CFB pick'ems vs Slate Pools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CFB pick'ems
Organize and compete in college football pick'em pools with friends. Make weekly picks against the spread, designate a lock, and track your progress on a live leaderboard. Crown weekly and season champions with ease.
- Season-long pick'em pools
- Picks against the spread
- Lock of the week
- Live leaderboard updates
- Group invitations via link
- Commissioner tools
- Weekly and season awards
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CFB Pick'ems — the college football pick'em pool for your group chat. Run your season-long pool without the spreadsheet. Pick games against the spread, call your Lock of the week, and battle your friends up the leaderboard all season. HOW IT WORKS - Make your picks before kickoff each week - Pick winners against the spread, plus bonus picks: Most points, Least points, and a 6+ Upset special - Call your one Lock of the week for double the swing - Watch the leaderboard update as games finish BUILT FOR YOUR CREW - Create a pool and invite friends with one link - Everyone's picks, standings, and weekly winners in one place - Commissioner tools to run the season: set games, enter results, lock/unlock weeks - Ranked matchups (AP Top 25), spreads, and scores kept up to date SEASON-LONG SCORING - Points for every correct pick, weekly bonuses, and end-of-season awards - See exactly which games you got right and wrong each week - Crown a weekly winner and a season champion CFB Pick'ems is free, fast, and made for talking trash with the people you actually watch football with. No spreadsheets, no clutter — just picks, standings, and bragging rights. Powered by Visory AI.
Slate Pools
Manage and participate in various football pools, including pick'em, survivor, and squares. It automatically tracks scores, odds, and leaderboards, simplifying bookkeeping for both pool organizers and players.
- Pick'em, survivor, underdog, and squares pools
- Real Vegas odds and live scores
- Automatic grading and live leaderboards
- Weekly picks grid hidden until kickoff
- Customizable notifications
- Season-long tracking features
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Slate runs your football pool and does the bookkeeping for you. Weekly against-the-spread pick'em, NFL survivor, CFB underdog, and squares pools, with real Vegas lines and live scores pulled in automatically, every pick graded the moment games go final, and a season-long leaderboard that keeps itself. TWO WAYS TO USE IT Running the pool? Set the rules once, then post each week however your group already works: paste the group-chat message, scan a screenshot, or build it right in the app. Slate handles the odds, the scoring, the standings, and the reminders. Just playing in one? Your commissioner doesn't need Slate. Pull in the week's games and lines, lock in your picks, keep your season history, and copy a clean list to paste back into the group chat. It's your own command center for someone else's pool. WHAT YOU GET - Pick'em, survivor, underdog, and squares, college or NFL - Vegas odds and live scores, kept fresh until kickoff - Automatic grading and a live leaderboard, no spreadsheet - A weekly picks grid that stays hidden from other members until kickoff - Notifications you control by type and by league, including a ping the moment a game you picked finishes - Perfect-week, streak, double-down, and game-of-the-week tracking Slate doesn't take bets, hold money, or pay out winnings. Buy-ins, if your pool has them, are settled between members the same way they always were.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slate Pools at 5.0 against CFB pick'ems's 2.7. CFB pick'ems's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Slate Pools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | CFB pick'ems | Slate Pools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tyler Hart | ALEX JOHN FEDUS |
Customer experience
CFB pick'ems
Slate Pools
In-app purchases
CFB pick'ems
No in-app purchases
Slate Pools
No in-app purchases









