THE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

How The Tipoff works, screen by screen.

The Tipoff is a free way to predict sports outcomes with friends, your group, or the world — then react to every match with the whole Tipoff community and talk it over with your own private group. No mockups here — every screenshot below is the real app. Here's exactly how it works, from signing up to your first tip.

What you're about to see

Eleven steps, in the order a new user actually experiences them: signing up, the onboarding walkthrough, your profile, your weekly catch up, tipping, the Match Wall, the leaderboard, group chat, achievements, statistics, and polls. Each one shows a real screen from the app, not a mockup.

1
Sign up
Google or email — about 30 seconds. Add a display name, email and password and you're in. No credit card involved.
The Tipoff sign-up form with display name, email, and password fields, plus a Google sign-up option
2
Complete the onboarding walkthrough
A short 5-step walkthrough follows signup: a quick tour of the app, pick the sports you'll tip, set your country and timezone, see how to make your first tip, then decide whether to set up or join a private group (optional: everyone is on the global leaderboard). You can skip it any time with the Skip link and pick your sports later from your Profile.
The Tipoff onboarding modal on step 2 of 5, 'Which sports will you tip?', with sports that are on now listed first and several selected
The Tipoff profile page showing the sports you follow, grouped by football, cricket, US sports and more
Profile

Manage your sports, notifications, and groups in one place

Your profile is where you choose the sports you follow, edit your display name, and set your notifications, country, and timezone. It's also where you manage every group you're in — create a new one, join with a code, share an invite, or open the group's chat. You can replay the setup tour from here too, and find any report cards you've earned. One thing to know: badges live on a separate Achievements page, not here.

The Tipoff Catch Up screen showing weekly correct and accuracy totals, a matches-to-tip button, and per-sport cards with season rank
Catch Up

Your last 7 days on one screen — a great place to start

Catch Up is a rolling 7-day snapshot of how you're going. See how many tips you got right and wrong in each sport you follow, where you sit on each sport's season leaderboard and whether you've climbed or slipped over the past week, plus any badges you've earned. Got matches still to tip in the next 48 hours? One tap takes you straight to them.

The Tipoff tipping screen showing a match card with team badges, a swipe-to-tip bar, a chat button and a form guide button
Tipping

This is your home tab — swipe to pick winners before kickoff

Swipe a match card left to back the home team, right for the away team, or up for a draw where that's possible. Three tabs keep things organised: Play (matches open to tip now), Upcoming (what's coming), and History (what you've already called). Every card also has a chat button that opens the match's Match Wall, and a form guide button showing each team's recent results.

A Match Wall for Korea Republic vs Czechia showing how the community tipped and live reactions with Tipped right badges
Match Wall

Every match has one global wall — before, during, and after

Once you've tipped a match, its Match Wall opens. It's shared with everyone on The Tipoff who tipped that game, worldwide. Share your call before kickoff, react live as it unfolds, and come back afterwards — the wall stays open for 30 days after the result. You'll see how the community split, and anyone who called it gets a "Tipped right" badge. Open it from the chat button on a match card, the LIVE button while games are on, or your History.

The Tipoff leaderboard's Groups tab for the Office Premier League group, with Chat, Share, Card and Settings buttons above the group's season ranking
Leaderboard

Three tabs: Groups, Global, and My Circle

Groups shows the ranking inside any group you belong to. Global ranks every tipper on the platform. My Circle lets you follow specific rivals outside your group. From the Groups tab you can also open a group's share screen to invite more people, or tap the download button for a Group Card: an image of the group's top three and the week's biggest climber, ready to send to WhatsApp or save.

A private group chat for the Office Premier League group, showing members talking about the next round and the group leaderboard
Group Chat

Every private group has its own members-only chat

Each group you're in gets a chat that only its members can read or post in. Use it all season: talk up each round, react to team news, and let everyone know when you climb the group leaderboard. Open it from your group's page, the Leaderboard's Groups tab, or your Profile — an unread count shows when there are new messages.

The Tipoff achievements grid showing unlocked and locked badges across different rarity tiers
Achievements

Badges you unlock as you tip — this is where they live

Streaks, accuracy milestones, and bold calls all earn badges, sorted into Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary tiers. The grid shows what you've unlocked, what's still locked, and how close you are to the next one. Every badge has its own share button.

The Tipoff Tipping DNA statistics screen showing accuracy, streaks, and a personality-style breakdown
Statistics

Your personal "Tipping DNA" — this page is just for you

Accuracy, streaks, and a personality-style breakdown of how you tip, with a share panel if you want to post it. There's no separate global stats page — this is the one and only stats view, and it's always about your own numbers.

The Tipoff polls feed showing a question, four options, and vote results after voting
Polls

Opinion questions, separate from match tipping

Polls are quick opinion questions about your sport — not tied to a specific match, and they don't affect your tipping rank, accuracy, or streak. Once enough fans have voted, you'll see how the community split, with framing like "You're with the 60% majority" or "Brave call — only 25% agree."

Common questions

Do I need to finish onboarding before I can tip?
No — you can skip onboarding at any point and start tipping straight away. You can always come back and pick your sports, country, or timezone later from your Profile.
Where do I find my badges?
On the Achievements page, not your Profile — Profile is for your sports, notifications, and groups. Achievements has its own tab in the app navigation.
Is there a global stats leaderboard, or just mine?
Statistics is personal-only — it's your own Tipping DNA (accuracy, streaks, rankings). If you want to see how you compare to everyone else, that's what the Leaderboard's Global tab is for.
What's the difference between the Match Wall and group chat?
The Match Wall is global: every match has one wall, open to everyone on The Tipoff who tipped that game, and it stays open for 30 days after the result. Group chat is private: every group has its own chat that only its members can read or post in, and it runs all season.
What's the difference between Polls and Tipping?
Tipping is picking match winners — it's what determines your rank, accuracy, and streaks. Polls are separate opinion questions about your sport that have zero effect on any of that. They're just for fun and to see where the community stands.
Can I change my favourite sports after onboarding?
Yes, any time — go to your Profile and toggle any sport on or off. Your Tip Queue updates immediately to match.