Black Type App Review

Black Type is an interesting, refreshing name in the UK gambling industry. It’s not even been a company for three years, but it’s made waves and garnered quite a strong reputation from an original approach to marketing – from targeting podcast listeners, to siding with punters ever since its launch by promising not to close accounts of any customers that consistently win big, they’ve known how to get the punters onside from the outset. But how good are they as a bookmaker, and how usable are their apps? Find out below.

How to gamble with Black Type

iOS and Android

If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, you probably know what you’re doing when it comes to apps: as usual, go directly to the App Store on your device and search for Black Type, click to download and verify with your password or thumbprint (depending on your settings). The app itself is free.

The Black Type app is actually exclusive for Apple users, but worry not if you use an Android device. Their mobile website is easy enough to navigate via your browser, or if you really like having a dedicated shortcut on your device, you can download an .APK file while will effectively render the mobile website as an app of sorts. Simply google it, and you’ll find lots of ways to get the file that you’re after.

How to Use the Black Type App

Black Type’s main selling point is as a Sportsbook style bookmaker, so once you’ve got the app (or are using the mobile site), start having a look through their mammoth selections of sports options, from all the mainstream favourites like football and rugby, to the likes of volleyball. You don’t need an account to browse it and see if the layout and graphics are suited to your style: spend some time having a look through, and if it looks like it’s up your street, you can sign up to make an account and get started with betting within a matter of minutes by filling out a quick form and providing them with a few essential details. If you’re already a member, simply click log-in to input your pre-existing details.

Black Type App Features

The exclusive iOS is adapted from the full desktop website, with its distinctive colour scheme of red, black and white prominent throughout once again, and anything that would be available on the desktop website would also be available on the app or mobile version. From a user interface perspective, it nails the betting slip aspect if you’re looking to build an accumulator: tabs at the bottom of the screen allow you to toggle between between the menu as well as in-play markets, sports markets and your betslip, meaning you can keep adding to your accumulator whilst weighing up your other options without much fuss. There are dozens of competitors on the market, but few offer a betslip-builder as hassle-free as Black Type.

Their selling point – ““No Hype Just Great Odds!” in their own words – is reinforced as you browse their extensive sports betting options, you’ll see odds that are (or close to) the most generous available anywhere on the market. They offer live in-play betting and often an increasingly-common cash out option, with the choice of over 20 different sports to bet on. But their no-nonsense approach does limit things somewhat when it comes to markets, often just a fraction of the 100+ that some of their competitors provide. That’s fine if you’re a traditional gambler that likes to bet on traditional things such as results, goalscorers, both teams to score and the like, but less so if you’re after niche things. If you want to bet on a particular right-back scoring with his head, from the halfway line in the 23rd minute, then you might be best served elsewhere.

Black Type Welcome Offer

Black Type will give you a free bet of up to £10 matched if your first bet loses, and you need to deposit at least £10 to be eligible. It’s not quite as much as some of the more established bookmakers are able to offer, but quite often Black Type beat them for odds – so you may well get much more out of them in the long term if you were to choose your bets wisely, while a £10 free bet is certainly not to be sniffed at. A variety of terms and conditions apply as usual, but it’s especially worth considering in particular – your qualifying bet needs to be at evens (1/1) to be eligible for the bonus, while you can’t win more than a maximum of £1000 from the free bet – so don’t go building a massive long-shots acca of more than 100/1, because you wouldn’t reap any more rewards.

Black Type Payment Methods

This is one area in which Black Type fall a little behind the competition, with the likes of PayPal, Skrill and Paysafecard not supported. But if you’re a traditional Visa, Mastercard, debit or credit card user, then there’s nothing to worry about as they’re all covered, while they’ve also recently added a Trustly bank transfer method. The maximum amount you can deposit is 5,000GBP, while you must have at least £10 in your Black Type account in order to be able to withdraw it.

Black Type Restricted Territories

This is still very much a local service, exclusive to punters from these isles. Their terms and conditions stipulate that they’re only taking on registrations and deposits from persons located in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Black Type Customer Service

As a smaller operation, Black Type can’t offer quite the same level of support as many of the bigger names, such as live chat. The only way to get in touch with them is via an e-mail address listed on their contact page, which could be frustrating if you have a pressing problem or enquiry.

Black Type App Summary

Black Type have forged a strong reputation in the UK in just three short years of existing, by focusing on the basics – a solid sportsbook operator that doesn’t spread itself too thin. There are sleeker apps available on the marketplace, but the Black Type one does what’s necessary, and is particularly good in terms of intuitively helping you build a bet slip. It’s certainly not a bad or poorly-designed app, but its strength lies in the substance inside: you’ll often find very generous odds with this particular bookmaker.

Black Type App Highlights

 

• Very competitive when it comes to odds

• Cash-Out

• Live Updates

• More than 20 sports available