LiveDraft-It vs PrimeTime Draft
PrimeTime Draft is desktop draft board software you install and run on a TV at an in-person draft party, licensed per season. LiveDraft-It is a browser draft room where everyone drafts from their own device, bought once.
LiveDraft-It and PrimeTime Draft, feature by feature
| LiveDraft-It | PrimeTime Draft | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 once with a free account ($49 list). No renewals. | PrimeTime Draft 2026 is $35 for a personal license, or $27.50 if you bought a previous year. A commercial license is $100. |
| How long it lasts | One payment, no end date. Every draft you host from then on is included. | The product is versioned by year. Returning customers buy the upgrade each season at the reduced price. |
| Where it runs | In the browser. Nothing to install, and the host is not tied to one machine. | A desktop application you download and activate on your computer, built for HD TVs and projectors. |
| Remote players | There is no difference between a remote player and an in-person one. Everyone joins the same room from any device. | RemoteView is free and lets remote members watch and, in standard and salary-cap drafts, make their own picks. Its clock is described as an approximation of the main application’s. |
| Remote auction bidding | Snake, standard, budget auction with live bidding, and hybrid (auction the top of the board, snake the rest). | RemoteView does not support nominating or bidding in auctions; their site suggests phone or chat instead. RemoteBid handles it and is a beta for the 2026 season. |
| Who pays | Only the host. Everyone invited plays free, forever. | One license covers the draft. RemoteView carries no extra charge however many remote members you have. |
| What you can draft | Anything in a CSV, with any rating columns. Built-in templates cover dozens of sports plus office pools and movie drafts. | Fantasy football, baseball, hockey and basketball, plus your own custom lists, all on one license. |
PrimeTime Draft details are from primetimedraft.com and primetimedraft.com/buy.php and primetimedraft.com/remoteView.php and primetimedraft.com/remoteBid.php and primetimedraft.com/integration.php, checked September 21, 2026. Prices change — confirm on their site before deciding.
Which one should you pick?
Pick PrimeTime Draft if…
The in-person draft party. PrimeTime Draft is built to fill a television — that is the whole point of it, and a browser tab on a projector is not the same thing.
It does not need the internet to run the draft. The application keeps the state on the host’s machine, so a venue with bad wifi cannot stop a PrimeTime Draft draft. LiveDraft-It is a web app and has no offline mode.
MyFantasyLeague integration. You can pull league settings in and push finished draft results back out. LiveDraft-It has no league-host integrations at all.
A commercial license. At $100 they sell one explicitly for running drafts as part of a for-profit service; LiveDraft-It does not offer a commercial tier.
Pick LiveDraft-It if…
Pay once rather than per season. PrimeTime Draft 2026 is $35, and returning customers pay $27.50 again the following year. LiveDraft-It is $29 once ($49 list) and never renews.
One live room instead of a main application plus companion web apps. The clock every manager sees is the clock, not an approximation of one running somewhere else, and auction bidding is not a separate beta service.
Nothing to install or activate. Any device with a browser can host, and nobody is locked to the machine the license was activated on.
See ours run
Not a screenshot. This is the draft room, on a sample board — take a pick yourself.
League Draft
Chat
Sample board: real average draft position from the fantasy football template. Simulated draft, invented managers.
LiveDraft-It vs PrimeTime Draft questions
Is LiveDraft-It cheaper than PrimeTime Draft?
Over more than a single season, yes. PrimeTime Draft 2026 is $35, with a $27.50 upgrade for returning customers each year. LiveDraft-It is $29 once with a free account and covers every draft you host after that. In both cases the people you invite pay nothing.
Can everyone draft from their phone on PrimeTime Draft?
Partly. Their RemoteView web app lets remote members follow the board and make picks in standard and salary-cap drafts, at no extra cost. For auctions, nominating and bidding need RemoteBid, which their site describes as a beta for the 2026 season. On LiveDraft-It every format works the same way for everyone, on the same live clock.
Which one should I use for an in-person draft party?
If everyone is in one room around a television, PrimeTime Draft is designed for exactly that and runs without an internet connection. LiveDraft-It is the better fit when people are in different places, or when you want the board on everyone’s own screen — and it has a public spectator view for anyone watching along.
Pay once. Draft forever.
Every draft you host, every league, no renewals. 30-day money-back guarantee — no reason required.