# The Touchline — Three football puzzles a day

> Three football puzzles a day (iPhone/iPad app by Steven Cleworth.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-touchline/id6783063248 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Steven Cleworth](https://appshunter.io/developer/6783063250)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Puzzle, Sports
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-30
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-touchline/id6783063248/reviews.md

## What is The Touchline?

Touchline — the home of daily football puzzles, and Gaffer.
Football brain? Put it to the test. Touchline is a beautifully simple collection of football games: a fresh set of daily puzzles every morning, plus Gaffer — our endless headline game you can play any time.
GAFFER — THE HEADLINE GAME 

Build a five-a-side from football's biggest names, past and present — Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, Zidane, and hundreds more. Players are dealt one at a time. Rank each into a slot the moment they appear, knowing your top pick scores 5× and your last just 1×. Then watch a full 38-game season play out: goals fly in, stars pick up injuries, hotheads get sent off. Score the most and climb the leaderboard. No two seasons are the same — just one more go.
EVERY DAY, THREE PUZZLES

Mystery Man — name the hidden player in as few guesses as you can. Clue-free solves earn gold.
Higher / Lower — higher or lower on one stat, fifteen in a row. One slip ends it.
Connections — sort sixteen names into four hidden groups. Four mistakes and you're out.

WHY YOU'LL KEEP COMING BACK

Global & friends leaderboards — see how you rank on every game.
Add friends with a code and compare scores head-to-head.
Track your streaks, win rate and best runs.
A new set drops daily, the same for everyone — Gaffer never sleeps.
Clean, ad-free, made for football fans.

Free to play. How good is your football knowledge, really?


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2 — 2026-08-17

Bug fixes

### 2.1 — 2026-07-22

Bug fixes

### 2 — 2026-07-19

Play your mates, every day.
Touchline is a competition now. Your friends' scores sit right on the home screen, so the first thing you see is whether someone's beaten you today.

Daily friends leaderboard — see who's ahead across every game, and who still has puzzles to play
Share your result to invite — send your score and your mates are added automatically, no codes to copy out
Fairer Mystery Man rankings — the leaderboard now shows clues used (4G/2C), and a clue-free solve always ranks above one that spent a clue
Daily reminders — optional nudge so you never break a streak by accident
Save your progress — create an account and your streak and history follow you between your phone and the website

### 1.5 — 2026-07-17

- Updated categories for 'Signature' 
- Missing information updated
- Bug fixes

### 1.4 — 2026-07-12

- Bug fixes
- Connections is gone! Signature is in! A brand new game, set to test your knowledge even more!
- Compare scores between current and legends on mystery man
- Updated Gaffer leaderboard

## Apps similar to The Touchline

| App | Rating | Price | Category |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Final Whistle: Football Quiz](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-whistle-football-quiz/id6775671461) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Games |
| [Career11 - Soccer Trivia](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/career11-soccer-trivia/id6756809448) | — | Free | Games |
| [Fantasy Teamz](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantasy-teamz/id1564960716) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Games |
| [Play Nimbus](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-nimbus/id6758462963) | — | Free | Games |
| [Total Footble](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/total-footble/id6749692960) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Games |
| [442 Goals Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/442-goals-game/id6814904455) | — | Free | Games |

---

*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-30.*