Starting 11 vs BLD11
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starting 11
Create and share your dream soccer lineups. Select your favorite players, arrange them on the field, and showcase your coaching prowess. Easily share your formations with friends on social media or via email.
- Create custom soccer lineups
- Select favorite players
- Position players on the pitch
- Share lineups via social media
- Share lineups via email
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Do you think the coach is an idiot? Use 'Starting 11' to prove your skill as a soccer coach. Pick your favorite players, position them on the pitch and share the resulting lineup via Facebook, Twitter or email.
BLD11
Easily create and customize football lineups with your favorite players and formations. Share your team data with friends for collaborative editing.
- Create custom football formations
- Use favorite players
- Unlimited team creation
- Share team data with nearby devices
- Collaborative team editing
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Football Start lineup member builder. The App offers all you football freak a fantastic experience. Simple and intuitive interface lead you building starter image in easy way. ■ Create "Your" Team You can build your favorite formation with favorite players. Unlimited number of team is available to make. ■ Share Team data Send the team data to nearby device. Then your friend could keep on going to edit your team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BLD11 at 5.0 against Starting 11's 4.0. Starting 11's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Starting 11 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BLD11 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BLD11 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starting 11 has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Starting 11's written reviews are positive against 88% of BLD11's.
Starting 11 ships an update every 4 months, BLD11 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starting 11 | BLD11 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kim Ahlberg | KANAME OHARA |
Customer experience
Starting 11
BLD11
Bugs and requests
Starting 11
Reported bugs
7 issues- App notifies plays are bad
- Shift key automatically turns on
- Not saving to photos since iOS 6 update
- Kit designs are limited (in-app purchase)
- Shifting of objects is limited
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- Cannot include specific player position tactics
- Jerseys are overpriced
Requested features
19 requests- Compatibility between devices
- Save variations of teams/formations
- Add team crests
- Add player photos
- More shirt options
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- Twitter compatibility
- Add badges to teams
- More realistic design
- More functions
- Pre-load player names
- Option to add 2 teams at once
- Full pitch view
- Zoom in/out functionality
- Add specific player position tactics
- Ability to use the whole field
- Pre-loaded teams and players
- Search for player names
- Add stats to players
- Add a manager feature
BLD11
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Starting 11
- Kit pack$2.99
BLD11
- Remove ads$2.99
- Japan League '20 Set$2.99
- English league '20-21$2.99
