# FFL Draft Day Picker — A Manual/Live Draft Necessity

> Manual fantasy football draft tracker with player insights and live updates. (iPhone/iPad app by Jeffrey Norton.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ffl-draft-day-picker/id6758958075 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jeffrey Norton](https://appshunter.io/developer/1875980466)
- Category: Sports, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-02-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-05
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ffl-draft-day-picker/id6758958075/reviews.md

## What is FFL Draft Day Picker?

Walk into your fantasy draft fully prepared. FFL Draft Day Picker is your
personal draft coach, turning uncertainty into confident decision-making so
you leave draft day with a roster built to win.

If you worry about reaching, missing a positional run, or freezing when you're
on the clock, this app keeps you steady. As every pick comes off the board, it
recommends the strongest move for your team in real time — no spreadsheets, no
second-guessing, and no internet connection required during the draft.

Player data is sourced from ESPN and refreshed nightly on our servers,
including rankings, ADP, position ranks, injury status, and headshots. Refresh
once before your draft, then go fully offline with confidence.

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Smart Picks Every Time You're On the Clock

An AI recommendation engine scores every available player across five weighted
factors — Value vs. ADP, Positional Scarcity, Team Need, Bye Week conflicts,
and Elite Talent — then adds bonuses for TD and yardage production and
penalties for injury risk. It adapts instantly to draft flow and shows you the
best available pick with a full score breakdown explaining why. Supports
Standard, Half-PPR, and Full PPR scoring.

Avoid Draft-Day Mistakes

Cut out reaching, positional droughts, and unbalanced rosters. The app
highlights value, flags when a position is thinning with tier tracking, and
keeps your lineup structurally sound with position requirement enforcement.

Unlimited Mock Drafts

Practice against AI opponents as often as you like. Choose your difficulty —
Normal, Harder, or Tough — to control how tightly opponents draft to ADP. Track
your progress across saved drafts with VBD score trends and team report cards.

Instant Team Report Cards

Get curved letter grades, positional depth analysis, and strengths and
weaknesses summaries the moment your draft finishes.

Full Board Visibility

See every remaining pick with your roster needs in view. Tap any player for
full analysis, and plan multiple rounds ahead with projected picks color-coded
by position.

Trade Analyzer

Evaluate any trade with an 8-factor comparison across VBD, average ADP, average
rank, position value, total TDs, total yards, health risk, and bye-week
conflicts — so you never lose value in a deal.

Value Based Drafting Built In

Every player is scored with VBD (Value Based Drafting), measuring how much
better they are than a replacement-level starter at their position. Sort your
board by Rank, ADP, or VBD.

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Who It's For

- First-time drafters who want guidance
- Experienced players seeking optimal roster construction
- Anyone who wants to practice and draft with pro-level insight

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Key Features

- AI-driven pick recommendations with full score breakdowns
- Works 100% offline on draft day
- Nightly ESPN data refresh (rankings, ADP, injury status, headshots)
- Unlimited mock drafts vs. AI with three difficulty levels
- Standard, Half-PPR, and Full PPR scoring
- Snake or linear drafts, 2 to 20 teams
- Linear-then-snake flow for keeper leagues
- QB Premium / Superflex mode for 2QB leagues
- Value Based Drafting (VBD) scoring across every player
- Trade Analyzer with 8-factor comparison
- Draft Trends and curved team report cards
- Per-pick timer with auto-draft on expiration
- One-tap links to ESPN player profiles and depth charts
- Player search with position filters, favorites, and bust markers
- Custom write-in players and personal rankings
- Three color schemes plus Dark and Light mode
- Export draft results as CSV

## Key features

- Live draft pick tracking
- Player page links
- Depth chart links
- Manual draft functionality
- Injury status updates
- Custom ranking uploads (paid version)

## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ffl-draft-day-picker/id6758958075/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great app

*2026-02-20*

Simple but functional design; making teams is easy and intuitive

### 5/5 — Wish I found this sooner!

*2026-02-17*

Five stars!!

## Frequently asked questions about FFL Draft Day Picker

### What is FFL Draft Day Picker?

FFL Draft Day Picker is a tool designed to help you track every pick made during a manual or live fantasy football draft. It provides links to player pages and depth charts for quick insights.

### Is FFL Draft Day Picker free to use?

Yes, the current version of FFL Draft Day Picker is free and does not contain advertisements. A paid version is available that allows for uploading custom rankings.

### How often is FFL Draft Day Picker updated?

The app is updated frequently, especially to ensure the latest injury status updates are incorporated. Once 2026 data is available, updates will be very frequent.

### What devices does FFL Draft Day Picker support?

FFL Draft Day Picker is available for iPhone and iPad devices.

### What is the age rating for FFL Draft Day Picker?

FFL Draft Day Picker has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

### Can I upload my own rankings to FFL Draft Day Picker?

Uploading custom rankings is a feature of the paid version of FFL Draft Day Picker. The free version does not support this functionality.

### Does FFL Draft Day Picker have ads?

No, the current free version of FFL Draft Day Picker does not have ads. The developer has stated it is the free version without ads for the moment.

### How does FFL Draft Day Picker compare to online draft platforms?

FFL Draft Day Picker offers a manual tracking experience that can replace firing up a sleeper draft. It provides direct links to player information, enhancing the live draft day experience.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.7891 — 2026-09-03

Hot Fix - Draft cache refresh after 24+ hour draft may randomize draft to point. Only affect multi-day long drafts.

Best Available Modifications to align with other platform
- Player Avatar made slightly larger
- ESPN and Depth pills beneath avatar expanded in size for ease of use

### 4.7880 — 2026-08-30

Store site refresh of listing and screenshots. It's been a while.

### 4.788 — 2026-08-24

Mock Draft AI Difficulty (new feature)
- Added a MockDraftDifficulty enum with three levels: Loose ("Normal"), Standard ("Harder"), and Tight ("Tough")
- Each level controls how many top candidates the AI considers and how heavily it favors the best pick (e.g., Loose picks from 8 candidates with spread weights, Tight picks from 3 with 65% chance on the best)
- Exposed the difficulty selector in both DraftSetupView and DraftSettingsView as a segmented picker
- The mock draft AI pick logic in DraftViewModel now uses the difficulty's candidatePoolSize and weights instead of the hardcoded top-5 / [40,28,18,9,5] values
- DraftConfig updated with the new property, including Codable support with backward-compatible decoding

BestAvailableCard disabled after draft completes
- The card is now non-interactive (.allowsHitTesting(false)) and dimmed when the draft is complete
- The inline "Draft This Player" button is also disabled/grayed out
- isDraftComplete is passed through to PlayerDetailView from the card's sheet

Draft Report grading alignment with VBD
- DraftPicksReportView now accepts and respects gradingMode (curve vs raw) and passes positionRequirements to the grading call — previously it always used curve mode with default requirements, causing a mismatch with the Analytics view
- Each pick in the report now shows a per-player VBD score label
- DraftAnalyticsView threads gradingMode through AnalyticsRow into the report sheet

Team grade raw score normalization
- The "/100" score in TeamDraftGrade.gradeAllTeams() is now normalized across all teams using min/max VBD interpolation (30–95 range) instead of the arbitrary 50 + vbd/2 formula

Draft Position Summary UX polish
- Position count badges are now toggle-style (tap again to deselect) with a selected-state ring indicator
- Removed the separate "x" close button from the filtered pick list since tapping the badge again dismisses the filter

Mock draft initialization ordering
- startMockDraft() is now called before setting isInitializing = false in both initial load and reset flows, so isWaitingForUserPick is correct on first render

### 4.787 — 2026-08-23

Performance fixes and general app smoothness.

### 4.786 — 2026-08-23

Performance & Responsiveness Update

Draft Initialization Moved Off Main Thread
- initializeDraft() now runs player loading, VBD calculation, sorting, and tier computation in a background Task, keeping the UI responsive. The view transitions immediately and shows a "Preparing your draft…" loading spinner until everything is ready.
- Player JSON is pre-loaded in the background as soon as the Draft Setup screen appears (preloadPlayers()), so the heavy decode is usually done before the user taps "Start Draft."
- Mock draft auto-start was moved into the async completion block so it fires only after players are fully loaded.

Draft Reset Also Async
- resetDraft() now uses the same background pattern — VBD, sort, and tier recalculation happen off the main thread with a loading indicator shown until complete.
VBD Caching / Pre-computation
- DraftRecommendationEngine accepts an optional precomputedVBD parameter so VBD scores computed during init/reset are reused rather than recomputed on every recommendation request.
- BestAvailableCard passes precomputed VBD scores through to the engine.
- Background-Save on Scene Phase Change
- ContentView now observes scenePhase and persists the current draft when the app moves to background/inactive, preventing data loss if iOS terminates the process.

UI Polish
- Added a ProgressView + "Preparing your draft…" overlay in DraftView during initialization.
- Removed the pulsing animation on the Draft Board icon in DraftPositionSummaryView (the repeating scale/opacity/shadow effect).
- Fixed player name display in the Positional Depth section of the Draft Picks Report — now correctly shows the last name (or full name for single-word names) instead of sometimes showing an empty string.

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