Comparison

4league vs Pools

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

Head to head
About

4league

Create and manage football tournaments, leagues, and brackets with automated fixture generation, live score updates, and detailed team and player statistics. Organize everything from small matches to club-level competitions.

Highlights
  • Tournament and league creation
  • Automated fixture generation
  • Live score updates
  • Detailed standings and statistics
  • Team and player profiles
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Website widgets
Features
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4league is the football tournament maker, league maker and bracket generator for real competitions: create a football league, cup or group tournament, generate the fixtures, publish standings and share live scores with your teams and fans. Free to start. TOURNAMENT MAKER & LEAGUE MAKER Create a league, cup, knockout tournament, group stage or playoffs in minutes. The fixture generator builds the whole schedule for you: round robin (Berger tables), single or double elimination bracket, groups followed by a knockout bracket, home and away series, promotion and relegation between leagues. Football, soccer and futsal rules for any team size, from 1v1 or 3v3 to 5-a-side, 7-a-side and 11-a-side. FIXTURE GENERATOR & MATCH SCHEDULER Set dates, pitches and kick-off times, postpone or replay a match, move a game between rounds and let the schedule update itself. Assign referees, manage suspended players and keep every round in order. LEAGUE TABLE, STANDINGS & STATISTICS The league table updates the moment a result comes in. Standings, top scorers, assists, cards, clean sheets, team form and player statistics for every competition and every season. Archive a season, restart it and promote or relegate teams automatically. LIVE SCORES & NOTIFICATIONS Enter goals, cards, substitutions and fouls minute by minute. Fans, parents and players get live scores and push notifications, vote the man of the match and follow the news. APPLE WATCH APP: SCORE FROM YOUR WRIST Referees, organizers and team managers run a live match from Apple Watch: start the match, add goals, cards, fouls and substitutions and end the game without taking out the iPhone. Actions are stored offline and synced when the watch reconnects (Pro plan, needs the iPhone app). TEAM MANAGER APP Team page with logo, kit and cover, squad management, friendly matches outside the tournament, team statistics per league and per season. Pick a formation, tick your starters and they are placed on the pitch by position; swap them, auto-fill the lineup or save it as the team default. Register the team in any competition with a code and invite players in one tap. PLAYER PROFILES Players get a personal profile with goals, assists, matches played, ratings and achievements that follow them from team to team and from tournament to tournament. Join a team and share your player card. CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS & FEDERATIONS Organize a whole club or federation: board and organization chart with departments and roles, referees, player registrations and medical clearance, sanctions, transfer windows, polls, news and media. Affiliated clubs and their teams roll up into the organization's rankings. WEBSITE WIDGETS & DATA API Embed standings, matches, teams and players on your club website with widgets in your colors and language. Developers can read the organization's data through the Data API (Pro plan). TRAINING SESSIONS Schedule training sessions, take attendance, rate each player and follow their progress over the season. POSTERS & SHARING Generate match day posters, league table images and player cards ready for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Share a tournament, team or player with one link that opens the app or the web. WHO IS 4LEAGUE FOR • Tournament organizers and league managers running amateur football, 5-a-side, 7-a-side, futsal or 11-a-side competitions • Clubs, associations and federations organizing teams, referees, registrations and rankings in one place • Team managers and coaches who want a football team app for the whole season • Players tracking their own statistics • Fans and parents following live scores and standings Available in 24 languages on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and the web at 4league.app. Create your football tournament or league today with the free tournament maker and bracket generator built for real pitches. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pools

Features
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Pools is a complete fencing pool manager for referees, coaches, and clubs — built around official FIE rules and the way a real pool runs. Set up a pool in seconds, run every bout from the built-in referee console, and get instant, correctly-ranked standings you can share. POOL MANAGEMENT • Foil, épée, and sabre • 4–10 fencers per pool, with multiple pools at once • Import fencer names or enter them by hand, and randomize the order REFEREE CONSOLE • 3-minute bout timer with overtime • Priority assignment for tied bouts • Yellow, red, and black cards applied to the score automatically • Adjust time or reset the clock when you need to STANDINGS & RESULTS • Automatic FIE ranking: victories, V/M, indicator, touches scored/received • Live pool sheet grid — tap any cell to score a bout EXPORT & SHARE • Export results as Text, CSV, JSON, or PDF • Hand off standings to organizers or import into other tools PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no data collected. Whether you're refereeing a club night or running pools at a tournament, Pools keeps the whole thing on one screen.

Screenshots

4league4 screens
Pools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 4league at weekly against Pools's every 2 weeks. 4league also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, 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. 4league sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month and Pools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

4league ships an update weekly, Pools every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
4league versus Pools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter4leaguePools
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (405 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings405 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNativeUP Lab S.R.L.Glenn Samson

Bugs and requests

4league

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes when adjusting team settings
  • Freezing when opening tournament
  • Badge disappears after game refresh or reload
  • Assist leaderboard entries not submitting properly
  • Tournament data scrambled (matchdays, rosters, results)
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  • Settings save causing match duplication
  • Login authentication issues with email accounts
  • Pro subscription benefits not accessible
  • Synchronization delays with team managers
  • Cannot add additional organizers

Requested features

16 requests
  • Assist leaderboard functionality
  • Saves/goalkeeper statistics tracking
  • Team kit customization for organizers
  • Player card rating modifications
  • Yellow and red card tracking system
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  • Full player name and surname requirements
  • Transfer market with player exchanges
  • Match posters showing all players without cutoff
  • Random score simulation feature
  • Player substitution and injury tracking
  • Individual player profiles
  • Team logo uploads
  • Friendly matches without team search requirement
  • Player performance ratings per match
  • Hockey and basketball tournament versions
  • Additional organizer management capabilities

Pools

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

4league

Subscriptions2
  • Semi-PRO1 Month trial2 variants$6.491 Month
  • PRO2 variants$12.491 Month
1 purchases

Pools

One-time1
  • Unlock All Features$3.99

Questions

Is 4league free?
4league is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pools free?
Pools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 4league or Pools have ads?
Neither 4league nor Pools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 4league or Pools?
4league ships an update weekly, and Pools every 2 weeks. Most recently, 4league was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pools on October 28, 2026.

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