Comparison

DFB Play vs FusionSim

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

Head to head
About

DFB Play

Stream DFB-Pokal matches live and on demand for free. Access highlight clips, extended shows, and archive content from this prestigious German football competition. No login is required to enjoy the action.

Highlights
  • Live DFB-Pokal matches
  • On-demand match replays
  • Highlight clips
  • Extended highlight shows
  • Archive content
  • Free access, no login required
Features
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Experience the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) matches – LIVE, for free and on demand. DFB Play, the new OTT platform for fans of the DFB-Pokal competitions, features content such as: - Live and on-demand matches available in selected regions* - Highlight clips from each match with extended highlights from the final - Extended Highlight show of each round of the competition - “Best-of”-Clips of each season - Archive content - And much more *  The exact scope of rights may vary from country to country Follow the DFB-Pokal and other German football content: - For free & no log-in required - Available as an app for your phone and tablet, as well as a website (dfbplay.tv) The DFB-Pokal showcases the most successful and prestigious German football clubs with its variety of global elite players, local heroes and rising stars. The German Cup is designed for thrilling contests, with a knockout format from round one onwards, to encourage the ‘winner takes all’ character that ultimately leads the way to the grand final in Berlin. Therefore, DFB Play offers its users the unique opportunity to follow the content of the DFB-Pokal, initially at no cost. Selected content will be available, which will bring you closer to this legendary DFB- Pokal and other competitions.

About

FusionSim

This app simulates tens of thousands of football seasons across numerous leagues to provide in-depth projections and analytics. It helps fans understand title races, promotion/relegation battles, and likely team finishes. Offers free access to basic club data and limited simulations, with premium tiers for advanced tools and full league coverage.

Highlights
  • 10,000 simulated seasons
  • 34 football leagues covered
  • Projections for title, promotion, and relegation
  • Detailed league tables
  • Advanced analytics tools
  • Club profile viewing
  • Weekly free credits
Features
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FusionSim is a football (soccer) season simulator with more than 20 tools you won't find anywhere else. Play the rest of the season out 10,000 times, keep simulating until the impossible happens, travel decades into the future, replay the past and rewrite the rules of the game. It isn't a manager game and you don't coach a team. FusionSim is for fans who want to know how a season could end, and how often the "impossible" really happens. THE TOOLS • How Many Sims Until: pick any scenario, like your club winning the title, and keep simulating until it finally happens. • Time Travel: play season after season of the English football pyramid and watch clubs rise and fall. A free account covers the top two divisions for 5 seasons. Pro adds the next two divisions and 60 seasons, and Pro+ covers the whole pyramid for up to 120 seasons, cups included. • Sims Until Time Travel: travel through the pyramid, season by season, until your scenario comes true. • How Many Times In: play a season thousands of times and count how often anything happens. • Generator: change how a real season plays out, then simulate it once or thousands of times. • League Switch: move clubs into a different league and see how the season goes with them in it. • Points Deductor: dock points from any club and see where everyone finishes. • Simulator, What If Simulator and Fixture Simulator: set how strong every club is, lock in the results you want, or play out a match between any two clubs, even sides that could never meet. • Time Machine, Replay the Past and How Many Sims Retro: go back to a season from history and play it again, as it was or rewritten your way. • League Creator: build your own league from clubs across history, then simulate it. • Custom Rules: change the laws of the game, from points for a win to no draws, and see who comes out on top. • Table Predictor: call the final table and score your call against thousands of simulations. • Share Mode: turn any projection into a card to send to friends. • Live Hub: every covered match on one board, with win chances that move as the game goes on. DAILY GAMES True or False, Which is Rarer?, Simdle and Name All Ten. Play them every day to earn credits. EVERY LEAGUE, PROJECTED Behind the tools sits a projection for 188 leagues in more than 100 countries: who wins the title, who goes up, who goes down and who reaches the continental places, plus every club's projected finish. Eight tiers of English football, the top divisions and second tiers across Europe, leagues across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania, women's leagues, and domestic, continental and international cups. Everything updates as results come in. WITH A FREE ACCOUNT • Every simulation tool except League Creator, at free-plan limits, and all four daily games • The projected table and headline chances for every league • Every club's profile and projected finish • Live scores and match state for every covered game FUSION PRO • Deeper race views, from the race for the continental places to the relegation battle, head-to-head records and magic numbers • Live title and relegation chances that move with every goal • Bigger and faster simulations in every tool FUSION PRO+ • Everything in Pro, with every tool at its maximum • League Creator: build your own league from clubs across history • Full interactive distributions for every league HOW IT WORKS Every remaining fixture is simulated and the season is played to the end. That is repeated 10,000 times, and how often each club finishes in each place becomes its chances. The numbers refresh as results come in. Simulation tools use credits. Every plan includes a weekly allowance, and the daily games earn more. Plans and prices are shown in the app. FusionSim is independent and not affiliated with any league, club, federation or governing body. Privacy Policy: https://www.fusion-sim.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.fusion-sim.com/terms

Screenshots

DFB Play3 screens
FusionSim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FusionSim at 43% against DFB Play's 0%. FusionSim also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). DFB Play's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FusionSim sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. DFB Play asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FusionSim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DFB Play has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of DFB Play's written reviews are positive against 43% of FusionSim's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DFB Play ships an update every 3 months, FusionSim every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DFB Play versus FusionSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDFB PlayFusionSim
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (22 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDFB GmbH & Co. KGDATA FUSIONARY LTD

Customer experience

DFB Play

All ratings20 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

FusionSim

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

DFB Play

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

FusionSim

Subscriptions4
  • Fusion Pro$6.991 Month
  • Fusion Pro+$11.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$49.991 Year
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  • Pro+ Annual$119.991 Year
One-time8
  • 30 FS Credits$2.99
  • 30 FS Credits$4.99
  • 75 FS Credits$9.99
Show 5 more
  • 75 FS Credits$12.99
  • 300 FS Credits$19.99
  • 150 FS Credits$22.99
  • 300 FS Credits$24.99
  • 300 FS Credits$34.99

Questions

Is DFB Play free?
DFB Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FusionSim free?
FusionSim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DFB Play or FusionSim?
FusionSim is rated higher. DFB Play averages 1.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while FusionSim averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do DFB Play or FusionSim have ads?
Neither DFB Play nor FusionSim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DFB Play or FusionSim?
DFB Play ships an update every 3 months, and FusionSim every 10 days. Most recently, DFB Play was updated on October 30, 2026 and FusionSim on October 30, 2026.

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