Orange Bowl vs CFBPlayoff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orange Bowl
Stay connected with the official app for a major college football bowl game. Access tickets, view live social media feeds from the event and fans, and receive important game day updates.
- Social media stream integration
- Customizable notifications
- Mobile ticketing access
- Add tickets to digital wallet
- Game day policy information
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The official Capital One Orange Bowl app is a must-have for fans headed to the game or following from afar. With interactive social media, ticketing, game day policies, and more the Orange Bowl app covers it all! Features Include: + SOCIAL STREAM - View and contribute to real-time Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram feeds from the team and fans + NOTIFICATIONS - Custom alert notifications to let fans know important news + TICKETING- Access your ticket(s) and add them to your wallet
CFBPlayoff
Stay updated with the College Football Playoff, the postseason tournament that crowns the national champion. Follow the excitement with official rankings, video content, and custom notifications.
- CFP Rankings
- Video Content
- Custom Notifications
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The College Football Playoff is the postseason format that determines the national champion for FBS college football. The playoff was created to preserve the excitement and significance of college football’s unique regular season where every game counts. Follow the excitement by downloading CFBPlayoff, the official app of the College Football Playoff. Features Include: + CFP Rankings + Video Content + Custom Notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CFBPlayoff at every 2 months against Orange Bowl's every 5 months. CFBPlayoff also leads on ratings volume (139 vs 23). Orange Bowl's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 — 2.4 for Orange Bowl against 2.3 for CFBPlayoff. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CFBPlayoff has 139 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Orange Bowl's written reviews are positive against 6% of CFBPlayoff's.
Orange Bowl ships an update every 5 months, CFBPlayoff every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orange Bowl | CFBPlayoff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (23 ratings) — better | 2.3 (139 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 5.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Orange Bowl Committee, Inc. | SIDEARM Sports |
Customer experience
Orange Bowl
CFBPlayoff
Bugs and requests
Orange Bowl
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CFBPlayoff
Reported bugs
19 issues- Does not sync with Apple Wallet
- App crashes
- Tickets not available on time
- Cannot sell tickets below a certain price
- Cannot transfer tickets
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- Ticket selling expired
- Edit feature for selling tickets not working
- App shows tickets not purchased
- Servers cannot handle the load
- Cannot print tickets
- Live chat not helpful
- Ticket sales not showing
- App errors out when selling tickets
- Cannot access CFP account
- Reset link expired
- App crashes when trying to view tickets
- Cannot download tickets
- Barcode pulled from server every time
- App won't complete download
Requested features
14 requests- Support for Apple Wallet
- Better customer support
- Allow selling tickets for less than face value
- Allow tickets to be sold on other platforms
- Print at home option
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- Live chat that provides relevant answers
- Fix ticket selling expiration
- Fix ticket editing feature
- Allow ticket transfers
- Improve server capacity
- Make app more intuitive
- Provide information on Fan Central schedule and lineup
- Fix app crashing when viewing tickets
- Provide alternate way to access and print tickets
In-app purchases
Orange Bowl
No in-app purchases
CFBPlayoff
No in-app purchases
Questions
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