Comparison

Soccer Rankings vs RootFor

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

Head to head
About

Soccer Rankings

This app provides comprehensive rankings, results, and game predictions for youth soccer teams across the USA. Parents, players, coaches, and recruiters can access professional-level statistics for individual players and compare them nationally.

Highlights
  • Youth soccer team rankings
  • Game results and predictions
  • Professional-level player statistics
  • Player comparison tools
  • Nationwide team coverage
Features
Currently charting
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With the most teams, the most results and the most accurate rankings, this is the #1 stop for parents, players, fans, coaches, club managers, and recruiters. See rankings, results, schedules and game predictions for all youth soccer teams in the USA. Capture professional level statistics for your player and compare them to other players across the country. https://usasportstatistics.net/terms.html

About

RootFor

Organize youth sports schedules and family logistics in one place. Coordinate rides, avoid conflicts, and share game-day excitement with private family circles. Keep everyone informed and connected for every game.

Highlights
  • Private family circles
  • Import and manage schedules
  • Ride coordination board
  • Conflict detection
  • Morning game digests
  • Game-day hype cards and cheers
  • Private photo sharing
Features
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Your kid's biggest fans don't all fit in the bleachers. Grandma is three states away. Dad is stuck at work. Their aunt never knows when the games are. RootFor brings everyone who loves your young athlete into one private place, so they always know you showed up for them. EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN THE GAME IS Add your team's calendar once and RootFor keeps the schedule up to date by itself. Games, practices, moved times and cancellations, for the whole family. On game day, everyone who wants it gets one friendly morning reminder. CHEER BEFORE THE GAME Leave a cheer, an emoji or a voice note your athlete can hear in the car on the way. Play all plays every voice note back to back, like a pregame playlist from the people who love them. WHO'S COMING Tap "I'm going" and your face shows up on the game. Your athlete sees who'll be there, by name. Nobody gets counted, and nobody gets called out for missing one. AFTER THE GAME Share the final, or just a note. Post a moment with up to six photos. Every photo lands in one place for the family, newest first. A FUNDRAISER WHEN THEY NEED ONE Camp, travel team, new cleats: start a simple fundraiser for your athlete. Family chips in through Venmo, outside the app. RootFor never touches the money, and only the giver and the person who started it see how much each gift was. BUILT AROUND THE KID • Nothing grades your athlete: no stats, streaks or rankings. • Teens (13+) can join with their own account when a parent invites them, and can hide a post about themselves. • Invite-only family circles. No public profiles, no strangers, no direct messages. • Photos stay private to your family. Never public, never sold, never used to train anything. Free for your whole family. No ads. RootFor. The whole family shows up.

Screenshots

Soccer Rankings4 screens
RootFor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RootFor at 5.0 against Soccer Rankings's 4.5. RootFor also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Soccer Rankings's advantage is ratings volume (302 vs 1) and chart position (#140 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Soccer Rankings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. RootFor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RootFor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soccer Rankings has 302 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Soccer Rankings versus RootFor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoccer RankingsRootFor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (302 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings302 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#140 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUSA Sport Statistics LLCRonald Smith

Bugs and requests

Soccer Rankings

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Favorites disappear randomly
  • iPad state dropdown missing Washington and other states
  • Cannot add/remove sources for team rankings
  • Results sometimes show mixed up or incorrect data
  • Game date and time cannot be changed in players tab
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  • Ranking graphs disappear unexpectedly
  • App defaults to team ranking screen instead of last viewed page
  • Predictions and favorites harder to access after recent update
  • Cross-age-group favorite teams don't display in predictions
  • Contact us feature doesn't work in app

Requested features

12 requests
  • Restore ability to view favorite teams across different age groups
  • Persistent favorite teams list visible without searching
  • Tournament/league view with all predictions for games in that event
  • Player statistics tracking
  • Regional rankings (NorCal/SoCal instead of statewide)
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  • Family sharing option for multiple users
  • Better iPad/tablet support
  • Ability to change game date and time in players tab
  • More free features in base version
  • Default to last viewed screen instead of team rankings
  • Improved UI/UX modernization
  • In-app explanation of how rankings work for younger users

RootFor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Soccer Rankings

Subscriptions2
  • Annual $9.99, 1 Month Free1 Month trial$9.991 Year
  • Soccer Rankings App$9.991 Year
None

RootFor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soccer Rankings free?
Soccer Rankings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RootFor free?
RootFor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soccer Rankings or RootFor?
RootFor is rated higher. Soccer Rankings averages 4.5 out of 5 from 302 ratings, while RootFor averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Soccer Rankings or RootFor have ads?
Neither Soccer Rankings nor RootFor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soccer Rankings or RootFor?
Soccer Rankings ships an update every 6 weeks, and RootFor every 6 weeks. Most recently, Soccer Rankings was updated on November 7, 2026 and RootFor on October 31, 2026.

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