Make Your Picks vs Pickster.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Fantasy drafts
- Pick'em games
- Bracket challenges
- Custom pool formats
- Public and private pools
- Automated score updates
- Anti-spoiler feature
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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
Pickster.
Easily manage friendly prediction contests with friends and family. Make your picks through an intuitive interface, track your progress on a leaderboard, and communicate with other participants. Organize your pool and its members seamlessly.
- Friendly prediction interface
- Leaderboard tracking
- In-pool chat
- Pool and participant management
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A mobile app that helps you manage a Pick'em or Survivor pool with your friends and family. - Make your predictions with a friendly interface - See the leaderboard - Chat with your pool participants - Manage your pool and participants
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Make Your Picks at 5.0 against Pickster.'s 4.0. Make Your Picks also leads on ratings volume (163 vs 1). Pickster.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Make Your Picks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Pickster. sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 98% of Make Your Picks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pickster.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Make Your Picks ships an update every 5 weeks, Pickster. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Make Your Picks | Pickster. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (163 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Make Your Picks | Pickster LLC |
Customer experience
Make Your Picks
Pickster.
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
Pickster.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Make Your Picks
- Gem Pass$14.991 Year
- 25 Gems$0.99
- 50 Gems$4.99
- 125 Gems$9.99
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- 250 Gems$14.99
Pickster.
- Pickster Plus (England)$4.99
- Pickster Plus (Spain)$4.99
- Pickster Plus (Italy)$4.99
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- Pickster Plus (Germany)$4.99
- Pickster Plus (France)$4.99
- Pickster Plus - American Football$9.99
- Pickster Plus (Europe League)$9.99
- Pickster Plus - World Cup$9.99
Questions
Is Make Your Picks free?
Is Pickster. free?
Which has better reviews, Make Your Picks or Pickster.?
Do Make Your Picks or Pickster. have ads?
Which is updated more often, Make Your Picks or Pickster.?
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