bootbag vs Downing Draft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bootbag
Engage in a real-time fantasy football experience where you scout and trade professional players based on their live performance. Aim to build a winning squad, climb through divisions, and become the ultimate scout.
- Real-time player trading
- Live player performance scoring
- Monthly competition rounds
- Scout division progression
- Player boosts for lower leagues
- Live fixture viewing
- Player analysis and news
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Welcome to bootbag - Football's Ultimate Scouting Game Make your mark on the beautiful game. Feel the tension as you trade player's from over 3,000 real-life professional's in the knowledge that their form will improve. Is it the unsung goalkeeper, the talented wonder-kid defender, or the super-sub veteran midfielder who is underrated? Football's first real-time fantasy experience is here. Have you got what it takes to become bootbag's ultimate scout? Your aim is to select player's who can improve their form, and trade them out before they peak! Each month is a new competition round Every round you have a fresh transfer budget to scout players with Change your squad every match day to score points based on real-life performances The better they do, the more points you’ll score Gain promotion through the Scout divisions and aim to land the coveted first place in the Premier Division! Becoming Bootbag's ultimate scout! HOW TO PLAY As a new scout, you'll need to add players to your squad. The squad is where you will see all of your signings in one place. Each player's points score is live and can only be locked once you trade them out. YOUR SQUAD Adding a player to your squad is easy. You can search for a player via the League, Team and Player filters, or in-game via Match Vision. Simply select the player you want and complete their trade to your squad. You’ll have a maximum of 11 slots in your squad so you will need to trade a player out if it is full. LATEST NEWS & PLAYER ANALYSIS Study In-depth profiles on all players. Review a player’s form, upcoming fixtures, league tables and results. Read the latest stories and news impacting each league to help you decide which players sign. SCORE POINTS Make sure the players in your squad are getting game time, and that they are improving on their form from when you traded them in. PLAYER BOOSTS Players from a lower league have a ‘Player Boost’ added to their possible points return - the lower the league the higher the boost; this increases their potential points when the player plays well, but beware, if they play badly, their points will go in the opposite direction! WATCH LIVE LEAGUE FIXTURES As a scout, your job is to view potential trades and sign them to win you points. In Match Vision you can watch any fixture live as it happens, seeing how players are performing. You may have a player in your squad already that you are banking on to progress, or there may be a player that's caught your eye to add to your squad. SCOUT DIVISIONS Play for free and scale the 5 Scout divisions to prove you are the best. Once you have made it to the coveted Premier Division you will crowned as bootbag’s ultimate scout. SPEND DIAMONDS Diamonds are rewarded for trades and can be used to unlock further features to help you get an edge on the competition! CREATING YOUR CLUB Create a unique club identity that makes you stand out from the crowd earning new kit designs along the way, and adding to the clubs facilities. By increasing your abilities in the game, you will unlock more features to choose from. Developed by Sapien Interactive Limited - Bootbag® and the Bootbag logo are registered UK trademark office. All rights reserved. All other company names, brand names, and logo's are the property of Sapien Interactive Limited.
Downing Draft
Lead your nation as Prime Minister in this replayable political strategy game. Draft a cabinet, set national priorities, and make impactful decisions to shape your legacy. See how your choices play out and compare your performance to historical leaders.
- Draft a cabinet from a deck of candidates
- Assign ministers to government offices
- Set national priorities and economic approach
- Commit to a signature pledge
- Receive a full verdict on your performance
- Share your results easily
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You're the new Prime Minister. A recession is already underway, the public is restless, and the only thing standing between you and history is the government you build. Downing Draft is a quick, replayable political strategy game. Draw your ministers, assign them to the right briefs, set your priorities, and pick the signature pledge that will define your time in office - then watch how your choices play out. HOW IT PLAYS - Name your Prime Minister and party - Draft a cabinet from a rolling deck of candidates - re-roll if you don't like the hand you're dealt - Match ministers to the jobs that suit them across eight great offices of state - Choose your economic approach, governing style and three national priorities - Commit to a signature pledge and live with the consequences YOUR LEGACY When the dust settles you get a full verdict: how many years you survived, your exit approval, your election result, a scorecard across government performance, political capital, cabinet cohesion and your signature policy - plus how you compare to real prime ministers. Share your result with a single tap. No accounts. No logins. Pick up and play in minutes. For entertainment only. Player ratings and outcomes are fictional game mechanics, not factual assessments of any real person, party or government.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Downing Draft at 5.0 against bootbag's 4.6. Downing Draft also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). bootbag's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Downing Draft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of bootbag's written reviews are positive against 80% of Downing Draft's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
bootbag ships an update every 2 weeks, Downing Draft every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bootbag | Downing Draft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SAPIEN INTERACTIVE LTD | NEUROCHAMPS LTD |
Customer experience
bootbag
Downing Draft
In-app purchases
bootbag
No in-app purchases
Downing Draft
No in-app purchases
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