Fandex vs SquadUp Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fandex
Engage in a free-to-play sports stock market game with daily, monthly, and season-long contests across major sports. Buy, sell, and short shares of teams to build a portfolio and win real cash prizes based on team performance.
- Daily, monthly, and season-long contests
- Stock market simulation for sports teams
- Buy, sell, and short team shares
- Real cash prizes
- Supports football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer
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FANDEX is the free to play sports stock market that brings you daily, monthly, and season long contests in football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer for real cash prizes! As a team performs well, its share price increases, and as a team performs poorly, its share price decreases. Buy, sell, and short to create your portfolio and win the cash prize!
SquadUp Pulse
Connect with fellow New York Knicks fans for real-time game discussions, trivia challenges, and shared memories. This app offers live score updates, a playoff bracket tracker, and private communities to engage with Knicks Nation.
- Live game updates and stats
- Daily Knicks trivia with leaderboard
- Share photos and videos from games
- Private fan communities
- Direct messaging with fans
- Playoff bracket tracker
- Push notifications for game moments
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SquadUp Pulse is where sports fans actually hang out. Pick your team, join the chat, and link up with fans who live and breathe the game like you do. This isn't just another scores app — it's your crew, your community, and your shot at bragging rights all in one place. Talk sports with your people Join team communities and chat live with other die-hard fans. Celebrate the wins, vent the losses, and talk all the trash you want — this is your section. Make your picks, prove you know ball Call the games and see if you've really got the touch. Rack up points, build your streak, and find out if your takes hold up. Climb the leaderboard Every pick counts. Battle it up the rankings, earn your title, and let everyone know who called it. Weekly champions get their moment. DMs, live streams & more Slide into DMs with fellow fans, catch live streams, and share your gameday moments. It all lives here. Built for real fans Multiple leagues, every major team, one community. Whether you're courtside or on the couch, SquadUp Pulse is your home for the game. Download SquadUp Pulse and squad up. The SquadUp Pulse is an independent fan community app and is not affiliated with any team of any sport. Terms of Use: https://thegardenpulse.net Privacy Policy: https://thegardenpulse.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fandex at none against SquadUp Pulse's 1. Fandex also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). SquadUp Pulse's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price 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. SquadUp Pulse sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Fandex asks for nothing beyond the download.
SquadUp Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Fandex's written reviews are positive against 100% of SquadUp Pulse's.
Fandex ships an update every 3 weeks, SquadUp Pulse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fandex | SquadUp Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Medi-EHR,LLC | Christopher Martin |
Customer experience
Fandex
SquadUp Pulse
In-app purchases
Fandex
No in-app purchases
SquadUp Pulse
- Garden Pass Monthly$1.991 Month
Questions
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