Comparison

Battle Bets vs Fifth Down Challenge

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Battle Bets4 screens
Fifth Down Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Battle Bets versus Fifth Down Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattle BetsFifth Down Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (24 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB47 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBattle Bets Technology, Inc.Fifth Down Sports LLC

Customer experience

Battle Bets

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fifth Down Challenge

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Battle Bets

No in-app purchases

None

Fifth Down Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Battle Bets free?
Battle Bets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fifth Down Challenge free?
Fifth Down Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Battle Bets or Fifth Down Challenge?
Battle Bets is rated higher. Battle Bets averages 5.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Fifth Down Challenge averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Battle Bets or Fifth Down Challenge have ads?
Neither Battle Bets nor Fifth Down Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Battle Bets or Fifth Down Challenge?
Battle Bets ships an update every 9 days, and Fifth Down Challenge weekly. Most recently, Battle Bets was updated on November 4, 2026 and Fifth Down Challenge on November 6, 2026.

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