Challengermode vs Start.gg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Challengermode
Compete in tournaments and ladders for your favorite games with friends. Discover daily events hosted by gamers and organizers, with opportunities to win prizes. Stay updated on your team's practice times and tournament check-ins.
- Compete in tournaments and ladders
- Join events hosted by gamers and organizers
- Win real prizes
- Team check-in notifications
- Mobile gaming companion app
- Compete anytime, anywhere
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Challengermode lets you and your friends compete in tournaments and ladders in your favorite games. New events and competitions hosted by other gamers and professional organizers from around the world with cool prizes to win every day. Sign up and join your first official tournament or ladder to compete for real prizes in less than a minute. Want to sign up for the tournament that starts right when you get home? Need to check in with your teammates to see what your practice times are this week? Want to be notified when the check-in for your tournament opens? Whatever you need, we've got you covered. Challengermode is putting competitive gaming into the palm of your hand. Compete in your favorite mobile games on your daily commute or use it as the perfect companion app to have Challengermode at your fingertips - anytime and anywhere.
Start.gg
Discover and participate in competitive gaming events, from online tournaments to major esports conventions. Track your progress, follow favorite players, and receive real-time tournament updates. Manage your competitive gaming experience on the go.
- Find online tournaments
- Discover esports conventions
- Follow favorite players
- Receive tournament notifications
- Browse player profiles and rankings
- Support for hundreds of games
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Start.gg is your home for competitive gaming events - from online tournaments to the world's biggest esports conventions. Find tournaments near you, play in online brackets, or follow your favorite players in top-level competitions. Receive push notifications for every stage of a tournament, from registering to playing your matches. Browse player profiles, rankings, and event history across hundreds of games including Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter, Rocket League, Pokémon Champions, League of Legends, trading card games, and more. Whether you're running an event, playing to win, or just spectating, start.gg keeps the entire tournament experience in your pocket.
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Verdict
Challengermode and Start.gg both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Start.gg's written reviews are positive against 27% of Challengermode's. Start.gg also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Challengermode's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (155 vs 7). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Challengermode against 4.6 for Start.gg. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Challengermode has 155 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of Challengermode's written reviews are positive against 75% of Start.gg's.
Challengermode ships an update weekly, Start.gg every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Challengermode | Start.gg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (155 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Challengermode AB | Startgg, Inc. |
Customer experience
Challengermode
Start.gg
In-app purchases
Challengermode
No in-app purchases
Start.gg
No in-app purchases
