The real screens, with a made-up pool in them. Nothing here is a picture.
What you actually get
You run this:It tells you what needs doing, and does it
Survivor and the bracket wall chart too →
What running it actually needs
It tells you what needs doingWho is short of picks, what has no line, who has not paid
And does it from thereNudge them without leaving the row
Nobody is charged mid-seasonThe price is on this page, before you sign up
Mute one pool, not all of themEvery reminder says which pool it came from
The money stays yoursWe never hold it, move it, or take a cut
Built for the phoneEvery screen, not a desktop grid squeezed onto one
How it compares
| Feature | Pick Ninja | ESPN | CBS | Yahoo | RunYourPool | OfficePoolStop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nudge non-pickers | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mute one pool | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Phone-first | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Never touches the pot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Push notifications | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Price, 25 entries | $23.95 | Free | Free | Free | $29.95 | $25 |
Checked from each product’s own published pages, 12 September 2026. Products change — if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it. Push notifications are the row we lose; they are on the list. Ours is free this season while we are in beta - the price shown is what it becomes after.
four ways to play
How it goes
1Set it upChoose a format and how it scores. The defaults are sensible if you would rather not fuss over it.
2Send one linkInvite by email, or paste the link and password into a group chat. Whoever you invited joins in a tap.
3Then leave it aloneEvery line freezes on a clock rather than a countdown — 4pm ET the day before, or 1pm Sunday for the night games. It never moves after that. Results land as games finish and the standings keep themselves. You just talk trash.
What it costs
How many entries30
$27.95$0free while we're in beta
93¢ an entry
The same pool elsewherechecked 12 September 2026
Pick Ninja$27.95
RunYourPoolFlat brackets by entry count$49.95OfficeFootballPool$3.00 an entry, flat$90SimplySportsWare$19.95 for ten, then $2.00 each$59.95Gridiron GamesFirst free, then $2.00 falling to $0.75$58OfficePoolStop$1.00 falling to $0.50, minimum $20$30Sunday SurvivorFree to ten, then flat brackets$34ESPN, Yahoo, CBSFree, paid for by advertisingfreeSplash Sports10% of the prize money, at $50 a head$150Tap any of them for the page we read it from. Sunday Survivor comes in under us at most sizes below five hundred entries — they run survivor pools and nothing else. Splash Sports is the same company as RunYourPool.
That is the whole price. Stripe’s card fee of $1.11 comes out of it, not on top — we keep $26.84. Nothing is added at checkout.
How the rate falls
First 2595¢—
26 – 5080¢16% off
51 – 10050¢47% off
101 – 25045¢53% off
251 – 50040¢58% off
501 – 1,00032¢66% off
1,001 and up30¢68% off
Each band prices only the entries inside it, so the bill never jumps and never drops. The rate falls as the pool grows, so the bigger it gets the less each person costs. Most hosts charge the same per head however many you invite.
No percentage of the prize pool. No player fees. One payment.
Free while we’re in beta
Nothing to pay this season and no card to enter. The price above is what we plan to charge after it, so you know what you are getting into.
- Players never pay. Only whoever runs the pool ever will.
- Free through the first week of the season, with no card to enter.
- No ads — and never a sportsbook ad, whatever they offer.
- We never hold or move prize money. That stays between you and your group.
- Nothing auto-renews. You get an email in August and decide then.
Pools are private to the people in them — there is no public board to browse, and your picks stay yours until kickoff. We never hold or move prize money; that is between you and whoever runs your pool.