Frequently asked questions

BetsPal is a free social community app for sports-betting fans and tipsters. Tipsters post picks on real upcoming games, BetsPal settles each pick automatically from the final score, and every tipster builds a verified public record of win rate, form and ROI, with leaderboards. Friends can tail or fade any pick, upvote, comment, repost, bookmark and follow. It's just for fun: no real money is involved.

No. BetsPal is not a betting site, sportsbook or bookmaker. It doesn't take bets, hold stakes, set odds to bet on or pay out winnings. Nobody pays or wins anything on a pick. BetsPal is where you post your picks, see how your friends' picks do and keep a record, for bragging rights only.

No. There is no real money and no stake on any pick. Odds and units are only there to score the record, and a unit is a tracking unit, not money. Joining, posting, tailing, fading and following are all free.

Sports-betting fans who like calling games with their friends, and tipsters who want a record people can trust. You must be 18 or over.

BetsPal runs on iOS, Android and the web. The web app is at betspal.app. People are being let in from the waitlist in batches.

We let people in from the waitlist in batches and email you when your spot opens. There's no fixed date per person.

Every pick is linked to a specific real game when you post it and timestamped. After the game finishes, BetsPal reads the final score and marks the pick won, lost or void automatically. Tipsters never mark their own results.

Picks on real upcoming games: who wins (moneyline) or total goals or points (over/under), with the odds you're taking and your confidence in units.

The pick is void. It doesn't count as a win or a loss, and it shows as V in your form.

Win rate is winners divided by settled winners and losers. ROI is profit divided by total staked, counted in tracking units, with leaderboard ROI assuming the same stake on every pick. There's a worked example on How it works.

By settled picks only, over the last 30 days or all time. The default ranking weights win rate with a bonus for volume up to 100 picks, and you can also sort by ROI, win rate or streak. Followers don't count. Details.

Tailing copies a friend's or tipster's pick onto your own slip, so you're backing them. It settles from the same final score as the original pick. No money is involved.

Fading means going against a pick because you think it will lose. If the pick loses, your fade comes good. It's for bragging rights only.

My slip holds every pick you're part of, whether you posted, tailed or faded it, until the game settles. A losing pick becomes a torn ticket.

Nothing. Joining, posting picks, tailing, fading and following are free, and there's no real money on any pick.

Yes. Any post can be reported and any account can be blocked. Blocked accounts disappear from your feed.

Yes, 18 or over. BetsPal is about sports-betting picks, so it is not for anyone under 18.

We use it to tell you when your spot opens and to send launch updates. We don't sell it or share it with bookmakers. Ask us to delete it at any time. Details in the privacy policy.

No. Picks are the opinions of the people who post them, and past results don't guarantee future ones. If betting elsewhere stops being fun, see our responsible gambling page for free help.