Battle Bets vs Fifth Down Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Battle Bets
Compete with friends in college football betting leagues using only fake money. Track your bets live, earn points, and dominate your league. Enjoy the thrill of competition without any real gambling.
- Create custom leagues with friends
- Place bets using fake money
- Track live game scores and picks
- Compete for league points
- Join public community leagues
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Battle Bets is the best way to compete with your friends over college football. No real money involved. It's your go-to app for College Football Saturdays. Here's how it works: • Create a league with your friends • Place bets each week using fake money • Track your bets live as you watch the games • Earn points during the season to win your league Features: • Leagues – Create leagues and send out the league invitation to your friends. No maximum league size. • Bets – Place bets each week on spreads, over/unders, money lines, and prop bets for college football. • Scoreboard – Follow your picks live with real-time scores and box score data. • League Activity – See which bets your friends make and how you stack up against them throughout the season. Don't have a league? Join the Battle Bets Community League and compete with fans across the country. Battle Bets does not involve ANY real gambling. Just competition! Download today. Fake money. Real fun.
Fifth Down Challenge
Create and join college football pick'em leagues with friends. Make five weekly picks against the spread or over/under, with your selections hidden until game time. Track live scores and league standings.
- Create custom pick'em leagues
- Make five weekly picks
- Picks hidden until game time
- Live scores and gameday board
- League standings by win percentage
- League administration tools
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Fifth Down runs a college football pick'em league for you and your friends. Everyone takes five picks a week — spreads, over/unders, any mix. Picks stay hidden from the rest of the league until each game kicks off, so nobody can tail you. Once the ball is in the air, the Gameday board shows who took what and how it's going. The line you take is frozen the moment you pick it. If it moves afterwards, you're graded on the number you took. WHAT YOU GET • The week's slate, with lines that update all week • Your card at a glance, so you can check your five without hunting • Live scores and a league-wide board on gameday • Standings by win percentage — one table, no arguments • Your school's logo as your badge • A rules page written from your league's own settings FOR WHOEVER RUNS IT Rename the league, cap the number of teams, remove players, or hand the job to someone else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Battle Bets at 5.0 against Fifth Down Challenge's 4.0. Battle Bets also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 4). Fifth Down Challenge's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Battle Bets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battle Bets has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Battle Bets ships an update every 9 days, Fifth Down Challenge weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Battle Bets | Fifth Down Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (24 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Battle Bets Technology, Inc. | Fifth Down Sports LLC |
Customer experience
Battle Bets
Fifth Down Challenge
In-app purchases
Battle Bets
No in-app purchases
Fifth Down Challenge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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