitive than the opinion of one critic. Fans like you have the ability to influence the rankings of their favorite athletes, singers, celebrities, TV, movies, and pretty much anything that can be ranked. Ranker has something for everyone - including spooky stories in Graveyard Shift, historical tales in Weird History, definitive cosplay, manga and fan art rankings in Anime Underground, Marvel, DC, and indie comics polls in Total Nerd, and Unsolved Mysteries in Unspeakable Times.
GroupStakes
Create private prediction leagues for your friends. Set up custom questions, have friends bet points on outcomes, and track results on a leaderboard. It's a fun way to add stakes to everyday predictions and group events.
- Private prediction leagues
- Custom question posting
- Points-based betting
- Friend group invitations
- Leaderboard tracking
- 90-day seasons
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your group chat deserves stakes. GroupStakes turns your friend group into a private prediction league. one of you is the commissioner: you post the questions ("will kyle be late friday?"), everyone backs a side with points, and the commissioner settles what actually happened. the leaderboard remembers everything. — private leagues, invite code only. nobody outside the group ever sees your markets. — post a market on anything: the group trip, the 10K, whether the sourdough survives. — back your call with points and watch the crowd move the price. — the commissioner rules. literally. settlements, payouts, the final word. — a season runs 90 days. standings, records, receipts. points only — they can't be bought, cashed out, transferred, or traded for anything. the stakes are pride. starting a league costs $14.99, one time, and it's yours forever. everyone you invite plays free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GroupStakes at 100% against Ranker's 60%. GroupStakes also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Ranker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (2K vs 4). On price, ads 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. GroupStakes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ranker asks for nothing beyond the download.
GroupStakes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ranker has 2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Ranker's written reviews are positive against 100% of GroupStakes's.
Ranker ships an update monthly, GroupStakes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ranker | GroupStakes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ranker | AUSTIN ALAN STEPHENS |
Customer experience
Ranker
GroupStakes
Bugs and requests
Ranker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Invalid request errors
- Blank screens when trying to load content
- Scrolling issues causing loss of place
- Compatibility problems with newer OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add dark mode option
- Implement a save/bookmark feature for articles
- Improve content refresh and update frequency
- Allow users to customize their feed/interests
GroupStakes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ranker
No in-app purchases
GroupStakes
- League Credit$14.99
