Comparison

myNILpay vs Side Huddle Sports

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

Head to head
About

myNILpay

This platform enables fans and businesses to directly pay college student athletes in an NCAA-compliant manner. It empowers athletes across all divisions and sports to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) through direct deposits and provides support services.

Highlights
  • Direct NIL payments to college athletes
  • NCAA compliant transactions
  • Support for all divisions and sports
  • Monetize Name, Image, and Likeness
  • Direct deposit to athlete bank accounts
  • Resources for tax, career, and financial literacy
Features
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myNILpay is a first-of-its-kind digital platform that allows any fan, or business, or collective an NCAA compliant way to direct-pay college student athletes. All 1,000+ schools and 500,000+ NCAA athletes, providing an opportunity for athletes at all levels (D1-D2-D3) and all sports and all genders to monetize their Name. Image. and Likeness (N.I.L.). HOW IT WORKS: The fan selects the athlete to receive funds Email is sent directly to Athlete school email (.edu) The athlete accepts and the funds get deposited directly to their bank account. That’s it. No other action by the athlete is required. FOR STUDENT ATHLETES: N.I.L. monetization has been focused on high-profile players in revenue sports leaving out the 450,000+ student athletes that play all sports at all levels of competition. myNILpay is for all student athletes that have family, friends, alumni, hometown support, social media followers, anyone they can think of, that wants to help support them while they are attending college. myNILpay will provide direct support for tax services, career services, wealth management, NIL education and financial literacy resources to qualified athletes utilizing the app. FOR BUSINESS & CHARITIES: myNILpay offers a centralized hub for businesses and charities to contact student athletes to initiate traditional sponsorship opportunities, reducing the friction of the transaction and providing increased financial value for both the business and the student athlete. COMPLIANCE: myNILpay will keep athletes compliant by keeping track of the transactions and reporting the results monthly to their schools. myNILpay’s approach can protect fans from issues with the facilitation of questionable or illegal NIL transactions by facilitating a taxable transaction.

About

Side Huddle Sports

Features
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Watch the game with your people, not a comment section. Side Huddle is a room for the friends you already watch with — your group chat, your family, the six of you who have done this since college. Open it when the game starts and everyone turns up in the same place. WHAT A ROOM DOES • Every play, as it happens. Scores and the moments worth looking up for land in the room while you're still arguing about the last one. • Your friends, and only your friends. Rooms are private. No strangers, no replies from people you've never met. • See who's actually watching. A ring means they're in the room right now, not that they opened the app on Tuesday. • At the game? The people you're connected to see you're there. Your phone works out which stadium and sends only its name — never your coordinates, and nothing in the background. SPIN ONE UP IN A SECOND Any game on tonight's slate can become a room. Tap it and the room exists until 2am — no naming it, no setup, no dead group chat to mute next week. FACES, NOT JUST TEXT The camera shoots front and back at once: your reaction and what you're watching, in one shot, with the score burned in at the second it happened. It is the closest thing to being on the same couch. ASK THE COACH Injuries, who's hot, what just happened — ask inside the room and the answer arrives in the room, without opening five tabs. THE WHOLE SLATE NFL, college football, NBA, college basketball, MLB and NHL — live scores, and which of your people are watching each one. Side Huddle is free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sidehuddlesports.com/privacy

Screenshots

myNILpay4 screens
Side Huddle Sports4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Side Huddle Sports at every 3 days against myNILpay's every 3 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myNILpay ships an update every 3 weeks, Side Huddle Sports every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
myNILpay versus Side Huddle Sports: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyNILpaySide Huddle Sports
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DevelopermyNILpay, Inc.James Bailey

In-app purchases

None

myNILpay

No in-app purchases

None

Side Huddle Sports

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myNILpay free?
myNILpay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Side Huddle Sports free?
Side Huddle Sports is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do myNILpay or Side Huddle Sports have ads?
Neither myNILpay nor Side Huddle Sports shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myNILpay or Side Huddle Sports?
myNILpay ships an update every 3 weeks, and Side Huddle Sports every 3 days. Most recently, myNILpay was updated on October 10, 2026 and Side Huddle Sports on October 19, 2026.

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