Comparison

You Know Ball vs RNKD.

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

Head to head
About

You Know Ball

Test your sports knowledge with daily trivia challenges across major leagues. Compete with friends, track your progress with stats and badges, and practice your skills in a dedicated mode. It's a free, ad-free way to prove you know sports.

Highlights
  • Daily trivia questions
  • Practice mode
  • Stats and badges
  • Compete with friends
  • Archive of old questions
Features
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Think you know sports? Prove it. You Know Ball delivers 6 fresh trivia questions every day across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college football, and college basketball. Answer daily, build your streak, and climb the leaderboard. Features: - Daily Trivia — 6 questions, one per league, refreshed every day - Film Room — Practice mode to sharpen your skills - Trophy Case — Track your stats and earn badges - Groups — Compete with friends and see who really knows ball - Archive — Missed a day? Go back and practice old questions Free to play. No ads. Just sports.

About

RNKD.

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Rnkd is the fastest way to run round-robin leagues and Americano doubles sessions for padel, squash, tennis, pickleball, and 15 more sports. Create a league in seconds — Rnkd generates the schedule, tracks scores, and updates standings in real time. Host Americano nights with provably fair partner rotation. Share live standings online so everyone can follow along. No spreadsheets. No WhatsApp groups. Just tap, score, and play. AMERICANO SESSIONS Host one-night Americano doubles with rotating partners. Provably fair rotation where everyone partners everyone. Individual cumulative point standings. Fairness audit so you can see the math. Perfect for padel, pickleball, tennis, and table tennis. SHARE ONLINE (PRO) Publish your standings to a live web page anyone can view — no app needed. Players open the link on any phone, tablet, or club TV. Optional password protection with real encryption. Players can even submit scores from the browser — you approve in-app. SHARE EVERYTHING Share beautiful standings tables, match results, player stats cards, and ELO charts as images — perfect for Instagram Stories, WhatsApp, or iMessage. Export full results as PDF. QR codes for easy sharing at club nights. PLAYER PROFILES Create persistent player profiles that follow you across leagues and sessions. Upload a photo, track your global stats, and build your competitive history over time. ELO RATINGS Every profiled player gets a dynamic ELO skill rating (starting at 1500) that updates after each match. See how you stack up and track your improvement with interactive trend charts. HEAD-TO-HEAD Compare any two players side by side. View match record, set ratio, point differential, and a chronological list of past meetings. CROSS-LEAGUE STATS Your profile aggregates wins, losses, sets, and points across every league and session you've played in. One place to see your full competitive history. EFFORTLESS LEAGUE CREATION Create a new league in seconds. Just pick your sport, add players, and Rnkd automatically generates a fair round-robin schedule where everyone plays everyone. 19 SPORTS SUPPORTED - Racquet Sports: Squash, Tennis, Padel, Table Tennis, Badminton, Pickleball, Racquetball, Beach Tennis - Team Sports: Soccer, Basketball, Handball, Hockey - Volleyball: Indoor & Beach Volleyball - Other: Darts, Bowling, Golf, Chess, Pool/Billiards SMART SCORING Score matches quickly using simple tap controls - no keyboard needed. Tap any score number to enter it directly on a numpad, or use the ± steppers. Rnkd automatically validates scores based on each sport's rules, including win-by-2 margins and tiebreaks. LIVE STANDINGS Watch the leaderboard update in real-time as matches are completed. Our 4-tier ranking system handles ties fairly: 1. Matches won 2. Head-to-head results 3. Set/game difference 4. Point difference FLEXIBLE FORMATS Choose single set, best-of-3, or best-of-5 for leagues. Choose points per match (16, 21, 24, or 32) for Americano sessions. Add extra rounds anytime. FINALIZE & REOPEN When your league or session is complete, finalize to lock in results. Changed your mind? Reopen anytime to add more rounds. WORKS OFFLINE All your data stays on your device. No account required. The Share Online feature (Pro) is the only thing that uses internet — everything else works without connectivity. Perfect for: - Office leagues - Club nights - Padel Americano nights - Friend groups - Training squads - Casual tournaments SUBSCRIPTION INFO Rnkd Pro is available as a monthly ($4.99/month) or annual ($24.99/year) auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase ($59.99). Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Privacy Policy: https://getrnkd.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://getrnkd.app/terms

Screenshots

You Know Ball4 screens
RNKD.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: You Know Ball at none against RNKD.'s 3. You Know Ball also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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. RNKD. sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. You Know Ball asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

You Know Ball ships an update daily, RNKD. every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
You Know Ball versus RNKD.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYou Know BallRNKD.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJACOB COLTON WADEMaciej Stepkowski

In-app purchases

None

You Know Ball

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RNKD.

Subscriptions2
  • Rnkd Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Rnkd Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rnkd Pro (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is You Know Ball free?
You Know Ball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RNKD. free?
RNKD. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do You Know Ball or RNKD. have ads?
Neither You Know Ball nor RNKD. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, You Know Ball or RNKD.?
You Know Ball ships an update daily, and RNKD. every 3 weeks. Most recently, You Know Ball was updated on October 31, 2026 and RNKD. on October 25, 2026.

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