Pro Football Draft Machine vs MockOut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pro Football Draft Machine
Access comprehensive NFL Draft history data, including every pick, team, and player. Customize queries with filters like year, team, and position to analyze draft performance and trends.
- Full NFL Draft history data
- Details on every pick and team
- Analyze pick performance
- Customizable query filters
- Mobile access to Pro Football Reference data
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Get all the information you could ever want on every pick in NFL Draft history, with full details on every pick by every team from the Pro-Football-Reference.com database. Download this app now to find out who's picking where in 2015, the best pick at that position in the history of the draft, and the average performance of picks at that position. This app also allows users to make customized queries across every NFL draft pick in history, with filters such as year, team, college, position, round, etc. The only limits to your queries are your own imagination. This is the only app to bring the power of the Pro Football Reference Play Index to your mobile device.
MockOut
Experience the most realistic NFL Draft simulation with constantly updated rankings, team needs, and trade logic. Easily share your mock draft results instantly on social media with a clean, detailed format.
- Realistic simulation engine
- Updated prospect rankings
- Team needs analysis
- Trade logic
- Intuitive user interface
- Instant social sharing
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The MockOut Mock Draft Simulator changes everything you thought was possible for the NFL Draft. Constant updates to our prospect rankings, team needs, trade logic, and the Sim Engine mean that we have the most realistic simulator anywhere. The NFL Mock Draft Simulator is incredibly intuitive, easy to use, and responsive to user input without any lags. Most importantly, you can now share your simulation results easily and instantaneously on all your favorite social sites. The days of blurry screen grabs are over. Now you can share a clean, detailed mock draft with the press of a button. Share your team results, or even the entire first round of an NFL Draft Simulation! And there's so much more coming soon...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MockOut at 65% against Pro Football Draft Machine's 17%. MockOut also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.1) and ratings volume (91 vs 8). Pro Football Draft Machine's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MockOut holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MockOut has 91 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Pro Football Draft Machine's written reviews are positive against 65% of MockOut's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pro Football Draft Machine | MockOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.1 (8 ratings) | 3.9 (91 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 65.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 91 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sports Reference LLC | MockOut, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pro Football Draft Machine
MockOut
Bugs and requests
Pro Football Draft Machine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MockOut
Reported bugs
13 issues- Who would I pick? button sometimes doesn't load
- Does not update who you drafted
- White bars with round numbers are annoying
- Picks can be simulated over unexpectedly
- Drafted player can be bumped to another team's pick
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- Trades involving multiple picks in the same round don't transfer correctly
- Trades accepted but picks don't exchange
- Trade details not displayed in dark mode
- Can't see trade terms unless you hit counter
- Crashes suddenly
- CPU teams will not offer to trade up with the user
- Won't let me make trades
- Can't trade
Requested features
37 requests- Add draft league feature
- Add trade offers for #1 overall pick
- Add save and review old mocks
- Add points on correct picks for mocks
- Add free agent predictions
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- Add ability to reverse draft deals
- Add players in trades
- Add undo selection feature
- Add old drafts (since 2000)
- Add ability to share full 3 rounds
- Add team logos instead of abbreviations
- Add option to turn off trading
- Update draft prospect order
- Add draft grading system
- Add team needs tab
- Add player profiles
- Add ratings or more info on prospects
- Add ability to see upcoming picks
- Add ability to see who you've drafted
- Add draft grades
- Add different draft rankings from other sources
- Add profile info on each player
- Add CPU trade offers
- Add draft picks for another year out
- Add play with friend feature
- Add ability to reorder teams without trading picks
- Add more realistic draft projections
- Allow drafting using different and current consensus draft projections
- Use NFL trade charts to validate trades
- Add a tab to quickly show picks made
- Add team roster for trading current players
- Add player scouting notes
- Add more realistic sim and update player rankings
- Add trade offers for the first pick
- Add ability to see full trade details
- Add ability to see draft position context for trades
- Add ability to see what picks are coming up when trading
In-app purchases
Pro Football Draft Machine
No in-app purchases
MockOut
No in-app purchases
Questions
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