Podium Prophets VS Selfcommit.dev

Podium Prophets's answer

Most F1 prediction apps give you a place to submit picks and a leaderboard. That's it. When it comes to actually preparing your predictions, studying practice pace, comparing qualifying runs, understanding which teams suit a particular circuit, you're on your own.

Podium Prophets has that analysis built directly into the app. Race pace charts, long-run stint data, qualifying breakdowns, team pace comparisons, and circuit intelligence profiles are all available alongside your predictions. You study the data, pick your order, submit, and then after the session you can review what your analysis got right or wrong. That feedback loop is what turns casual guessing into actual prediction skill.

On top of that, every league is fully configurable. Your league leader sets the scoring rules, decides which session types count, and controls how missed predictions are handled. No two leagues have to play the same way.

Podium Prophets's answer

If you just want to submit a prediction and check a leaderboard on Monday, most prediction apps will do the job. But if you want to actually get better at predicting F1 results, Podium Prophets is the only pick'em game that gives you the tools to do that.

Every other prediction app separates the analysis from the predictions. You study data on one site, then go to a different app to submit your picks. Podium Prophets puts both in one place. Scoring is also fully automatic and configurable per league, so nobody has to volunteer as the scorer and every group can play by their own rules.

Podium Prophets's answer

F1 fan groups who run predictions together. The typical user is someone who already watches every qualifying and race, already has opinions about who'll finish where, and wants a proper platform instead of managing it all through group chats and spreadsheets. Could be a group of friends, coworkers, or an online community. The analysis tools also attract fans who enjoy digging into practice data and using real session numbers to inform their picks.

Podium Prophets's answer

I'm a solo developer and an F1 fan. My friend group ran predictions over email chains with a shared Excel file for years. Every race weekend it was the same routine: collect everyone's picks, watch the session, manually score ten people's predictions, update the standings file, send it back to the group. If the admin forgot a weekend, the whole thing fell apart.

I built Podium Prophets to automate all of that. The scoring happens automatically, everyone submits their own picks, and the leaderboard handles itself. The project outgrew our friend group, so now it's open to everyone.

Podium Prophets's answer

• Next.js 16 (App Router) with React 19
• Supabase (PostgreSQL, Auth, RLS)
• Tailwind CSS v4 with Shadcn/UI
• FastF1 Python server (FastAPI + uvicorn) for F1 session data
• Recharts for data visualization
• Three.js for the 3D landing page background
• Remotion for pre-rendered marketing video
• Resend for transactional email
• Deployed on Vercel with Cloudflare DNS

Podium Prophets's answer

• F1 fan groups running weekly predictions with friends
• Office and workplace F1 prediction leagues
• Discord and Reddit F1 communities organizing group competitions
• Fantasy F1 players looking for a pure pick'em alternative without salary caps
• Data-driven fans who study practice sessions before making predictions
• Anyone still managing F1 predictions in a shared spreadsheet or group chat