Best Prediction Market Apps for 2026

Tradable markets: Kalshi offers detailed "Mentions" markets (like betting on how many times a specific word might be said in a Fed meeting), and you can bet on gas prices in specific cities or tech layoff counts. You’ll also find markets for mortgage rates, TSA checkpoint numbers, and specific court rulings. Kalshi also offers a deep, granular market for U.S. politics.

Sports market: You’ll find deep in-game props, "Combos" (their version of a parlay), and an official NHL partnership that drops team logos directly into the UI. However, if you’re looking for an alternative to your sports betting app, I would not recommend Kalshi – or any prediction market app. The experience I have with my FanDuel app is just way better for sports betting.

With Kalshi's app, you can choose the layout that best suits your needs. Choose between "Prediction mode," "Sports fan mode," and "Trader mode."

What I liked most about Kalshi:

• Navigation: You can choose between "Prediction mode," "Sports fan mode," and "Trader mode." Decide whether you want the classic Kalshi experience, a quick glance at every game line and prop, or to dive into the weeds as an active trader.
• Social: I liked Kalshi’s Leaderboard and Activity stream, where you can see rankings for overall profit, total volume traded, and most correct predictions. You can tap on and follow top users, and request to join their "Inner Circle" to view their positions. There are also cleverly placed buttons on trade tickets to share bets socially.

What I didn't really like about Kalshi:

• Fee transparency: On the default order ticket, Kalshi doesn’t summarize the commission details (what your trade will cost you). Your fee is hidden behind a tiny, tappable "$" symbol. This feels sneaky; your costs constantly shift based on the odds of your bet.

Blain's take

"In April 2026, Kalshi rolled out a live odds tracker for U.S. politics via its partnership with ElectionOdds. It won’t debut until the midterms, but it's another example of Kalshi going above and beyond to personalize the experience."

Blain Reinkensmeyer
Managing Partner

Tradable markets: Robinhood offers a curated selection of markets, prioritizing high-visibility events (I counted roughly 1,900 open events). You can trade 24/7 on economic indicators, S&P 500 targets, pop culture events, and major U.S. elections.

I’ve noticed the app dynamically adjusts to what's popular; for instance, when elections are taking place, those markets are prominently featured at the top of the app. That said, you won't find the extreme variety or niche categories that you'd find on a global platform like Polymarket.

Sports contracts: I’ve used Robinhood’s prediction markets for over a year, and sports are clearly the dominant market. You’ll find major U.S. pro leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL) and college athletics, but the app tends to focus on high-visibility game winners (like, who wins the Super Bowl). That said, I still prefer the experience of my FanDuel account for sports bets.

Robinhood’s "Combo" feature acts as a parlay for prediction markets, allowing you to bundle multiple event contracts, like a game winner and a player prop, into a single trade.

What I liked most about Robinhood:

• Order ticket simplicity: Placing bets is as simple as placing a stock trade. I appreciate that the order preview is layperson-friendly.
• Position visibility: Robinhood displays your active, open bets prominently under a "Your positions" header, right on the quote page.

What I didn't really like about Robinhood:

• Expensive for "long shots": Robinhood charges a flat fee of $0.02 per contract. This sounds tiny, but it makes trading "long shots" incredibly expensive (a $0.02 fee on a $0.05 contract equates to a 40% effective fee).
• Mobile exclusive: Despite mixed information online, you can’t trade prediction markets on Robinhood's website or its active trader platform, Robinhood Legend. I verified this in my personal account; my open prediction contracts don't show up on desktop, and there is a notice stating event contracts can't be traded on the web.

Tradable markets: Polymarket offers a massive, global inventory of niche markets that are often unavailable elsewhere. You can bet on tech and AI (like OpenAI IPO dates), specific geopolitics (like the status of the Strait of Hormuz or Iranian diplomatic meetings – which are notably fee-free), and niche culture (like Eurovision winners or Elon Musk’s social media post counts).

The platform dominates headlines for its controversial markets (like the capture of Nicolás Maduro or whether the Titan submersible would be found), but I expect these won't be available to U.S. residents.

Sports contracts: Polymarket’s international sports depth is impressive, hosting over 4,000 active sports markets, including for high-volume events like the FIFA World Cup. Despite Polymarket’s official partnership with the NHL, I didn’t see any NHL team logos in my browser experience. This could be because I’m still on the U.S. waitlist and don’t formally have an open account, but I’m not sure.

Despite an official partnership with the NHL, Polymarket’s app lacks licensed team logos and trademarks for users on the U.S. waitlist. The platform offers high-volume hockey markets, but the visual experience remains surprisingly basic compared to traditional sportsbooks.

What I liked most about Polymarket:

• Display: I love being able to quick-view bets without opening the full quote. Also, the ability to toggle the odds format (American, Decimal, Fractional, etc.) is a nice touch.
• Top Holders:You can click to view the "Top Holders" of a contract. Seeing the users with the most profitable open positions alongside an activity stream of live community trades is a fantastic, unique feature.

What I didn't really like about Polymarket:

• Crypto transactions: Polymarket operates on the Polygon blockchain using USDC. Crypto isn't my go-to way of transacting, so dealing with transfers is a hassle. If you use a third-party gateway like MoonPay to deposit fiat via debit card, processing fees can eat 1% to 4.5% of your money.
• Order Book: Polymarket leans heavily on its crypto roots by defaulting to an Order Book view.

Tradable markets: Compared to Kalshi, Robinhood, and Polymarket, IBKR offers the least number of contracts, but given the basic UI, this simplicity plays to its advantage. IBKR focuses on a narrow, technical suite of markets designed for institutional hedging. You can quick-view markets by six different categories: Elections, Financial Markets, Technology, Economic Indicators, Government, and Environmental.

You can trade on precise economic indicators (like YoY PCE or GDP growth), climate forecasts (like daily high temperatures for 20 major U.S. cities), and U.S. elections (political markets are focused strictly on U.S. midterm and gubernatorial elections).

Sports contracts: Unlike my other top picks, Interactive Brokers offers almost no sports contracts. It notably avoids the sports betting scene altogether to maintain a strictly professional, "investing-first" profile.

IBKR offers institutional-grade CME event contracts that settle based on the movement of underlying S&P 500 futures. Designed for professional hedging rather than casual betting, these contracts prioritize technical accuracy and deep financial data over the gamified social features found on retail apps.

What I liked most about Interactive Brokers:

• Rock-bottom pricing: IBKR is exceptionally cheap. Their standard flat fee of $0.01 per contract for ForecastEx trades is half the cost of Robinhood.
• Professional order tickets: The order ticket gets the job done cleanly for advanced users. It defaults strictly to limit orders by contract quantity, and tapping the number shows a fanned list of prices labeled for the ask, mid, and bid.

What I didn't really like about Interactive Brokers:

• A "meh" quote experience: Contracts default to a 1-week chart, and there is no view for longer time periods! When I was looking at a year-end Bitcoin prediction contract, not being able to view long-term betting history severely limited the experience.
• Disjointed layout: A "More Contracts" module interrupts the page before you can scroll down to read the actual market rules. Furthermore, an "Underlying Data" tab completely failed to load for me during testing, it just showed a Pac-Man-like character icon, and said "No data here."