Clinch Sports vs DraftStakes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clinch Sports
Engage in daily fantasy sports and unique prop-picking games. Compete solo or with friends to win matchups, earn virtual currency, and redeem points for real gift cards.
- Daily Fantasy Sports
- Prop Picking Games
- Compete with Friends
- Earn Clinch Cash
- Redeem for Gift Cards
- Social Competition
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Clinch is a free fantasy sports app where you compete in Daily Fantasy and Clinch ‘Em games by picking your favorite props. Win matchups, earn Clinch Cash, and redeem points for real gift cards. Play solo or with friends—Clinch makes fantasy sports more exciting, social, and rewarding. Pick. Play. Win. Repeat.
DraftStakes
Engage in sports contests by joining campaigns, ranking teams, and tracking your assigned teams. Follow contest progress as results are verified and potentially earn sponsor-provided rewards.
- Join sports campaigns
- Rank teams
- Receive assigned teams
- Follow contest standings
- Track assigned teams
- Earn sponsor rewards
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DraftStakes is a free sports contest app with private leagues, sports scores, Trivia, and Arcade games. CREATE YOUR LEAGUE Create a private league, invite friends, rank teams, and compete for the top spot. Follow standings and trade teams when your league allows it. YOUR TEAMS, TOGETHER My Hub brings your leagues and teams into one place. Explore Pro Football and Pro Baseball, check matchups and scores, and follow your progress through the competition. MORE WAYS TO PLAY Visit Arcade for Football and Baseball Trivia or play 4th & Forever. Run, jump, slide, time your tackles, and develop your player as you progress. FOLLOW THE RANKINGS Compare weekly Trivia results, browse previous weeks, and follow season or postseason standings. Features and league actions vary by sport and league phase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DraftStakes at every 2 weeks against Clinch Sports's every 11 months. DraftStakes also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Clinch Sports's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 5.0 for Clinch Sports against 5.0 for DraftStakes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DraftStakes has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Clinch Sports ships an update every 11 months, DraftStakes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clinch Sports | DraftStakes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Clinch Sports Inc | DraftStakes LLC |
Customer experience
Clinch Sports
DraftStakes
In-app purchases
Clinch Sports
No in-app purchases
DraftStakes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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