Every fan has been in that argument. The one where you were right, and there was no way to prove it. FoamFinger started as a simple question: what if your sports knowledge could earn a real, permanent record — the same way your stats do in any other skill?
We ran a closed pilot during the NHL season with no mobile app, no push notifications, and no paid acquisition — and watched real fans make over a thousand predictions anyway. That told us the itch was real. Now we're building the platform to scratch it properly.
Four ideas guide everything we build.
Every prediction is scored on difficulty, not just outcome. Getting the obvious call right shouldn't count the same as calling an upset.
This isn't betting and it isn't fantasy. Nobody risks a dollar. The only thing at stake is your reputation.
No black box. Every point you earn or lose traces back to a rule you can see, on a page like this one.
We design for people who already argue about sports for free. We just gave the argument a scoreboard.
FoamFinger starts with hockey because that's where our pilot proved itself. The destination is bigger: a single, unified Sports IQ that follows you across every league you follow.
Validated the core loop with real fans: picks, IQ scoring, and leaderboards, tested against a live NHL season.
Ran an early web version to test picks, IQ scoring, and the leaderboard with real fans — insights that are shaping the native mobile app.
A native app in time for the 2026–27 NHL season, with push notifications and a smoother pick-making flow.
Expanding pick categories to more leagues, and folding every sport into one unified Sports IQ profile.
"I didn't want to build another betting app. I wanted to build the thing that actually settles the argument."
FoamFinger is early-stage and built in the open — the pilot numbers on this site are real, and the roadmap is honest about what's shipped versus what's next. If you're a fan who backs up your opinions, this is being built for you.
— Liam, FounderNo spam. Just a ping when we launch.