Comparison

CFB Live vs CFB GameDay Board

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

Head to head
About

CFB Live

Follow college football with live scores, team tracking, and detailed statistics. Offers customizable widgets for your home screen and Apple Watch, with advanced analytics for dedicated fans. Enjoy an ad-free experience focused solely on the game.

Highlights
  • Live college football scores
  • Favorite team tracking
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Detailed statistics
  • Customizable scoreboards (Pro)
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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**College football without the clutter. No ads. Just football.** CFB Live gives you a fast, focused way to follow college football all season long. Check live scores, track your favorite teams, explore detailed statistics, and keep up with the action right from your Home Screen or Apple Watch. No ads. No distractions. Just the college football you care about. **COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE** Your scoreboard is always within reach. • **Free Home Screen Widgets:** See a game featuring one of your favorite teams, automatically selected for you. • **Pro Scoreboard Widgets:** Fill your Home Screen with live scores, upcoming matchups, and final results. • **Custom Widget Profiles (Pro):** Build personalized scoreboards for your favorite teams, conferences, or Top 25 matchups. • **Pinned Widget Games (Pro):** Choose exactly which games appear, or let CFB Live automatically highlight favorites, tracked games, close matchups, and potential upsets. • **Apple Watch (Pro):** Follow games from your wrist, with watch face complications and Smart Stack support. **FOLLOW THE ACTION** Everything you need to stay on top of game day. • Live college football scores, schedules, and game status • Favorite teams and track the matchups that matter most • Automatically highlight close games and potential upsets • Hide scores to avoid spoilers when watching games on delay • Detailed box scores, play-by-play, and scoring drives • Game Flow visualizations to see how games unfold • Quickly find games, teams, and upcoming matchups **EXPLORE THE NUMBERS** Go beyond the scoreboard and dig into the details. • Detailed team game and season statistics • Player statistics across multiple categories • Team comparisons and radar chart visualizations • Advanced team and player statistics • Live win probability and advanced game analytics (Pro, supported games) **TAKE IT FURTHER WITH CFB LIVE PRO** Make college football your own with powerful features designed for dedicated fans. • Fill your Home Screen with customizable, multi-game scoreboards • Create multiple widget profiles and pin your must-watch matchups • Follow your games on Apple Watch, including watch face complications • Explore advanced statistics, matchup analysis, and win probabilities Whether you're following your favorite team, keeping tabs on a Saturday full of games, or exploring the numbers behind a big matchup, CFB Live puts college football at your fingertips. **All football. No clutter. Absolutely no ads.** EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://cfb-live.nstod.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cfb-live.nstod.com/privacy.html

About

CFB GameDay Board

Access all college football game details in one place, from kickoff times and weather to live scores and betting lines. Filter games by various criteria to customize your view.

Highlights
  • Kickoff times and venue details
  • Stadium weather forecasts
  • TV network and streaming info
  • Point spread and betting lines
  • Live scores and game updates
  • Game filtering by day, conference, and more
  • Search by team, stadium, or TV network
Features
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CFB GameDay Board puts the whole college football slate on one screen. BEFORE KICKOFF - Every FBS game with kickoff time in US Central - Venue, city, elevation, and a one-tap map - Kickoff-hour weather at the stadium: temperature, wind, rain chance, humidity, with flags for heat, wind, rain, and altitude - TV network and streaming service - Publicly posted point spread, total, and moneyline with the implied final score DURING THE GAMES - Live scores, clock, down and distance, last play, red-zone marker - Whether the favorite is covering and what the total needs, updated every 30 seconds - A live desk that lists only the games in progress RIVALRY GAMES - Every trophy game is marked on its card, from the Iron Bowl and The Game to the Old Oaken Bucket and the Wagon Wheel - A rivalry desk lists the day's trophy games, and the Rivalry filter shows the whole week's GAME SHEET - Tap Game on any live or final game for the scoring summary, team box score, passing, rushing and receiving leaders, every drive, and ESPN's win probability chart FILTERS - Day, time window, conference, ranked only, rivalry games, weather-impact only, starred only, all behind one Filters button - Lines sheet, by-network board, and a landslide board for the biggest spreads - Search by team, stadium, city, TV, or conference WIDGETS - Home Screen widgets in three sizes, plus two for the Lock Screen: the day's games with live scores, kickoff times, TV, and the kickoff forecast - Show every game, only the Top 25, or only rivalry games, and tap a live or final game to open its game sheet QUICK ACTIONS AND LINKS - Long-press the app icon for Live Games, your Starred games, By TV (every game grouped by network), or Rivalry Games - Links to cfbgameday.app open straight in the app ON IPAD AND MAC - Two or three columns on a wide screen, in any orientation - A resizable window on Apple silicon Macs - Keyboard shortcuts: Command-1 to 4 switch tabs, Command-F searches, Command-R reloads DATA Scores, schedules, and posted lines come from ESPN's public scoreboard. Weather comes from Open-Meteo. No account, no sign-in, no ads. CFB GameDay Board is an information display. It is not a sportsbook, it does not accept wagers or payments, and it is not betting advice.

Screenshots

CFB Live4 screens
CFB GameDay Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CFB GameDay Board at none against CFB Live's 2. CFB Live's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. CFB Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. CFB GameDay Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CFB Live against 5.0 for CFB GameDay Board. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CFB Live has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CFB Live ships an update every 4 days, CFB GameDay Board every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CFB Live versus CFB GameDay Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCFB LiveCFB GameDay Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNathan StoddartHoyne Labs

Customer experience

CFB Live

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

CFB GameDay Board

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CFB Live

Subscriptions1
  • CFB Live Pro Annual7 Days trial$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • CFB Live Pro Lifetime$4.99
None

CFB GameDay Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CFB Live free?
CFB Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CFB GameDay Board free?
CFB GameDay Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CFB Live or CFB GameDay Board?
CFB GameDay Board is rated higher. CFB Live averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while CFB GameDay Board averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CFB Live or CFB GameDay Board have ads?
Neither CFB Live nor CFB GameDay Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CFB Live or CFB GameDay Board?
CFB Live ships an update every 4 days, and CFB GameDay Board every 5 days. Most recently, CFB Live was updated on November 9, 2026 and CFB GameDay Board on October 31, 2026.

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