Comparison

FanTactics vs Squadl

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

Head to head
About

FanTactics

Features
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Build the lineup. Rate the match your way. FanTactics is a fast, beautiful tactics board for international football—and for any match you care about. Pick a national squad, place players on the pitch, try real formations, and share a lineup card your group chat will argue about. When the final whistle blows, switch to Ratings: score players from 1 to 10, add your hot take, and share your opinion—not live stats from broadcast apps. LINEUP BUILDER (BOARD) • 48 national teams — search and browse by group • Formations: 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2, 3-5-2, and more with mini pitch previews • Smart squad fill: goalkeepers, defenders, mids, and forwards go to the right lines • Gold goalkeeper shirts and clear selection on the pitch • Substitutes bench — swap starters in one tap • 5-a-side, 7-a-side, 11-a-side, and custom player counts • Friendly teams — your name, colors, and roster • Drag players, movement arrows, undo, save on device AFTER THE MATCH (RATINGS) • Fan ratings your way — opinion, not live stats apps • Opponent plus your takeaway for share posts • Per-player notes (for example: 9/10, MOTM) • Share text and image to Instagram, X, WhatsApp • Optional: pull names from your Board lineup SHARE THE HYPE • Lineup images: Standard, Square, or Story (9:16) • Ratings cards with your takeaway quote • Hashtags ready for social SAVE AND COME BACK • Save tactics and squads on device • Open saved lineups on the board • Deep links: fantactics://lineup/USA/4-3-3 • 7 languages: EN, ES, FR, DE, PT, IT, TR FanTactics is free. Optional tips support development. Independent fan app. Not affiliated with FIFA, World Cup, or any football federation. Made with care by Zero IQ — z0iq.com

About

Squadl

Features
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Squadle is the football academy in your pocket: the squad list, the matches and the athletes' daily wellness, kept in one place instead of four notebooks and a group chat. THE SQUAD Register players once — date of birth, positions, preferred foot, nationalities, photo — and the app works out their age category itself against the season's cut-off date. Squads by category, shirt numbers that cannot be given to two boys at once, and a warning when somebody is playing up or over age. MATCHES Schedule a game, pick the team on a real pitch, and score it as it happens: goals, who assisted, penalties and direct free kicks, substitutions with the rule that a player who comes off cannot go back on. The scoreline is counted from the goals themselves, so it can never disagree with the names under it. WELLNESS AND LOAD Each athlete files a one-minute morning check-in — sleep, fatigue, muscle soreness, stress, mood — and points at a body map when something hurts. Session effort (RPE) times minutes gives the training load. The app then does the arithmetic a sports scientist would want: readiness against each boy's own baseline, an injury record per body area, and a warning when this week's load is spiking past what his body has been prepared for. TRAINING Plan the week across several squads at once and see, before it lands on anyone's legs, which players a session would push into the overload zone. STAFF, AND WHO SEES WHAT Add staff and switch on exactly what each of them may do: matches, wellness, roster, training, staff. Hand a player a code and his account becomes his own corner of the app — his check-in, his history, the team's fixtures, and nothing else. Staff notes about a player are never visible to him. Portuguese and English, metric or imperial, and a full demo you can open without an account.

Screenshots

FanTactics4 screens
Squadl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squadl at none against FanTactics's 3. FanTactics's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FanTactics sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Squadl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FanTactics ships an update every 4 days, Squadl every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
FanTactics versus Squadl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFanTacticsSquadl
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHakan Buranfernando Salgado

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FanTactics

One-time3
  • Tip $1 — Support FanTactics$0.99
  • Tip $3 — Support FanTactics$2.99
  • Tip $5 — Support FanTactics$4.99
None

Squadl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FanTactics free?
FanTactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squadl free?
Squadl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FanTactics or Squadl have ads?
Neither FanTactics nor Squadl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FanTactics or Squadl?
FanTactics ships an update every 4 days, and Squadl every 2 months. Most recently, FanTactics was updated on November 5, 2026 and Squadl on November 13, 2026.

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