Caught Offside for iPad vs LFC Echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Caught Offside for iPad
Stay updated with the world of football through breaking news, transfer rumors, and in-depth analysis. Enjoy match highlights and engaging content from a dedicated team of writers, all delivered directly to your device.
- Latest football rumors and gossip
- In-depth articles and discussions
- 24/7 breaking news
- Match highlights and video content
- Thought-provoking analysis
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CaughtOffside for iPad – the one stop shop for all things football. The world's most popular independent football website is now yours to enjoy on the iPad! The bright shiny new app features all of the following, and much more. · Rumours – All the gossip from all the teams, all the latest rumours delivered to your device so you stay ahead of the game · Features – Hot topics, discussions, debates and quality content from our dedicated team of writers · News – All the latest stories as they happen, up to the minute breaking news 24/7 · Video – Highlights of all matches across all the leagues straight to your device, video content that is delivered directly to your iPad for maximium enjoyment · In-depth analysis – High-brow, intelligent, thought provoking articles brought to you in our own inimitable style
LFC Echo
Stay updated with all things Liverpool FC, including live transfer news, team updates, and match analysis. Personalize your feed, engage with other fans, and receive breaking news alerts. Premium membership offers unlimited articles and an ad-free experience.
- Live transfer news
- Team updates and analysis
- Personalized content feed
- Interactive features (comments, polls)
- Breaking news alerts
- Save articles for offline reading
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Everything you need to know about Liverpool FC brought to you by the Liverpool Echo. Live transfer news, team updates, fixtures, results, analysis, gossip and more. Our dedicated sports journalists bring you the most comprehensive coverage of your favourite team, as we follow the Reds home and away. Personalised Content: Design your feed to fit you by selecting the topics you’re most interested in. Interactive Features: Share articles with friends, leave comments, and participate in polls to voice your opinions. Join the conversation and become a part of the LFC Echo community. Breaking News Alerts: Be the first to hear about major news, updates, and events with our real-time push notifications. Save For Later: Save articles to read later, even when you're offline, so you can enjoy reading about your favourite team on the go, anytime. Get even more from the app when you become a Premium Member. Unlimited articles Never miss out on a top story with access to unlimited articles and exclusive content. Ad-free Enjoy an uninterrupted reading experience with absolutely no ads. L.F.C. Essential A weekly curation of the best long reads every Monday morning selected by our features editor. Terms and Conditions https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Privacy Notice https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/privacy-notice/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LFC Echo at 4.7 against Caught Offside for iPad's 3.1. LFC Echo also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 36%) and ratings volume (405 vs 7). Caught Offside for iPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence 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. LFC Echo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Caught Offside for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
LFC Echo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LFC Echo has 405 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Caught Offside for iPad's written reviews are positive against 64% of LFC Echo's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Caught Offside for iPad | LFC Echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (405 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.1% of reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 405 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rocket Sports Network | Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited |
Customer experience
Caught Offside for iPad
LFC Echo
User reviews
Caught Offside for iPad
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for football news
- 👍 Good layout and interface
- 👍 Timely news feeds
- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 👍 Good for transfer gossip
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 App doesn't start
- 🐛 Black screen on launch
- 🐛 Content not loading
- 🐛 No images
LFC Echo
From 405 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent coverage of Liverpool FC
- 🌐 Useful for fans around the world
- 📰 Trusted and reliable news source
- 🗣️ Passionate and partisan reporting
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for premium content
- 🔍 Clickbait article titles
- 🔌 High data and battery consumption
- 🐛 Bugs and technical issues
- 🗣️ Moderation issues in comments section
Bugs and requests
Caught Offside for iPad
Reported bugs
60 issues- Stopped working
- Crashes and crashes
- Does not even start up
- App will not run at all
- Starts up and then goes black
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- Black screen comes up for a second or two then it closes
- Every time I click on the icon it comes on for a second then the site disappears
- Half of it you will not be able to open or view fully
- Soooooo many bugs
- App is really out of date and is seriously broken
- No images
- Posts are there but just a white screen where images should be
- Favorites won't load in order to choose a team
- Pick a team box is now empty
- Scrolling issue
- Tiny border and section in the middle of the articles which I have to touch to scroll the feed
- Crashes every time on simple operations like looking at the English Premier League results
- When I open results button, it CRASHES
- Ads being placed over the top of articles
- Interface is a joke
- Ads not on the bar but right in the middle of the text
- Every page is overplayed with adverts
- Takes a while to load articles
- No videos apart from vines
- Videos and pictures rarely appear
- Commentary doesn't come up, just blank patches
- Takes forever to load
- Most of the time it just crashes back to the iPad home screen
- Keeps crashing whenever im on it
- Abusive and vile language
- App is not policed properly
- Background of text goes black when I scroll down
- Stories aren't even true
- Pictures and videos never load or work
- Cannot read text when I started to scroll through page selected
- Text is also not present well
- When I tap on a story weird stuff comes up
- Can't see writing because the thing is black
- App completely stop working on both my iPad and iPhone
- Having problems loading this all the time
- Starts to crash continually after setting up preferences
- On the iPad version you miss so much more as you can't scroll back all the way
- Certain videos don't appear on the iPad version but do on the iPhone version
- Plagued with crashes
- Caught Offside provide the biggest amount of lies
- Stories that appear on this app are made up
- Have to connect to Facebook to use any of the features
- Has all the teams in wrong divisions
- Some teams appear in all divisions and rugby teams apparently play in the football league
- Adverts ruin it
- Videos don't work for me
- Transfer goss
- Some of the rumours tho lol
- Takes forever to load anything
- It load's way to slow
- Anything to do with adding adds to the top left ?
- Keeps crashing before its even open
- News keeps crashing
- Update is a move backwards
- Vertically locked view
Requested features
10 requests- Serious update needed
- Pull app from store if not updated
- More advertising stories on other leagues
- Fix scrolling issues
- Add comments section
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- Proper Twitter integration
- Easy iOS Twitter sharing
- Dedicated screen for replays
- Ability to add games to calendar
- Disable ads via in-app purchase
LFC Echo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Articles not loading properly
- Live feature not working consistently
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Block button for blocking trolls
- Dark mode option
- Improved notifications
- Better content organization and navigation
In-app purchases
Caught Offside for iPad
No in-app purchases
LFC Echo
- Pro$3.991 Month
- Annual Pro$29.991 Year
Questions
Is Caught Offside for iPad free?
Is LFC Echo free?
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