Comparison

Friendly Wagers vs BWFriends

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Friendly Wagers

Easily create and join casual bets with friends on anything from sports to pop culture. Track your picks, see who has the best prediction accuracy, and compete on leaderboards. It's all about fun and friendly competition, not money.

Highlights
  • Create and join groups
  • Make custom wagers on any topic
  • Track points and rankings
  • View past wagers and outcomes
  • Measure prediction accuracy
  • Participate in special event wagers
Features
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Friendly Wagers – Make Every Prediction Count Friendly Wagers is the easiest and most fun way to make casual predictions with friends, track your picks, and see who really knows their stuff. Whether you’re calling game outcomes, predicting award show winners, or just starting a friendly debate, Friendly Wagers makes it simple to create, join, and resolve predictions in a fair and organized way. FEATURES Create or Join Groups Start by creating a group or joining one using a group code or invite link. Groups allow you and your friends to keep your predictions organized, track leaderboard standings, and compete all year long. Make Predictions Create custom predictions on anything—sports games, pop culture moments, or inside jokes. Set the rules, limit who can join, assign point values, and let the competition begin. Track Points and Rankings Every prediction has a point value. As predictions are resolved, points are tracked both globally and within each group. See how you rank among your friends or across special event leaderboards. See Past Predictions Keep a record of all your closed predictions, outcomes, and who got it right. It’s great for bragging rights and tracking accuracy over time. Measure Accuracy Friendly Wagers doesn’t just track points—it also shows your prediction accuracy within each group, so you know who’s all talk and who actually delivers. Special Events Throughout the year, Friendly Wagers hosts special events for major film awards shows, sporting events, and more. During these events, you can participate with your existing group, making predictions and earning points on curated predictions specific to each event. Built for Real-Life Use With clean design, intuitive navigation, and quick setup, Friendly Wagers makes it easy to make predictions with friends anytime, anywhere. It’s not about money—it’s about fun, competition, and proving you were right all along. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BWFriends

This social platform allows users to create, track, and celebrate friendly wagers with friends. It focuses on real competition and fun for bragging rights.

Highlights
  • Create friendly wagers
  • Track competition progress
  • Celebrate bragging rights
  • Social platform
  • Peer-to-peer competition
Features
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BWF is a social platform that sets the standard for friendly competition; BWF lets you create, track and celebrate friendly "bragging rights" wagers with your peers. Real competition, real bragging rights, real fun!

Screenshots

Friendly Wagers4 screens
BWFriends3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BWFriends at none against Friendly Wagers's 6. BWFriends also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Friendly Wagers's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Friendly Wagers sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BWFriends asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Friendly Wagers against 5.0 for BWFriends. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friendly Wagers ships an update weekly, BWFriends every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Friendly Wagers versus BWFriends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendly WagersBWFriends
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB11 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAct Two Solutions LLCBWF, LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Friendly Wagers

Subscriptions2
  • Starter: 20 Credits$1.991 Month
  • Pro: 60 Credits$4.991 Month
One-time4
  • Reporting and Awards$0.99
  • Five Credits$0.99
  • Twenty-Five Credits$3.99
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  • Fifty Credits$6.99
None

BWFriends

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Friendly Wagers free?
Friendly Wagers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BWFriends free?
BWFriends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Friendly Wagers or BWFriends?
Friendly Wagers and BWFriends are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Friendly Wagers or BWFriends have ads?
Neither Friendly Wagers nor BWFriends shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friendly Wagers or BWFriends?
Friendly Wagers ships an update weekly, and BWFriends every 5 days. Most recently, Friendly Wagers was updated on September 24, 2026 and BWFriends on September 18, 2026.

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