Comparison

PikSheet vs Bears Buddy

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

Head to head
About

PikSheet

Easily manage sports pools with friends, family, or colleagues. Create custom pools, collect picks, track standings, and view group selections all in one place. Supports various pool formats for season-long organization.

Highlights
  • Create custom sports pools
  • Invite friends and groups
  • Collect and track picks
  • View real-time standings
  • Supports multiple pool formats
  • Manage members and settings
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PikSheet is a sports pool manager built for friends, families, offices, and commissioners who want a cleaner way to run season-long pools. Create a pool, invite your group, collect picks, track standings, and see the field of picks each week from one app. Supported pool formats include: • Pick'em • High 5 • Best Bet • Confidence • Margin • Survivor • Touchdown Calls • Box pools Commissioners can manage members, entries, pool settings, spreads, box squares, results, and standings. Members can join pools, make picks, review rules, follow live standings, and see how the rest of the pool picked when picks are visible. PikSheet is designed for pool organization and scoring. PikSheet does not hold entry fees, accept bets, set prizes, or pay winnings. Whether you run one casual pool or manage several formats across a season, PikSheet keeps the whole thing organized.

About

Bears Buddy

This app provides Chicago Bears fans with comprehensive game day information, team and player statistics, historical betting trends, and fantasy roster tracking. It offers advanced analytics and customizable stat goals for dedicated fans.

Highlights
  • Game day information at a glance
  • Historical betting market context
  • Stadium mode for low-signal areas
  • Detailed team and player stats with league ranks
  • Customizable stat tracking with goal alerts
  • Fantasy roster management
  • Injury list and roster/schedule views
Features
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Bears Buddy is the independent, unofficial fan companion app for die-hard Chicago Bears fans, from creator Bears Buddy. GAME DAY, AT A GLANCE • Next Game tile — opponent, date, kickoff time, and venue plus stats to give you an edge • Live record, updated automatically all season BETTOR'S EDGE (INFORMATIONAL) • Historical betting-market context — how past games landed against the spread and total, referee crew tendencies, and situational trends drawn from games since 1999 • For information and entertainment only. Bears Buddy does not facilitate wagering, take bets, offer live odds, or link to any sportsbook. Includes an in-app Responsible Gaming section with a helpline, and can be turned off in Settings. STADIUM MODE • Activated on Game Days • Streamlined, low-signal view for when you're at the game or at a jammed bar • Let's you stay connected to the game in slow data locations TEAM & PLAYER STATS • Team stats — offense, defense, and special teams — each ranked against all 32 teams in the league • Full player stats with league ranks, career history charts, and head-to-head player compare • Advanced analytics, Next Gen tracking data, and play charting for the stat geeks • Star any stat to pin it to your own Favorites view STANDINGS • Every division in both conferences, for any season back to 1999 • Record, win %, points for and against, offensive and defensive yards, home and away splits, and current streak • Tap any division for a week-by-week placement chart showing how the race actually unfolded STAT TRACKER • Set a goal for any countable player or team stat — passing yards, sacks, receptions, whatever you care about • Track it by week or across the whole season, with a color-coded progress bar • Optional milestone alerts at 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% • Your tracked goals stay on your device and are never uploaded FANTASY ROSTER • Keep your fantasy players and team defenses in one private list, scored for the full season or any single week • PPR or standard scoring, starters and bench, and a running total that counts your starters • Kicker and defense scoring is ours and is labelled as such, with the full rules a tap away • It's a roster, not a lineup adviser — no projections, ever • Your roster stays on your device and is never uploaded INJURY LIST • Who's on injured reserve, by team or across the league, with the week each stint began • Always stamped with the week it reflects, so you know exactly how current it is ROSTERS & SCHEDULE • Full roster for the Bears — or any team in the league • Season schedule in grid, list, or month-calendar view with crucial matchup stats • League-wide, week-by-week view of every NFL matchup • Pregame and postgame breakdowns — team and player stats for any game STAY IN THE LOOP • Game-day reminders, new-video alerts, and final-score notifications Bears Buddy is an independent, unofficial fan application. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Football League or the Chicago Bears Football Club. All team and league names, logos, and trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used for informational and commentary purposes only. Schedule and statistics are compiled from publicly available open-source data repositories.

Screenshots

PikSheet4 screens
Bears Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bears Buddy at weekly against PikSheet's monthly. Bears Buddy also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PikSheet against 5.0 for Bears Buddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PikSheet ships an update monthly, Bears Buddy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PikSheet versus Bears Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPikSheetBears Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB69 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPikSheet.com LLCDAVID EUGENE HEELEY

Customer experience

PikSheet

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

Bears Buddy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PikSheet

No in-app purchases

None

Bears Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PikSheet free?
PikSheet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bears Buddy free?
Bears Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PikSheet or Bears Buddy?
PikSheet and Bears Buddy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do PikSheet or Bears Buddy have ads?
Neither PikSheet nor Bears Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PikSheet or Bears Buddy?
PikSheet ships an update monthly, and Bears Buddy weekly. Most recently, PikSheet was updated on October 12, 2026 and Bears Buddy on October 3, 2026.

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