FAI Connect vs Pop Up Races
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAI Connect
Stay connected to Irish football with live fixtures, results, standings, and team stats. Track your favorite clubs and players to never miss a moment of the action.
- Live fixtures and results
- League standings
- Team line-ups and squads
- Player and team statistics
- Personalized tracking of favorites
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The FAI Connect App powered by Comet puts all of the excitement of Irish football in the palm of your hand. Stay up-to-date with fixtures, results, standings, team line-ups, squads, stats and much more for every club and competition in Ireland. Track your favourite teams, players or leagues so you never miss a moment – whether it’s an injury-time winner, a penalty shoot-out or the final whistle you’re always close to the action.
Pop Up Races
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The Pop Up Races Tracker provides real-time tracking and LIVE timing for athletes in endurance events in Ireland.
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Verdict
FAI Connect and Pop Up Races are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
FAI Connect ships an update every 4 weeks, Pop Up Races every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAI Connect | Pop Up Races |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Football Associaton of Ireland | Mobee Event Apps |
In-app purchases
FAI Connect
No in-app purchases
Pop Up Races
No in-app purchases
