Comparison

Draftable vs Draft Circles

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

Head to head
About

Draftable

Compete with friends by drafting lists for any topic, from sports to music. Everyone votes on the best drafts in real-time, with winners earning bragging rights. Play with or without the app via a shareable web link.

Highlights
  • Snake-draft party game
  • 200+ diverse categories
  • Real-time multiplayer
  • Live voting and leaderboards
  • Shareable web link for non-users
  • Create or join rooms with friends
Features
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Who's got the best taste? Prove it. Draftable is the party draft game that turns any topic into a competition. Pick a category, draft your list, then let your group chat vote on who drafted best. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • CLASSIC: Snake draft anything. Type your picks, defend your choices. • MONEYBALL: The viral $20 draft. Everyone gets a budget, and every name has a price tag. Stars cost $7, bargains cost $1. Can you build a winner without going broke? • AUCTION: Put a name on the block and bid against your friends. Every bid resets the clock, and the high bidder when time runs out wins it. Bluff, bait, and blow your budget. HOW IT PLAYS → Create or join a room with friends → Pick a mode and a category (NBA Players, NHL Legends, Fast Food, Movie Villains...) → Draft, sign, or bid your way to a full roster → Vote in the app or share the poll. It works for anyone, no app needed → Winner takes the bragging rights WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • 200+ Classic categories across Sports, Food, Music, TV & Film, Games, and more • 38 price-tagged boards with nearly 2,000 names: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, WNBA, Olympians, tennis, golf, F1, UFC, boxing, and more • Real-time multiplayer: see every pick and bid land live • Vote right inside iMessage, in the app, or by a shareable web link • Share every roster in one image, or copy them all as text • No group handy? Play solo against bots for free • Bring 5 new friends into a game and get a free week of Pro DRAFTABLE PRO Set your own prices, unlock every board (in rooms and in solo play), add a pick timer, and track wins on a room leaderboard. When a Pro member hosts, everyone in the room gets Pro. Draftable Pro is $1.99/week and auto-renews until canceled. Manage it anytime in your App Store settings. Terms: https://timestampgame.com/terms.html Privacy: https://timestampgame.com/privacy-draftable.html Download free and start a room in seconds.

About

Draft Circles

Turn any subject into a competitive game with live auctions and custom rules. Players bid on items from a shared budget, aiming to build the best roster. Play locally on one device or with friends remotely.

Highlights
  • 1,000+ built-in topics
  • Live auction-style bidding
  • One device or multiplayer
  • Custom topic creation
  • Player trading
  • Draft history
Features
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Draft Circles turns any topic into a game. Pick a theme from over 1,000 built-in topics, everyone gets the same starting budget, and you take turns bidding on your favorite picks in a live auction. Highest bid wins the item. Best roster at the end wins the room. Play with everyone huddled around one phone, or start a room and have friends join live from their own. Set your own rules: budget size, number of rounds, turn timers, blind bidding, and trading after the draft. - 1,000+ ready-to-play topics: Movies & TV, Music, Sports Legends, Travel, Gaming, and more - Live auction-style bidding against a shared budget - One Device or Multiplayer (2+ phones) - Build your own custom topics from scratch - Trade picks with other players after the draft - Share results as a link or an image - Local draft history, so you never lose track of past games No account required. No ads. Open it and start drafting.

Screenshots

Draftable4 screens
Draft Circles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Draft Circles at 4.5 against Draftable's 3.0. Draftable's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Draft Circles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Draftable's written reviews are positive against 75% of Draft Circles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draftable ships an update daily, Draft Circles weekly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Draftable versus Draft Circles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftableDraft Circles
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB35 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAndrew MaxwellBenjamin Carteau

Customer experience

Draftable

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Draft Circles

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Draftable

No in-app purchases

None

Draft Circles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draftable free?
Draftable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draft Circles free?
Draft Circles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Draftable or Draft Circles?
Draft Circles is rated higher. Draftable averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Draft Circles averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Draftable or Draft Circles have ads?
Neither Draftable nor Draft Circles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draftable or Draft Circles?
Draftable ships an update daily, and Draft Circles weekly. Most recently, Draftable was updated on October 7, 2026 and Draft Circles on October 7, 2026.

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