Opendorse vs myNILpay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Opendorse
This app simplifies earning from your Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). It helps athletes understand their market value, manage deals and payments securely, and stay compliant with regulations. It also offers resources for brand building, connecting with opportunities, and accessing wellness and career support.
- Manage NIL deals
- Understand market value
- Secure in-app payments
- Brand building resources
- Connect with brands
- Compliance tools
- Athlete wellness resources
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Getting paid for your NIL shouldn’t be complicated. Opendorse puts everything you need in one place, trusted by more than 175,000 athletes to manage deals, build their brand, and get paid the right way. Opendorse helps you understand what you’re worth using real data, keep track of deals and deliverables, and get paid through a secure in-app wallet built for athletes in the U.S. and abroad. Disclose deals in a few taps and stay aligned with NIL requirements without extra stress. Here’s what you can do in the app: Make Money: Find real opportunities from brands and know what to charge before you accept a deal. Manage deliverables, timelines, and payments in one organized place. Manage Your Money Responsibly: Get paid through a secure in-app wallet with trusted payment partners. Built-in financial education supports both domestic and international student-athletes. Stay Compliant: Disclose deals directly in the app and stay connected with your compliance office. Compliance is part of the process, not an extra step. Build Your Personal Brand: Build your personal brand and learn the business behind athlete partnerships. In-app education helps you think beyond one-off deals. Connect With Brands: Browse real opportunities built for athletes and connect with brands directly. Apply in a tap and keep everything organized in one place. The Whole Athlete: Access mental wellness resources plus career and internship opportunities that support life during and after sports. Publish Content Faster Than Ever: Receive practice and game photos directly in the app and share them with your social channels in just a few taps. Privacy: https://biz.opendorse.com/privacy/ Terms: https://biz.opendorse.com/terms-of-use/ Visit: https://biz.opendorse.com/
myNILpay
This platform enables fans and businesses to directly pay college student athletes in an NCAA-compliant manner. It empowers athletes across all divisions and sports to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) through direct deposits and provides support services.
- Direct NIL payments to college athletes
- NCAA compliant transactions
- Support for all divisions and sports
- Monetize Name, Image, and Likeness
- Direct deposit to athlete bank accounts
- Resources for tax, career, and financial literacy
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myNILpay is a first-of-its-kind digital platform that allows any fan, or business, or collective an NCAA compliant way to direct-pay college student athletes. All 1,000+ schools and 500,000+ NCAA athletes, providing an opportunity for athletes at all levels (D1-D2-D3) and all sports and all genders to monetize their Name. Image. and Likeness (N.I.L.). HOW IT WORKS: The fan selects the athlete to receive funds Email is sent directly to Athlete school email (.edu) The athlete accepts and the funds get deposited directly to their bank account. That’s it. No other action by the athlete is required. FOR STUDENT ATHLETES: N.I.L. monetization has been focused on high-profile players in revenue sports leaving out the 450,000+ student athletes that play all sports at all levels of competition. myNILpay is for all student athletes that have family, friends, alumni, hometown support, social media followers, anyone they can think of, that wants to help support them while they are attending college. myNILpay will provide direct support for tax services, career services, wealth management, NIL education and financial literacy resources to qualified athletes utilizing the app. FOR BUSINESS & CHARITIES: myNILpay offers a centralized hub for businesses and charities to contact student athletes to initiate traditional sponsorship opportunities, reducing the friction of the transaction and providing increased financial value for both the business and the student athlete. COMPLIANCE: myNILpay will keep athletes compliant by keeping track of the transactions and reporting the results monthly to their schools. myNILpay’s approach can protect fans from issues with the facilitation of questionable or illegal NIL transactions by facilitating a taxable transaction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myNILpay at 4.8 against Opendorse's 3.9. myNILpay also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Opendorse's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 20). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
myNILpay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Opendorse's written reviews are positive against 100% of myNILpay's.
Opendorse ships an update every 5 weeks, myNILpay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Opendorse | myNILpay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (68 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | opendorse, Inc. | myNILpay, Inc. |
Customer experience
Opendorse
myNILpay
In-app purchases
Opendorse
No in-app purchases
myNILpay
No in-app purchases









