Games and entertainment decision
Pickoo
A capable developer can build the core picks, scoring, and leaderboard in a few weeks, but reproducing operator responsibilities (prize handling, legal, brand and userbase) is outside a small DIY scope.
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No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.
$100one-off60 h to build
$0/mo6 h/mo upkeep
No published price to break even against.
No open-source build does this yet
Nothing published replaces this one, so a replacement starts from an empty file. Here is what it would have to cover.
What a replacement has to do
- Users sign up, submit match predictions (winner and exact score), scoring engine computes points, leaderboard ranks players, admin handles prize distribution.
What it still won’t have
- Existing userbase and network/brand-driven traffic
- Prize management, escrow and legal/compliance handled by operator
- Mobile app polish and any platform-specific push/notification integrations
- Established rules, dispute resolution workflow, and trust for payouts
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
No published price
Pickoo does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a minimal web app (React frontend, Node.js/Express backend, Postgres DB, deployed on Vercel/Heroku or a single managed VM) that runs a free-to-play tournament picks contest. In scope: email+username sign-up (no password) with token auth; admin interface to create matches and set prize tiers; user interface to submit a winner and exact score per match; a scoring engine implemented as a scheduled backend job that applies rules (exact score = 8 pts, correct winner = 3 pts, else 0) and updates leaderboards; public leaderboard pages with pagination; simple CSV export for payouts and an admin view for marking paid winners. Out of scope: payment processing, automated prize escrow, mobile native apps, federated logins, analytics dashboards, and fraud detection. Include input validation, error handling, unit tests for scoring logic, and basic end-to-end tests for pick submission and leaderboard updates.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- Evidence score52
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
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Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productPickoo — Free-to-play World Cup 2026 contest
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
