The best apps to bet with friends

The options

1. 01

   WagerLab

   Track Friendly Bets. Run Pools & Pick'ems

   WagerLab is better if you never wanted money involved. Because nothing real is staked, there is no deposit step, no legal question about where you live, and nobody can be out of pocket over a bad call. It also ships pools and pick'em formats that Poll does not, so a big multi-week office contest is easier to run there.

   Pick it if: You want the scoreboard and the trash talk without cash changing hands, or you specifically want a pick'em or pool format rather than a single yes or no bet.

   Poll vs WagerLab in full

2. 02

   Rounder

   Prove you know it best!

   Rounder is a better fit for a group that mostly wants the receipts. There is no funding step, no question about whether real-money betting is allowed where you live, and no chance of a friendship taking damage over an actual payout. The shareable proof of who called it right is the whole product, and it is good at that.

   Pick it if: Your group argues for fun and nobody wants cash involved, or you are on iPhone and just want to settle who was right without anyone opening a wallet.

   Poll vs Rounder in full

3. 03

   FinalCall

   Social Bet Tracker for Friends

   FinalCall is lighter. There is no wallet to fund and no balance to think about, and because it never touches the money it sidesteps the questions that come with holding funds. If your group already settles reliably over Venmo, a tracker is genuinely all you need and FinalCall is a tidy one.

   Pick it if: Your friends always pay up, and you only need a record of what was agreed rather than something that enforces it.

   Poll vs FinalCall in full

4. 04

   BroThrow

   The leader in social sports betting

   BroThrow gives you properly priced sports lines without needing a friend to agree a market first, graded from official league data against a published rulebook, and it takes no fee on the bet itself, though it does not publish what its optional PRO tier costs. Counterparties are ID verified, and a public marketplace means someone can fill your bet when your own group will not. For straight sports betting that is a better shape than writing your own question.

   Pick it if: You want real spreads and totals at a market price, you are betting sports and nothing else, and your circle reliably settles up without being chased.

   Poll vs BroThrow in full

5. 05

   BetOpenly

   Only 1% Juice, Always

   BetOpenly is the better product for serious sports betting. Settlement is objective and automatic from the final score, so no friend group has to agree on anything, and their rules are deliberately blunt about it. They publish an exact fee, 1% of the pot charged only to the winner, which is more than Poll does. They run conventional US bank rails with identity verification and tax reporting, which suits people who do not want a crypto wallet, and they carry real marketplace liquidity plus formats Poll has none of.

   Pick it if: You bet sports seriously, you want a result graded from the scoreboard rather than by your friends, and you would rather use a US bank account than fund a wallet.

   Poll vs BetOpenly in full

6. 06

   BettorEdge

   Bet against people, not the house.

   BettorEdge is the stronger product if you want serious sports betting without a sportsbook's margin. A real marketplace means sharper prices and someone to take the other side without waiting on a friend, and they have done the work to operate across a lot of US states with identity verification in place. Poll has none of that liquidity and does not try to.

   Pick it if: You bet sports seriously, you want a better price than a sportsbook line, and you do not mind that the other side is a stranger.

   Poll vs BettorEdge in full

7. 07

   Poll

   Ours, so weigh it accordingly

   Poll is for the bet that is not on any board. You write the question yourself, share a private link, and everyone stakes real cash to join. The stake is held until the group confirms the result, then the pot pays out onchain, so nobody spends January chasing anyone. There is no line, no bookmaker and no house.

   Pick it if: the argument is between people who know each other, the question is not a sports line, or someone in the group is slow to settle up.

   Skip it if: you want sportsbook markets with real liquidity, or you never wanted money involved in the first place. Two of the apps above do those jobs better.

How to choose