three arcades, one category. rekt.money vs hit.one vs uponly.win is the matchup people keep asking about — three different products fighting for the same instinct: tap a button, take a leveraged swing, win or get rekt. this is the structural breakdown.
we built uponly.win, so the framing here is from inside one of the three corners. we will still try to be fair. competitors get our respect; they do not get our slogans.
the category in one paragraph
arcade-perps are leverage products built like arcade machines instead of trading terminals. one button. minimal choices. fast outcome. tuned for crypto-native audiences that came in through memes, not bloomberg. all three of rekt.money, hit.one, and uponly.win sit in this category. they differ on structure, not on the surface vibe.
counterparty model: who is on the other side
the first thing to check on any leverage venue. if the platform is on the other side of your trade, every dollar of yours that disappears appears on their balance sheet.
rekt.money
rekt.money runs an arcade product styled for the same audience. their public docs are the source of truth on how the book is managed. arcade-style platforms in this corner of the market frequently use house-style structures in some form — read theirs directly and decide if you are comfortable.
hit.one
hit.one is the third entrant most people name in this category. same drill: their docs describe their counterparty mechanics. confirm before you size up.
uponly.win
uponly.win runs no house. trades route to avantis on base, an on-chain perp venue. the market is the counterparty. we never net trades internally, never custody funds against open positions, and structurally cannot win when you lose. fees on losing trades = zero.
fees side by side
we will not put words in rekt.money's or hit.one's mouths about their schedules. here is what to look for, applied identically across all three.
- open fee — paid on entry
- spread mark-up — silent tax on entry price
- close fee — paid on exit
- funding rate — paid over time
- fees on losing exits — applied even when you exit at a loss?
uponly.win's schedule is the simplest in the category by design: zero open fee, zero spread, zero fees on losers, small variable cut on net winnings only. that is it. for a deeper structural take, see rekt.money fees explained.
leverage and the one-tap experience
all three lean into speed. how each ships max leverage matters because the more decisions a user has to make before opening, the less arcade-like the product feels.
how the three handle the loop
- rekt.money — arcade-styled flow tuned for their audience; check their leverage band and pair selection directly
- hit.one — also leverage-forward; same advice, read the product
- uponly.win — single giant rip button, randomizes pair, side, and leverage at 75x–500x; you only pick how much you can lose
the uponly.win experience is the most stripped-down in the category on purpose. the philosophy is that decision overhead kills the arcade feel. for more on that, see uponly built in one night.
creator economics
all three platforms depend on creators for distribution. meme pages, group admins, streamers, niche traders. the program a platform offers shapes who shows up and who quietly leaves.
uponly.win pays 50% revenue share, lifetime, no claw-backs, no tier decay. half of every fee we collect from a referred trader flows to the creator who brought them in, forever. competing programs vary on rate, time horizon, and what the percentage is applied to. read each one carefully — a flashier number on a smaller fee base or a shorter window is often worse than a steady 50% on a lean fee structure.
for the full mechanics of ours, see the uponly affiliate program.
product velocity and roadmap
an arcade is a game studio in disguise. velocity matters because users get bored. all three teams ship. we will not benchmark exact cadences for the other two — that is their story to tell.
uponly.win's cadence is structured: a new game every week. the one-tap rip is the first arcade machine. more drop on a weekly schedule. the first working version of the entire platform was built in a single overnight session — onboarding, wallet, deposits, trading, settlement. we kept that pace.
which one fits you
honest summary, the way we would say it to a friend.
- pick uponly.win if you weight no-house counterparty model, zero fees on losers, lifetime 50% creator share, and weekly new games
- pick rekt.money if you are already plugged in and the loop fits you, and you have read their docs on counterparty model and fees
- pick hit.one if same — already in their community, comfortable with their structure
- pick none of them if you do not understand that 75x–500x leverage is high-risk entertainment that can vaporize your collateral on any single tap
how to actually test all three
the cheapest comparison method is to run one small test rip on each. same collateral size, same target asset family if possible. log what comes out of your wallet on entry, on a losing exit, and on a winning exit. the math will tell you what the marketing pages will not.
- fund a small amount on each platform
- run one rip on each
- close at a small loss
- run another rip and close at a small win if the market gives you one
- compare the actual deltas in your wallet
try uponly — the rip button is right there, no menu diving required. if you decide to consolidate, our migration guide walks through the steps.