The Program User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience78.7% of reviews
Neutral7.9% of reviews
Negative experience13.3% of reviews

~ Based on 908 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is The Program Safe?

The Program: College Football appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for The Program is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 40,851 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 40,851 App Store ratings for The Program.

Is The Program Legit?

The Program: College Football appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for The Program is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Pretty chill game

Good game basically no ads and great time killer it’s just a slow game because you obviously start off trash then have to play seasons until you are a contender

Super sick concept

Love the game. Super smooth, well made. Couple tweaks could be made just like making the actually football sim a little more realistic. Had a couple times where teams have made 70+ yard field goals which is nuts but smaller things like going for it on 4th and short situations or being able to decide who your kick returner is. A little more variability in plays would be cool to see too. Overall great game though I’m hooked
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Mediocre at best

I have been playing this game for a long time time now. The progression through the game is extremely slow and the inconsistencies will frustrate you to death. The recruiting is super annoying and you will have a recruit at 96% and they will say no and it will screw you. The game is inconsistent, has tons of flaws and even when you have the best team by far you will still lose. There is no championship game, there is not conference championship trophy, and the overall flow of the game is pretty bad. I’m frustrated often with this game and after 20+ seasons in, I’m only on the third prestige conference and I’ve had the best recruiting class for 12 seasons. It makes zero sense.
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👍🏻

Good

Lazy Coding

The play calling in this game is absolutely abysmal. I had a game where I put in a Ilb2 blitz, and it wasn’t utilized once against a team that doesn’t even pass! Furthermore, I used this play against a team that has a mix of passing and running. That play was the only defensive play called the entire game! How is it possible that the game could simulate only calling 1 play on defense for an entire game?! This is lazy coding and game development! Every defensive play should be utilized at least once in a game. Why else would I choose them?
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Good but should be more interactive in game

During the in game simulation we should be able to pick the play before the play starts. That would make the game more interactive and fun, not just sitting there and watching the team pick the same play over and over.

The Program (Basketball Hopeful)

Absolutely love this game but i’m dying to play a basketball version🙏

Great Game, it’s actually pretty hard to get good.

This is an awesome game to play when you’re hooked on football and bored. I would say they could add more depth to recruits and they could have development traits. But overall I rate it 9/10, it’s pretty good.

Nice game

Very addicting but still missing some details and additions to the game like editing your starting lineup and playstyles

Winning Games

Even when you have the upper hand or higher average, you still cannot win games most of the time.

Fun but flawed

I’ve been looking for an iPhone game like this and it’s almost everything I wanted, but the recruiting is ridiculous. There are seasons when the position I need most has nothing but 1 star players across the entire map. One season I needed a center and there wasn’t a single one available to recruit! They should add an option for changing the position of players on your roster. It would make recruiting and roster building less frustrating.
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What I’ve been looking for

Fun!

Difficulty Scaling

I have teams 10 points above the opposition and still am unable to score. It’s honestly laughable, I have teams at 50 versus low 40s and I can’t even move the ball. My qb is in the 70s and he can’t compete any pass short or long

This is the game you’re looking for.

Best Football game on the market. I wish you could call your own plays and play live, but still best game on the market!

Fav

This is the best

Recruit signing/practice success probability isn’t truthful.

Just recently, I attempted to sign 3 recruits all above 3 stars. I got their chance of signing at above 78 for two and 65 for the other. All three declined.

I usually brush things like this off, even though it happens quite frequently… I just let it be. HOWEVER. The next 4 recruits I tried to sign all had chances below 50% with one at 33 and another at 35.

They all signed.

This is a VERY annoying thing that seems to happen often. You get a recruit with very promising signing chances (70% - up) and they seem to be willing to decline more so than the probability shown. This inconsistency can even be applied to certain training regimens like the “make or break”. A player could be given a “50/50 shot” at going up 5 overall points or down 5, but on the contrary the game gives a bar for every player you have that represents the likelihood of that players training being successful. It could say a 100% success rate, but often I find it to be VERY misleading, and the player suffers. this doesn’t just apply to that specific regimen.

I feel like this is a tacky money grab for the developers. They get you to make multiple micro purchases for season passes after every season because usually you’ll find that with the given amount of recruiting points in the beginning isn’t enough to absolutely guarantee anything from more than 1-2 recruits unless you spend loads on said recruits (won’t have enough for anyone else.)You purchase the game pass thinking it’s going to benefit you in signing more people only for the probabilities in the long run to not be truthful — which gets you spending more money.

Please fix. This happens way too often to be just bad luck & inconveniences.
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10/10

I got beef with Lexington but other than that 10 out of 10

Recruiting

The recruitment area needs some work. Need to be able to select more players at a time rather than just one move at a time.

Easy

Chill calm

Review

Overall game is fun, but you need to pay to be good.