Comparison

Ikon Pass vs Squad XI

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

Head to head
About

Ikon Pass

This app helps you maximize your mountain experience at over 70 destinations. It offers interactive maps for amenities, in-app payments, and real-time updates on parking and events. Connect with friends, track your stats, and manage your pass details all in one place.

Highlights
  • Interactive amenity maps
  • In-app food and drink payment
  • Real-time parking availability
  • Pass management and tracking
  • Friend group messaging and location sharing
  • Mountain activity tracking
  • Event browsing
Features
Currently charting
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The official Ikon Pass app is your tool to maximize fun at over 70 Ikon Pass destinations worldwide. Whether you're an Ikon Pass holder or using a local pass or day ticket, the Ikon Pass app helps you make the most of your mountain experience – all in one place. New Features for 25/26: - Find dining, retail, and rentals with interactive maps - Pay for food and drinks in-app - Track your mountain credits - Manage your family’s pass profile - Check parking availability in real time - Browse live events at participating destinations All Features: Manage your Pass - See your days remaining and blackout dates - Choose favorite destinations and set preferences - Keep track of exclusive deals and vouchers - Track your mountain credits - Manage your family’s pass profile, pass photos, and more Amplify Your Adventure - Track stats like vertical, run difficulty, and current altitude - Track activity on Apple Watch - View weather and condition reports before you go - Find dining, retail, and rentals with interactive maps - Pay for food and drinks in-app - Map you and your crew on the mountain - Check parking availability in real time - Browse live events at participating destinations Connect With Your Crew - Create daily friend groups to message, compare stats, and track each other's locations - Challenge the Ikon Pass community on the Leaderboard - Map you and your crew on the mountain Ikon Pass helps you navigate at 60+ destinations worldwide. In the 25/26 season, it will replace the local apps at the following mountain destinations: Arapahoe Basin, Big Bear Mountain Resort, Blue Mountain, Crystal Mountain, Deer Valley Resort, June Mountain, Mammoth Mountain, Palisades Tahoe, Schweitzer, Snow Valley, Snowshoe, Solitude, Steamboat, Stratton, Sugarbush, Tremblant, Winter Park Resort.

About

Squad XI

Effortlessly build a complete fantasy football squad in seconds with real-time player data and customizable options. Import your existing team or make manual adjustments, all while understanding complex football jargon.

Highlights
  • Automatic squad generation
  • Live player data integration
  • Existing squad import
  • Customizable manager preferences
  • Manual player swaps and rule checks
  • Built-in football jargon glossary
Features
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Fantasy football asks you to fill 15 squad places from hundreds of players, under a fixed budget and strict squad rules. Squad XI does the hard part. A FULL SQUAD IN SECONDS Tap once for a complete, legal squad: 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 3 forwards, never more than 3 from one club, and the budget put to work. Your starting XI, formation, captain, vice-captain and bench order come with it. BUILT ON LIVE DATA Every player is rated on current prices, recent form, expected goals and assists, clean sheet and save rates, minutes played, injury status, and the difficulty of the next few fixtures. ALREADY HAVE A TEAM? Import your existing squad with your team ID, or enter your 15 by hand. Tell the app your bank and free transfers, and it shows which moves are worth making — including whether a four-point transfer hit pays for itself. AS MUCH CONTROL AS YOU WANT A short survey asks how much football you watch and how much you want to decide yourself. New managers get a finished team and plain English. Experienced ones get risk appetite, fixture horizon, form weighting, per-club limits, must-have players and a blocklist. CHANGE ANYTHING BY HAND Swap a player, bench someone, move the armband. Every change is checked against the squad rules, so you can't end up with an illegal team — and the app tells you why a player is unavailable rather than hiding them. NO JARGON REQUIRED A built-in glossary explains expected goals, expected assists, fixture difficulty, effective ownership, transfer hits, price changes and the rest in plain English, whenever you want it. ALSO INCLUDED • Save as many teams as you like and reload them at today's prices • Share your squad as an image or as text • Five colour themes and adjustable card detail • No account, no ads, no tracking — nothing leaves your device Squad XI is an unofficial, independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any football competition, club, or fantasy game provider.

Screenshots

Ikon Pass4 screens
Squad XI1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Squad XI at free against Ikon Pass's free with in-app purchases. Squad XI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ikon Pass's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 2) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Squad XI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ikon Pass has 28K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ikon Pass ships an update every 2 weeks, Squad XI every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Ikon Pass versus Squad XI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIkon PassSquad XI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlterra Mountain CompanyPravir Gupta

Customer experience

Ikon Pass

All ratings27,575 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews301 reviews
Positive13.6%
Neutral11.6%
Negative74.8%

Squad XI

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ikon Pass

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen not loading
  • Tracking data being lost or reset
  • Inability to view or manage reservations
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Integrate pass barcode for discounts
  • Automatic tracking without manual start/stop
  • Offline maps and resort information
  • Customizable metric units
  • Leaderboards and speed tracking

Squad XI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ikon Pass

No in-app purchases

None

Squad XI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ikon Pass free?
Ikon Pass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squad XI free?
Squad XI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ikon Pass or Squad XI?
Squad XI is rated higher. Ikon Pass averages 4.7 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Squad XI averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Ikon Pass or Squad XI have ads?
Neither Ikon Pass nor Squad XI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ikon Pass or Squad XI?
Ikon Pass ships an update every 2 weeks, and Squad XI every 9 days. Most recently, Ikon Pass was updated on November 4, 2026 and Squad XI on October 31, 2026.

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