Comparison

TheFans vs Match Days

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

Head to head
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

Match Days

Track football matches attended and view personalized statistics like wins, losses, goals seen, and stadiums visited. Compare your attendance records with friends and explore stadiums on an interactive map.

Highlights
  • Track attended football fixtures
  • Personalized stats dashboard
  • Stadium visit tracking
  • Interactive map of stadiums
  • Friend stat comparison
  • Lifetime and seasonal stats
Features
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The ultimate App for football fans, tick off the fixtures you have attended and let the MatchDays dashboard automatically populate with your personal stats. See how many games you have attended in your life time or by season basis. The dashboard will show you how many wins, draws, loses, the amount of goals seen, stadiums visited and even the miles you have travelled. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ The Stadium page shows you all the grounds you have been to, along with stats about your travels all shown on an interactive map. Find and add your friends from any team, compare stats to see who has been to more games and how many you have attended together. Your Team, Your Stats, Your Match Days. Privacy policy: https://match-days.fans/privacy-policy

Screenshots

TheFans4 screens
Match Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TheFans at 97% against Match Days's 33%. TheFans also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Match Days sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TheFans ships an update every 4 days, Match Days every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TheFans versus Match Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTheFansMatch Days
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB70 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTheFans LTD.Match-Days.fans

Customer experience

TheFans

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

Match Days

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral50.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TheFans

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

Match Days

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Membership$3.991 Month
  • Premium Membership$34.991 Year

Questions

Is TheFans free?
TheFans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match Days free?
Match Days is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TheFans or Match Days have ads?
Neither TheFans nor Match Days shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TheFans or Match Days?
TheFans ships an update every 4 days, and Match Days every 5 days. Most recently, TheFans was updated on October 16, 2026 and Match Days on October 9, 2026.

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