Finding, saving and entering are different jobs
| Job | What to check | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| Find competitions | Which operators and prize categories are covered, how filters work and where the source link goes. | That every UK draw is listed or every operator is endorsed. |
| Keep a shortlist | Whether favourites sync between devices and whether you can control alerts. | That you have entered or paid for the saved competition. |
| Record entries | Whether entry counts, payments and confirmations are imported, entered manually or unsupported. | That an operator has accepted an entry without its own confirmation. |
What does The Comp App currently offer?
The Comp App is available on iPhone and iPad and Android. It brings published competition details together, with category, price and closing-time filters, favourites and alerts. It is currently free to download and use. You can find the verified store links on our download page.
Sign in to save your favourites and manage alerts. You visit the independent operator’s website for full terms and entry. Saving a favourite does not buy a ticket, reserve an entry or create an operator confirmation. Keep your operator receipts separately.
Our public website explains the app and publishes these guides. Live browsing is in the mobile app; the website does not offer a consumer account or a paid CompApp Pro plan. Competition Group Ltd publishes this guide and operates The Comp App, so this is our product explanation, not an independent ranking of apps.
Compare the quality of the information
Open the same draw on the tracker and the operator’s site. Check the exact draw, ticket price, entry deadline and ticket figures, including when the figures were checked. Look for a source link and a way to report mistakes. A bigger advertised site count does not tell you how many of those sites are currently supplying complete information.
Treat ticket sales as a snapshot. A low percentage sold is not your final chance of winning, and a missing count should not be read as no entries. Our ticket-data freshness guide explains how to investigate a mismatch.
Check costs, notifications and your own control
- Separate the cost of the tracker from any paid competition entry. Check which features need an account or subscription before relying on them.
- Check how to turn off alerts, change preferences and delete an account. A reminder should be useful to you, not a reason to override a decision to stop.
- Check the tracker’s privacy information and the identity of its publisher. An operator has its own account, terms and privacy responsibilities.
- Keep spending limits across the operators you use. A shortlist is not a budget, and deleting a tracker does not close operator accounts.
A tracker helps organise a decision
These services can reduce repeated searching, but they cannot guarantee a prize or remove the need to check the terms. You can browse without entering anything. Use our entry checklist for the questions that matter beyond the app’s feature list.
For the commitments behind a voluntary-code claim, check the official government publication. Neither a tracker listing nor a code badge is a guarantee about an operator.
Sources and further reading
Source links checked on 11 September 2026. Read the original for its full scope and current wording.
- The Comp App: published Apple App Store listing
- The Comp App: published Google Play listing
- DCMS: Voluntary Code of Good Practice for Prize Draw Operators
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