Comparison

Make Your Picks vs Hamster Soup

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

Head to head
About

Make Your Picks

Create and join pools for various sports and reality TV shows. Engage in fantasy drafts, pick'em games, and bracket challenges with friends or in public competitions. Enjoy automated scoring and an anti-spoiler feature to enhance your viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Fantasy drafts
  • Pick'em games
  • Bracket challenges
  • Custom pool formats
  • Public and private pools
  • Automated score updates
  • Anti-spoiler feature
Features
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The pool app for sports, TV shows and more! Make Your Picks makes fantasy and pick'em pools for a wide variety of sports and reality tv shows. Create your own pool to play with friends, or join a free-to-play public pool. We offer a variety of pool types including fantasy, pick'em, brackets and question-based formats that make watching your favorite sports and tv shows more enjoyable! Fantasy Survivor -- Draft contestants and win points if they make it far, win challenges, play idols, and more! Pick each week who you think will be voted out. Fantasy Golf -- Draft golfers and earn points based on their tournament scores. Fantasy Bachelor -- Draft contestants and win points if they get roses, go on one-on-one’s, make it to home-towns, and more! Pick who you think will go home each week. Pro Football Pick'em -- Pick six professional football teams each week and get points if your picks win! Underdogs are worth more points. College Hoops Pick'em -- Fill your college hoops bracket in a round-by-round format. Earn extra points for taking underdogs! Why use the Make Your Picks App? • More than Traditional Sports • Custom Pool Formats • Play on Any Device • Free to Play! • Automated Score Updates • Anti-Spoiler Feature https://makeyourpicks.com/terms-of-service https://makeyourpicks.com/privacy-policy

About

Hamster Soup

This app is designed for superfans of the reality TV show Big Brother. It caters to those who are deeply invested in the show's details, live feeds, and daily drama. If you're an obsessive viewer who schedules life around the show, this is for you.

Highlights
  • Big Brother superfan content
  • Live feed obsession tracking
  • Daily drama engagement
  • Show-related social media alerts
  • Scheduling around eviction shows
Features
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Are you a fan of Big Brother? No wait, are you OBSESSED with Big Brother? Do you get social media alerts every time Julie Chen posts? Do you have an uncontrollable urge to pay attention to how long people brush their teeth and who washes their hands after... you know? Do you schedule your kids' summer sports around your ability to watch live eviction shows? Do you catch yourself sneaking a peek at the live feeds while at the dinner table, at work during your day job, maybe even during church? Then do we have the app for you!

Screenshots

Make Your Picks4 screens
Hamster Soup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Make Your Picks at 98% against Hamster Soup's 33%. Make Your Picks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (163 vs 4). Hamster Soup's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Make Your Picks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Hamster Soup sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Make Your Picks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Your Picks has 163 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Make Your Picks's written reviews are positive against 33% of Hamster Soup's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Your Picks ships an update every 5 weeks, Hamster Soup every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Make Your Picks versus Hamster Soup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Your PicksHamster Soup
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (163 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews98.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings163 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB9 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperMake Your PicksMutant Soup

Customer experience

Make Your Picks

All ratings163 ratings
Positive99.4%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%

Hamster Soup

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Make Your Picks

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • "Sign in with Apple" option disappeared after app update, preventing account access.

Requested features

3 requests
  • Expand to other shows and sports games
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Hamster Soup

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Make Your Picks

Subscriptions1
  • Gem Pass$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • 25 Gems$0.99
  • 50 Gems$4.99
  • 125 Gems$9.99
Show 1 more
  • 250 Gems$14.99
3 purchases

Hamster Soup

One-time3
  • Season 28$1.99
  • Season 27$2.99
  • Enhanced Hamster AI$2.99

Questions

Is Make Your Picks free?
Make Your Picks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hamster Soup free?
Hamster Soup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Make Your Picks or Hamster Soup?
Make Your Picks is rated higher. Make Your Picks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 163 ratings, while Hamster Soup averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Make Your Picks or Hamster Soup have ads?
Make Your Picks shows ads; Hamster Soup does not.
Which is updated more often, Make Your Picks or Hamster Soup?
Make Your Picks ships an update every 5 weeks, and Hamster Soup every 11 days. Most recently, Make Your Picks was updated on September 27, 2026 and Hamster Soup on September 17, 2026.

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