Comparison

Draft Companion vs Touchdown Dreams

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

Head to head
About

Draft Companion

Experience a basketball career sim that focuses on the life decisions between games. Choose your path from high school to the pros, manage NIL deals, and navigate recruiting to chase your league dreams.

Highlights
  • Three career paths: High School, College, Pro
  • 123 lifestyle events shaping your story
  • NIL deal system
  • Recruiting flow
  • Draft stock tracking
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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Draft Companion is a console player-lock career management companion designed to work alongside the basketball simulation game you already play. Play your games on your console, enter your results in Draft Companion, and turn every performance into progression, decisions, and a long-term career story. Start in high school, college, or the NBA and carry your player through an entire career. HOW DOES IT WORK? Most players begin in the franchise mode of their preferred basketball game: 1. Create a custom player. 2. Enter the player’s starting attributes and draft details in Draft Companion. 3. Enable player lock in your basketball game. 4. Play your games on your console. 5. Record your stats in Draft Companion. 6. Earn XP and use it to upgrade attributes and develop badges. Draft Companion keeps progression connected to your actual performance. Instead of freely increasing ratings after every game, your recorded results determine the XP and upgrades your player earns. BUILD A COMPLETE CAREER • Create and manage multiple career saves • Begin in high school, college, or the NBA • Track games, seasons, playoffs, stats, awards, and milestones • Earn performance-based XP • Upgrade attributes and develop badges • Navigate recruiting, camps, college roles, NIL opportunities, and draft stock • Manage contracts, agents, trades, endorsements, finances, and relationships • Respond to interviews and career events • Build your reputation, fanbase, chemistry, and legacy • Review supported screenshot imports before saving detected information CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE Lite provides a focused play, log, earn, and upgrade experience. Pro expands the journey with high school, college, the draft, professional contracts, agents, endorsements, relationships, lifestyle decisions, and long-term legacy systems. IMPORTANT TO KNOW • Draft Companion does not include playable basketball games • No console, PC, or mobile basketball game is included • You play your games separately and enter or import the results • Draft Companion does not automatically access or control another game’s save file You provide the action on the court. Draft Companion builds the career around it. Draft Companion is used by thousands of players around the world who want a deeper, more structured player-lock career experience. Annual Lite and Pro subscriptions are available through in-app purchase. Features and save limits vary by plan. Draft Companion is an independent companion experience and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any video game publisher, professional sports league, team, or players’ association. Learn more at 2kdraft.com. Privacy: https://2kdraft.com/privacy Terms: https://2kdraft.com/terms Support: 2kdraftcompanion@gmail.com

About

Touchdown Dreams

Live out a football player's career from high school to the pros. Develop skills, make strategic decisions on and off the field, and customize your team to achieve ultimate success.

Highlights
  • Player career progression
  • Skill development and attributes
  • On-field control and simulation
  • Recruiting and contract management
  • Team customization
  • Playbook creation
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Every football dream starts somewhere. Yours starts under the Friday night lights. Touchdown Dreams puts you in control of a player’s journey from high school tryouts to college football and the professional league. Earn your place on the depth chart, develop your skills, and prove you can lead a team when the game is on the line. BUILD YOUR CAREER Create your player, improve your attributes, and earn badges that shape your playing style. Chase season goals, compete for awards, and build a trophy room that tells your story. TAKE CONTROL ON THE FIELD Read the defense, find the open receiver, and escape pressure. Run the offense yourself, watch the action unfold in live simulation, or simulate games to keep your career moving. MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE Navigate recruiting, college transfers, the draft, contracts, free agency, and trades. Build relationships with coaches and teammates as you compete for opportunities at every level. MAKE THE LEAGUE YOURS Customize team names, colors, uniforms, logos, stadiums, and field artwork. Create plays, assign routes and blocking responsibilities, and organize your own playbooks. From your first tryout to your biggest championship moment, build a career worth remembering.

Screenshots

Draft Companion4 screens
Touchdown Dreams4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Touchdown Dreams at 4.2 against Draft Companion's 1.0. Touchdown Dreams also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). Draft Companion's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Draft Companion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Touchdown Dreams sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Touchdown Dreams holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Draft Companion's written reviews are positive against 75% of Touchdown Dreams's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draft Companion ships an update every 3 days, Touchdown Dreams every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Draft Companion versus Touchdown Dreams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraft CompanionTouchdown Dreams
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.2 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperERIC GEORGE JUNIOR PINKMichael Silva

Customer experience

Draft Companion

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Touchdown Dreams

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Draft Companion

Subscriptions2
  • Draft Companion Lite$9.991 Year
  • Draft Companion Pro$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Touchdown Dreams

One-time2
  • Editor Pack$4.99
  • Premium Edition$7.99

Questions

Is Draft Companion free?
Draft Companion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Touchdown Dreams free?
Touchdown Dreams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Draft Companion or Touchdown Dreams?
Touchdown Dreams is rated higher. Draft Companion averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Touchdown Dreams averages 4.2 from 9 ratings.
Do Draft Companion or Touchdown Dreams have ads?
Touchdown Dreams shows ads; Draft Companion does not.
Which is updated more often, Draft Companion or Touchdown Dreams?
Draft Companion ships an update every 3 days, and Touchdown Dreams every 2 days. Most recently, Draft Companion was updated on September 15, 2026 and Touchdown Dreams on September 25, 2026.

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