Best Competition Websites UK

There are dozens of competition websites in the UK, and they are not the same. Some list only free-to-enter prize draws; others quietly mix in paid raffles. Some are checked by a person every day; others scrape whatever they can find and leave dead links up for weeks. Before you hand over your email address, it is worth knowing which one you are on.

This page sets out what to look for in a competition site, shows the UK websites currently running the best free prize draws, and explains exactly how the listings here are put together - so you can judge it against the same checklist.

We're a competition directory, not a promoter. We don't run prize draws ourselves and we don't take entry fees - we list free UK competitions and point you at the official entry page.

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What Makes a Competition Website Worth Using

Whichever comping site you settle on, these are the things worth checking. They take about two minutes and they are the difference between a site that saves you time and one that wastes it.

  • Free to enter, and only free to enter. A prize draw that charges an entry fee is a different thing to a free competition. Sites that blend the two make it your job to spot which is which.
  • No premium-rate entry presented as the only route. Under UK rules, a competition offering a paid phone or text route must also offer a free one that is no less convenient. A good listing tells you what the free route is.
  • Updated daily, with closing dates shown. The most common complaint about competition sites is expired listings. If a site won't show you a closing date, it is hiding how stale the list is.
  • Curated by a person, not scraped. Automated scraping is how dead links, duplicate entries and paid raffles end up on a "free competitions" page.
  • Entry requirements stated up front. Whether a competition needs a registration, a creative entry, or opts you into marketing changes whether it's worth your time. You should be able to see that before you click.
  • Competition answers included where there's a question. Many UK prize draws ask a qualifying question. Being told the answer is on the listing saves a search per entry.
  • No account required to browse. A website should be honest and accessible with their listings.

How Competitions Time Measures Up

Competitions Time has been running since 2008 and has grown to be one of the most popular directories for free UK competitions. Every listing is verified by a real person, free to enter and carries all information required. New prize draws are added daily and expired ones are removed automatically, which is why these numbers move every day.

161

free competitions open now

16

added today

12

prize categories

Start with the competitions closing soon on the home page, or jump to today's new competitions. If you'd rather pick by prize, there are cash competitions, holiday competitions and ITV and Channel 5 competitions. For the free prize draws where several people win rather than one, see competitions with multiple winners.

The Websites Running the Best Free UK Competitions

"Best competition websites" can mean two things: which directory to browse, and which brands actually run competitions worth entering. This is the second list - the UK websites whose free prize draws we're currently listing, with the number open right now.

Website Competitions open
sheerluxe.com sheerluxe.com 9
yours.co.uk yours.co.uk 8
panmacmillan.com panmacmillan.com 5
nationalbooktokens.com nationalbooktokens.com 4
currys.co.uk currys.co.uk 3
foodism.co.uk foodism.co.uk 3
thetoyshop.com thetoyshop.com 3
deliaonline.com deliaonline.com 2
johansens.com johansens.com 2
richersounds.com richersounds.com 2
squaremile.com squaremile.com 2
Book Trust Competitions booktrust.org.uk 1
getcomputeractive.co.uk getcomputeractive.co.uk 1
godminster.com godminster.com 1
Heart Radio Competition Answers heart.co.uk 1
jazzapple.com jazzapple.com 1
pocruises.com pocruises.com 1

Competitions Time has no approval, endorsement or affiliation from the websites listed above. Counts are live and change as competitions open and close.

How Our Listings Are Put Together

The honest version, so you can weigh it against any other competition site:

  • Sources are checked daily. New competitions are added the day they're found, and each one is read before it goes up - not pulled in automatically from a feed.
  • Paid entries don't get listed. If the only way in is a fee, a premium-rate number or a raffle ticket, it isn't listed here. Where a competition has both paid and free routes - most TV prize draws do - the listing shows the free route.
  • Expired competitions come off on their own. Listings drop off the site the day after they close, which is why you won't find a closed draw sitting at the top of a category.
  • Entry requirements are labelled. Registration, creative entries and marketing opt-ins are flagged on the listing, and you can filter them out entirely if you'd rather not see them.
  • Anyone can submit one. Found a good free competition? Submit it and it'll be checked before publishing.

Frequently Asked Questions

There isn't one right answer - it depends on whether you want volume or curation. Judge any comping site on the checklist above: free-to-enter only, updated daily, closing dates shown, entry requirements labelled, and no account needed to browse. Competitions Time is built around those points, with 161 free competitions open right now and new ones added daily.

The good ones are, and free prize draws are legitimate under UK law - a promoter can run a free draw as advertising. What to watch for isn't the draw, it's what happens to your data: some sites exist mainly to collect email addresses for marketing. Check the privacy policy before you enter anywhere, use a separate email address for comping, and be wary of any 'free' competition that asks for payment details.

No. Every competition listed here is free to enter. Where a promoter offers both a paid route and a free one - common with TV competitions, where phone and text entries are premium rate - the listing shows the free route, which is usually free postal entry. Free and paid entries go into the same draw and have the same chance of winning.

For cash prizes specifically, our money and cash competitions page lists every free-to-enter draw with a cash or gift voucher prize, updated daily. Cash draws tend to attract the most entries of any category, so it's worth entering consistently rather than picking one big one.

Competitions with several winners rather than one, and competitions that ask for a bit more effort. Our multiple winner competitions page lists free prize draws where several entrants take home a prize, and creative competitions - the ones needing a photo, caption or recipe - get far fewer entries than one-click draws. Nationally advertised TV prize draws have the longest odds of all.

Daily. 16 were added today, and expired competitions are removed automatically the day after they close. You can see the running list on the new competitions page or subscribe to the newsletter.

Not to browse or to enter - the listings are open to everyone and entry happens on the promoter's own website. An optional account lets you keep track of which competitions you've already entered, and nothing else.