Tournament Simulator vs WCC 26
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tournament Simulator
Simulate international football tournaments match by match. Explore different outcomes and see how score changes impact standings and knockout brackets. Save and share custom scenarios.
- Simulate group stage and knockout matches
- Track live group standings and tie-breakers
- Follow full tournament bracket
- View team and player details
- Save and share tournament scenarios
- Set match and team reminders
- English and German localization
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Tournament Simulator lets you play through an entire international football tournament on your iPhone or iPad. Enter results match by match, explore different outcomes, and immediately see how every change affects the competition. Features: - Simulate all group stage fixtures and knockout matches - Track live group standings, including tie-breakers and best third-placed teams - Follow the full bracket from the round of 16 to the final - Open team details with squad information and player data - Save your own tournament scenarios and share them across devices - Set reminders for matches and for selected teams - Switch between English and German localization Whether you want to predict the full tournament, compare alternative scorelines, or simply explore possible paths to the title, Tournament Simulator gives you a fast and clear way to do it.
WCC 26
Stay updated with all the essential World Cup information, including match details, fixtures, and live scores. This beta version offers a glimpse of upcoming features like predictions and group pools.
- Match details
- Fixtures
- Live scores
- Beta version
- Upcoming features preview
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The World Cup is coming. World Cup Companion is how you keep up. Match details, fixtures, scores, all the essentials, served with a side of personality. This is the beta. The full kit (predictions, group pools, AI companion, trip planning, and more) is on the way. You're early. Welcome. Not affiliated with FIFA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WCC 26 at 100% against Tournament Simulator's 0%. WCC 26 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Tournament Simulator's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WCC 26 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WCC 26 has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Tournament Simulator's written reviews are positive against 100% of WCC 26's.
Tournament Simulator ships an update every 3 days, WCC 26 every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Tournament Simulator | WCC 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Schweiger | Alex Jafari |
Customer experience
Tournament Simulator
WCC 26
In-app purchases
Tournament Simulator
No in-app purchases
WCC 26
No in-app purchases
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