Predictology is a football betting system builder that allows you to analyse 400,000+ matches to find bets within seconds.
The idea is that once your betting systems are in place, you can receive instant alerts to your devices whenever there are new bets to be placed.
What comes with Predictology:
- Access to stats from over 400,000 football matches
- Coverage of 68 top-flight leagues worldwide
- AI-powered predictions and automated betting tools
- System building and analysis capabilities
- Value bet identification
- Integration with BF Bot Manager
- In-play alerts and bet tracking
I first reviewed the service in 2020 and had given it a "Pass", as I had found the System Builder to be a useful tool and there were some other practical offerings to make use of.
Four years later, I decided to take another look at the service to see what was new and update my Predictology review with my findings.
Read on for my full Predictology review.
Before you continue...
My Predictology review ended with a fail rating.
Please feel free to continue reading the full review below, though we recommend checking out some of the betting system reviews which ended in a pass instead.
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The Interface - A Bit of a Muddle
As part of my updated Predictology review, let's start with the website itself.
Upon logging in, you're met with what can only be described as an overwhelming array of options. To be honest, I found the navigation rather confusing - you've got separate sections for "Predictions" and "Insights" which seem to overlap and the whole layout feels rather chaotic.
I thought I would head to the "Quick Start Guide", but then I was greeted with five detailed sections including something called the "Launchpad".
You'd need to set aside a good few hours to get through it all.
To make matters worse, there are videos scattered about everywhere, some that were clearly out of date, alongside constant prompts to upgrade for additional features.
I decided to head to the System Builder, as I had quite liked the idea of that during my original review.
Predictology System Builder
The System Builder has the capability to build betting strategies using any of 100+ variables and form models. Systems can be created based on markets, form, leagues and individual teams.
It covers 68 football leagues around the world with competitions running all year round and there are 40 popular betting markets to choose from.
The tool could be used for your own "Lay The Draw" strategy, or perhaps an Over 2.5 Goals betting system. If you already have a profitable system, it can automate finding the selections for you.
Any selections that the system flags up can be emailed direct to your email inbox.
If you are trying to come up with a new system, it's a useful tool for backtesting.
There are tons of filters and markets to choose from.
I decided to try this out for myself. Unfortunately, after spending quite an hour or so playing with the filters, I couldn't come up with anything that looked promising.
I suppose if I had spent some more time, I may have found something eventually, but then the question was, would the results be replicated in the future?
Technical Issue
I encountered a slight technical issue whilst digging around the System Builder.
It had a flaw where the odds column was displaying points profit instead. This was just a basic error, but I lost a good 20 minutes trying to figure out what was going on!
It was only when I exported the results to a spreadsheet that I spotted that the profit/loss column was what the website had been showing as the odds.
It all became clear! But, by this stage, I had lost the will a bit and decided to move on to another part of the site.
Automating Bets
The part I was looking forward to most for my updated Predictology review was the automation. This is something that hadn't been available during my original review.
With Predictology, you get access to some models that can be loaded into BF Bot Manager (check out my review here) to be automated.
I spent some time sorting the list, first by the total amount of bets and then by the ROI.
After finding what looked to be the most reliable, I picked out several systems to test.
Next I looked for instructions on how to load them into BF Bot Manager. I got lost a couple of times through the navigation but eventually ended up the right page.
I watched a video and then headed to a page where I could download the strategy files.
Here I found that some of the models I had picked were either "Paused" or on "Monitor", which I assumed meant that they weren't performing well enough anymore.
This does make you wonder about their reliability. It feels as though they're being switched on and off depending on performance, which isn't exactly reassuring.
Still, I was left with three systems, so I downloaded those.
Unfortunately, the automation proved particularly troublesome. Despite following their setup instructions to the letter, the systems were not importing any selections.
I left the three systems running for a week, as I thought perhaps it might have just been a quiet few days for selections. However, not a single selection was loaded in.
Disappointing, to say the least!
I will add that I am a long-term user of BF Bot Manager and it has always worked exceptionally well with any other systems that I have tried.
Predictology Daily Digest
During my original Predictology review, I tested the Daily Digest feature.
However, on returning to the site as part of my updated Predictology review, I could not find the digest anywhere. I wasn't sure if it just wasn't available anymore or if I just hadn't landed on one of the right pages to set it up.
I have kept my original results here for those interested!
Coming up with your own strategies isn't up everyone's street, so the Daily Digest was designed to provide a round up of the best predictions, insights and trends for the day ahead.
The platform analysed every match and returned key value bets for each game.
The Daily Digest had several sections, including top rated ratings for the day's matches and the day's biggest betting trends which could be used to find more betting or trading opportunities.
To keep things simple, I just used the "System Predictions", which were recommendations drawn from the in-house prediction models.
Realistically, it would have been better to use the selections as a starting point before doing some more research to narrow them down.
My results were from 6th August 2020 to 7th January 2021 and I tracked a total of 673 bets during that time. Just to note, I tried to record as many bets as possible but did miss a few days, so my results were slightly different to the official results.
| Total stakes | P/L | Total | ROI | Bets | Winning Bets | Strike Rate | Bank Growth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1083.10 | -1.82 | 98.18 | -0.2% | 673 | 333 | 49.5% | -1.8% |
| To Win | 151.00 | -0.93 | -0.6% | 151 | 61 | 40.4% | ||
| To Draw | 66.00 | -11.67 | -17.7% | 66 | 17 | 25.8% | ||
| Over 2.5 | 49.00 | -4.86 | -9.9% | 49 | 22 | 44.9% | ||
| Lay Win | 246.00 | 4.89 | 2.0% | 246 | 109 | 44.3% | ||
| Lay Draw | 571.10 | 10.75 | 1.9% | 161 | 124 | 77.0% |
So as you can see, the laying strategies made a profit but the rest weren't so good during this period. However, over the longer term, from 1st June 2020, these models had reported a total profit 46.16 points.
This covered results prior to my review, but as my results closely matched the service's reported results, I believed this to be a reliable figure.
As well as this, the Predictology free tips, which both members and non members receive, made 31.44 points profit with an ROI of 13.73%.
Review Summary
In my updated Predictology review, I found that although the service still boasted an impressive amount of data and potentially useful tools, the current implementation made it difficult to extract any value from it.
The combination of a muddled website layout, technical hiccups and automation problems created too many issues for me to test it properly.
Whilst there might be some value betting and trading opportunities to be found using the platform, for me, there was far too much effort involved in actually finding them.
The potential was there, but until they sorted out the technical issues and streamlined the user experience, I couldn't recommend it.
With a concerning number of reports relating to payment issues and problems unsubscribing, I would recommend proceeding with caution if considering this service.
As a result of these ongoing concerns, I have downgraded my rating to a "Fail".
So I went to unsubscribe and couldn’t find the link had to wait for them to reply. Low and behold they got back to me after the charge had just processed, saying hard lines, here is the link, unsub before next month’s charge.
He is so desperate for cash now that he hides his unsubscribe links. I have used them on and off for years, never had issues until he updated his site layout but holding $50 because of his own shady unsubscribe process has now lost me as a future customer I hope he chokes on his $50; he will never ever get another cent from me.
Hi Ian, Sorry to hear this. Have you tried contacting your bank or reversing the payment?
As others have said, avoid like the plague. No edge, terrible website, awful customer service. If you forget to cancel your subscription (couldn’t access the site for two months) they will take your money and refuse to refund, even if you ask nicely. Oh, and like a crack dealer they bombard you with new offers, all as terrible as the last, just to grab a little bit more money. It’s despicable and the bloke running it should be thoroughly ashamed
Hard to find your way around the site maybe, but after persisting with it – which I think is what others here have not managed to do (so they are giving the site the thumbs down) – I was able to locate the best of the value bets systems they have. In other words it seemed like a reorganisation of how they present things to subscribers would be a good thing – not that there were no worthwhile products.