Comparison

Pick'em Party vs SpreadWise

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

Head to head
About

Pick'em Party

This app simplifies running football pools, offering automated pick collection and real-time standings updates for both Survivor and traditional Pick'em formats. It eliminates manual tabulation and ensures accuracy for commissioners and participants alike.

Highlights
  • Automated pick collection
  • Real-time standings updates
  • Survivor pool hosting
  • Pick'em pool hosting
  • Eliminates manual tabulation
  • Error-free pick submission
Features
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The latest and greatest mobile app! Completely build on the newest SwiftUI code base with the best graphics out there to run/host both your Survivor and/or Pick'em football pools. Survivor pools (also known as Suicide, Eliminator, Knockout, Last Man Standing, or King of the Hill pools) are becoming more popular every year. Although players only pick one team per week, the work involved with running a Survivor pool manually can quickly become a burden (especially as a pool begins to grow very large). Run your Survivor football pool with us and see how easy it can be; and by that we mean automated for everyone including the Pool Admin/Commissioner too! Here are the rules for Survivor pools: - Each pool member chooses one team each week. - Picks are made "straight up", not using a point spread system. - If their pick is correct, they survive until the next week. - An incorrect pick eliminates the player from the pool for the remainder of the season. - The goal is to be the the last member standing at the end of the season. Running your Survivor Pool has never been so easy: - No more collecting picks from your members. Members make their picks directly in the app real time. - No more error-ridden or illegible pick sheets. - No more tabulating strikes and who has been eliminated. Pool standings are automatically updated. - No more determining the game scores/outcomes, Winners and losers are automatically updated. - No more need to distribute standings. Members simply login to the site to see updates. Next, our Pick'em pool format is arguably our most traditional football pool. Even though this format is basic, it can still be very difficult for someone running the football pool to keep up with gathering the picks and calculating standings manually. That is where we come in. How does our Pick'em Pool format work: - Each pool member picks winning games each week. - 'Monday Night Football' tiebreaker of total combined points. - For each correct pick during the regular season, members receive one point. - Standings are calculated for the week and for the season. We remove the grunt work and mistakes from your Pick'em Pool: - Automated pick collections. You no longer have your members send you their picks. - Error-free pick sheet. We make it impossible for your members to make technical errors when submitting picks. - Automatic updating. Pool standings are automatically updated in real-time. - No more need to distribute standings. Members simply login to the app to see updates.

About

SpreadWise

Features
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Most survivor pools are lost in Week 4, on a pick that looked safe. SpreadWise maps every week ahead of you — so you know which favorite to burn now, and which one to save. HOW IT WORKS • Enter your pool's rules — survivor or elimination, one pick a week or two, one entry or five. • SpreadWise reads current NFL spreads and lays out a full path: this week's pick, and every week after it. • See the cumulative odds of that path surviving, not just this Sunday's game. BUILT FOR REAL POOLS • Lock in picks you've already made and teams you've already burned. • Rule out any team in any week you want to protect. • Override any spread with your own number when you disagree with the market. • Run multiple entries in one pool and keep every entry on a different team. • Decide how far ahead to plan, and how much weight to give a Week 14 spread in a Week 3 decision. WHAT'S FREE, WHAT ISN'T • The app is free. Building pools, entering picks, and running the math costs nothing. • Live NFL spreads require a subscription for the full season. Updated for the 2026 season. No account, no ads, no data collected.

Screenshots

Pick'em Party4 screens
SpreadWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pick'em Party at every 9 days against SpreadWise's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pick'em Party sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and SpreadWise sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pick'em Party ships an update every 9 days, SpreadWise every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pick'em Party versus SpreadWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPick'em PartySpreadWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB8 MB
Age rating12+17+
Developerreplaysport.comIron Apps LLC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Pick'em Party

One-time8
  • 5 Players$0.99
  • 12 Players$1.99
  • 20 Players$2.99
Show 5 more
  • 30 Players$3.99
  • 25 Players$14.99
  • 50 Players$26.99
  • 75 Players$37.99
  • 100 Players$44.99
6 purchases

SpreadWise

One-time6
  • 30 Days$3.99
  • 60 Days$4.99
  • Season 2026-2027$6.99
Show 3 more
  • Season 2025-2026$6.99
  • Season 2023-2024$6.99
  • Season 2024-2025$6.99

Questions

Is Pick'em Party free?
Pick'em Party is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SpreadWise free?
SpreadWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pick'em Party or SpreadWise have ads?
Neither Pick'em Party nor SpreadWise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pick'em Party or SpreadWise?
Pick'em Party ships an update every 9 days, and SpreadWise every 5 weeks. Most recently, Pick'em Party was updated on October 24, 2026 and SpreadWise on October 27, 2026.

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