Comparison

TheFans vs Career Mode Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

TheFans

Log every football ground you visit, record match details, and track your progress towards popular football challenges. Visualize your journey on an interactive map and import your existing data.

Highlights
  • Log visited grounds and matches
  • Generate match statistics
  • Track progress towards challenges
  • Interactive stadium map
  • CSV data import
  • Community-driven development
Features
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Every ground tells a story. TheFans helps you log every one of them. Whether you're chasing The 92, ticking off non-league gems, or simply building a record of every away day you've ever made, TheFans is the app built by football fans, for football fans. LOG EVERY GROUND YOU'VE VISITED Add the grounds you've been to, record the exact matches you attended, and build a complete history of your football journey — from your first game to your latest away day. RICH STATS FROM EVERY MATCH TheFans automatically generates in-depth statistics from your logged games. Goals, appearances, results, clubs visited — the kind of data no other football tracking app comes close to matching. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS TOWARD THE BIG CHALLENGES How far are you from completing The 92? How many of The 42 have you ticked off? TheFans tracks your progress toward the challenges that matter most to groundhoppers, giving you a clear picture of how far you've come — and how far there is still to go. YOUR FOOTBALL JOURNEY ON THE MAP See every ground you've visited plotted on an interactive stadium map. Discover new venues, plan future away days, and watch your map fill up as your groundhopping journey grows. BULK IMPORT YOUR HISTORY. Already keeping a spreadsheet? TheFans lets you import your entire match history via CSV — so you can bring years of away days into the app in minutes, not months. BUILT WITH FANS, FOR FANS Our community shapes the app. Got a suggestion? The team listens — and acts. TheFans is constantly evolving thanks to the supporters who use it every day. Ready to start logging? Download TheFans and begin your groundhopping journey today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Career Mode Tracker

Enhance your football video game career mode with detailed stat tracking, squad management, and transfer planning. Monitor player performance, plan lineups, and build your dream team. Organize youth academies and celebrate trophy wins with a realistic coaching dashboard experience.

Highlights
  • Track player stats and performance
  • Manage lineups and match results
  • Monitor transfers and player potential
  • Develop youth academy and scouts
  • Track trophies and career history
  • Access FC player database
Features
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Career Mode Tracker is the ultimate companion for your FC Career Mode. Recreate your save, log every match, transfer and trophy, and turn your career into stats, insights and history you can look back on season after season. TRACK EVERY GAME MODE • Manager Career — recreate your club save and follow it season by season • Player Career — track your pro's journey, transfers between clubs and full career history • National Team — manage a national coach career alongside your club: pick your nation, build the squad, add tournaments, results and trophies, and browse your history with every national team you've led • Tournaments — track standalone tournament saves • Rush — log your youth academy Rush results YOUR SEASON, FULLY LOGGED • Results with scorers, assists, cards, aggregate scores, player ratings and Player of the Match • Transfers in, out and loans, with values, types and transfer grades — plus a Manager Market for manager moves • Trophies won (or the stage you were knocked out), displayed in a 3D Trophy Cabinet • League standings and knockout tables — filled automatically from your results or edited manually • Season objectives: financial, youth development, brand exposure, domestic and continental success • Individual awards: Ballon d'Or, Golden Boy, Yashin Trophy, Coach of the Month, Player of the Month and Season, Team of the Week • All-time club records and all-time players BUILD AND ANALYSE YOUR SQUAD • Add your full team automatically from the built-in player database, or create custom players and clubs • FC 24, FC 25 and FC 26 player databases included • Starting 11 and formations, squad roles, shirt numbers and captains • Youth Academy with scouts, scout travels and promotion to the first team • Youth potential and position calculator • Explore: search and filter thousands of players, compare them head-to-head, olders INSIGHTS THAT MAKE YOU A BETTER MANAGER • Team analysis: age, overall, potential, squad depth, height, footedness and position balance, with suggestions on where to strengthen • Home/away splits, goals scored and conceded, win/draw/defeat breakdowns • Player stats: appearances, goals, assists, clean sheets and average ratings • Auto-generated news from your results to keep your save feeling alive • Achievements: game, win, goal, trophy and career milestones MADE FOR CAREER MODE FANS • Game sliders and celebrations guides • Metric or imperial units; Euro, Dollar or Pound currencies • Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) • Themed app icons Your career deserves to be remembered. Start tracking it today. ----------------- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or feedback? Reach out on Instagram @careermodetracker. If you subscribe to any premium plan, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can choose monthly or yearly billing. Auto-renewal can be turned off at any time in your Apple ID Account Settings.

Screenshots

TheFans4 screens
Career Mode Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TheFans at 5.0 against Career Mode Tracker's 4.3. TheFans also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (97% vs 74%). Career Mode Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TheFans sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Career Mode Tracker sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TheFans holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Career Mode Tracker has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of TheFans's written reviews are positive against 74% of Career Mode Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TheFans ships an update every 4 days, Career Mode Tracker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TheFans versus Career Mode Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTheFansCareer Mode Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.3 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings368 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB150 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTHEFANS LTD.Ivo Teixeira

Customer experience

TheFans

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative0.0%

Career Mode Tracker

All ratings68 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative19.5%

Bugs and requests

TheFans

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Career Mode Tracker

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes when adding custom player photos
  • No delete button for custom photos causing permanent errors
  • Player search broken with letter input
  • Data loss when switching between authentic and custom player creation
  • Youth academy players disappearing after updates
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  • League standings data lost after updates
  • Player roster disappears when creating multiple careers
  • Cannot add created club to league table
  • Player sorting reverts after editing
  • App freezes on 3-day free trial prompt
  • Cannot modify incorrect match results
  • Player Career Mode result counting losses incorrectly
  • Team names don't match game database (Milano FC vs Inter/AC)
  • League filter not working (showing wrong teams)
  • Custom photos cause constant crashes and lag
  • Spelling errors in interface
  • Limited edit capabilities in menus
  • Premium subscription changed to membership model, removing previous purchases

Requested features

36 requests
  • Player Career Mode trophy cabinet and news feed
  • Custom player generation for created clubs
  • Cross-platform account linking and cloud saves
  • Ability to change club within same career
  • Player of the Month awards tracking
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  • Transfer Hub for monitoring target signings
  • Lineup and formation builder with visual representation
  • Filter players by position and shirt number
  • Automatic player age updates per season
  • Loan player management (hide from squad during loan)
  • Player appearance tracking alongside goals/assists
  • Substitution naming in match results
  • Competition naming on results page
  • Aggregate score tracking for two-legged ties
  • Injured player status tracking
  • Pre-season league support
  • National team career mode tracking
  • Custom league creation for modded games
  • Automatic stat calculation after match entry
  • Player rating graphs throughout season
  • Team positioning organization (by formation)
  • Minute-by-minute goal/assist tracking
  • Penalty and free-kick goal notation
  • Player contract goal tracking
  • Manager transfer window tracking
  • Multiple language support (French, Portuguese, Spanish, German)
  • Currency selection (£, €, $)
  • Copy/paste league standings functionality
  • Edit match results after entry
  • Delete career mode option
  • Player loan duration input
  • Buy clause from loan feature
  • Coach of the Year award tracking
  • Shot accuracy instead of conversion rate
  • Supercopa and other missing competitions
  • Scorer and assister details for both teams

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TheFans

Subscriptions2
  • TheFans Supporter$1.991 Month
  • TheFans Supporter$14.991 Year
16 purchases

Career Mode Tracker

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$8.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$69.991 Year
One-time6
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Premium Features$1.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
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  • Lifetime Plan$29.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$59.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$99.99

Questions

Is TheFans free?
TheFans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Career Mode Tracker free?
Career Mode Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TheFans or Career Mode Tracker?
TheFans is rated higher. TheFans averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Career Mode Tracker averages 4.3 from 68 ratings.
Do TheFans or Career Mode Tracker have ads?
Neither TheFans nor Career Mode Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TheFans or Career Mode Tracker?
TheFans ships an update every 4 days, and Career Mode Tracker every 8 days. Most recently, TheFans was updated on September 23, 2026 and Career Mode Tracker on September 21, 2026.

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