Comparison

BroThrow vs NotateMate

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

Head to head
About

BroThrow

This platform allows users to engage in peer-to-peer sports betting, directly competing against other bettors. It offers a fairer betting experience by avoiding traditional sportsbook fees and enables users to create, accept, and track bets with verified community members. Users settle bets directly with opponents, maximizing cost savings.

Highlights
  • Peer-to-peer sports betting
  • Direct competition against other bettors
  • No traditional sportsbook fees
  • Create, accept, and track bets
  • ID-verified community members
  • Direct settlement with opponents
  • Pre-game and live betting markets
Features
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What is BroThrow? How does it work? BroThrow is a free peer-to-peer sports betting platform where you compete directly against other bettors instead of against “the house.” Rather than charging fees on every bet you make, BroThrow earns revenue if you choose to subscribe to our PRO features, delivering you the fairest way to bet on sports. We provide the platform; you create, accept, and track bets directly with other ID-verified BroThrow community members. To maximize your cost savings compared to betting through a traditional sportsbook, you settle up directly with your opponents. Why use BroThrow instead of a sportsbook? If you like saving money and having a fair chance at winning, you’ll love BroThrow. Betting through a traditional sportsbook is expensive: sportsbooks charge a 10-20% premium on EVERY BET you make. We believe betting $10 to win $10 is the way it should be, not $11 or $12 to win $10. What markets does BroThrow offer? We offer pre-game spreads, totals, and moneylines across most major sports including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, golf, UFC, and boxing. For big events like the Super Bowl, we also offer live betting on these markets at halftime. Where is BroThrow available? BroThrow is available to users 21+ across the US, except in the following states: CO, KS.

About

NotateMate

Features
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Play the game. Let your phone write it down. Prop your phone beside the board and NotateMate reads the moves as you play them — no scoresheet, no tapping between moves, no reconstructing the game afterwards from memory. THREE THINGS TO DO. THE REST IS AUTOMATIC. 1. Line up the board. Stand your phone next to the board and drag the four corners onto the corners of the board. Once per game. 2. Play. Each move is recognised as it lands and appended to the notation. Reach over the board, take your time, castle either way round — it waits for the position to settle. 3. Stop, and it's written. The finished game is already saved with its moves, players and result. Add names, then keep it, export it, or send it somewhere. THE CAMERA NEVER LEAVES YOUR PHONE Recognition runs entirely on the device. No frame of your board, your hands or the room around you is ever uploaded, stored on a server or seen by anyone. What can leave your phone is the list of moves — never the picture it came from. There is no advertising, no analytics and no tracking of any kind. SHARE IT LIVE — ONLY IF YOU WANT TO Start a broadcast and you get a link. Send it to a parent, a coach or a club, and they watch the moves appear as you play them — in a browser, with no app to install and no account to make. Broadcasts can be public and listed for anyone to find, or link-only and reachable just by the people you send it to. THE GAME DOESN'T STOP AT THE NOTATION Every recorded game is standard PGN, so it goes wherever you already study. • Export a PGN file, or the whole game as an animated GIF for a group chat • Send a finished game straight to Lichess or Chess.com for analysis • Step through any saved game move by move on a full board • Sign in and your games follow you to another device WHAT IT NEEDS A standard chess set, reasonable light, and somewhere to stand your phone. No electronic board, no special equipment, no internet connection to record. If a position stops making sense, it tells you rather than guessing. You get a prompt instead of a wrong game recorded in silence. PLANS Free — record 3 games a month. No account needed. Scoresheet — unlimited recording, paid once. Recording only; no subscription, ever. Pro — unlimited recording, plus live broadcasting and your games synced across devices. Monthly or yearly, after a free trial. Every plan saves unlimited games on the phone, exports PGN and GIF, uploads to Lichess and Chess.com, and watches other people's broadcasts. What the paid plans change is how many games you can record, and whether you can broadcast your own. An account is only needed for broadcasting and syncing. Recording, saving and exporting all work without one, and games recorded while signed out never leave the phone. WHERE IT'S USED Club nights, practice games, coaching, skittles rooms, home study, and by organisers putting their boards online. Many rated events don't allow a phone switched on at the board — check with your arbiter before recording a rated game. Watching someone else's broadcast works on any plan, including Free. Anyone you send a link to can watch in a browser too — no app, no account required. Questions: support@notatemate.com

Screenshots

BroThrow4 screens
NotateMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BroThrow at none against NotateMate's 3. NotateMate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. NotateMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. BroThrow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BroThrow ships an update every 9 days, NotateMate every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BroThrow versus NotateMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBroThrowNotateMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB31 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBroThrowSberry LLC

In-app purchases

None

BroThrow

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

NotateMate

Subscriptions2
  • Pro14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scoresheet$88.99

Questions

Is BroThrow free?
BroThrow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NotateMate free?
NotateMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BroThrow or NotateMate have ads?
BroThrow shows ads; NotateMate does not.
Which is updated more often, BroThrow or NotateMate?
BroThrow ships an update every 9 days, and NotateMate every 3 days. Most recently, BroThrow was updated on October 25, 2026 and NotateMate on October 24, 2026.

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