Matchday vs Kickoff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matchday
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Matchday turns the 2026 North America soccer tournament — 104 matches across 39 days and four-plus time zones — into a short, personal plan of the matches you can actually watch, in your time. The official apps hand you all 104 matches as one long list and leave the filtering to you. Matchday is the filter. YOUR PLAN, NOT A FIREHOSE Tell it your favorite teams and roughly when you're awake and free — one optional screen. Matchday surfaces the matches worth your time and always keeps your favorites in the plan, flagged when they fall at an odd hour. EVERY KICKOFF IN YOUR LOCAL TIME Times always render in your device's time zone, with venue-local time on the detail screen. Cross a time zone and everything re-renders automatically. No mental math, ever. WATCHABILITY AT A GLANCE Each match is tagged for you — watchable, during work, late, or overnight — so you know in a second whether to plan around it. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the Next Up widget for your next match with a live countdown, right on your Home Screen. Small or medium, and it follows your favorites and watch window. THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS The Round of 32 through the Final in the terminal style — tap any round to trace the path. As each knockout match is set, it slots right into your plan and schedule, with reminders and a calendar hold, just like a group match. TWO-TAP REMINDERS, ON YOUR DEVICE Schedule a local notification before kickoff, with lead times you choose. No account, no server — nothing leaves your phone. ONE-TAP CALENDAR HOLDS Add a match to your calendar with a built-in alert. WORKS OFFLINE The complete schedule is built in — no connection required. When you are online it quietly refreshes itself, so kickoff times and the knockout bracket stay current as the tournament unfolds. A DESIGN UNLIKE ANYTHING IN THE CATEGORY A monospace, warm-paper "terminal" aesthetic — the opposite of a cluttered dashboard. Dark mode is an inverted terminal. FOUR TERMINAL THEMES Make it yours — Paper (the warm default), Green Phosphor, Amber CRT, or high-contrast Mono. Your pick themes the Home Screen widget too. Zero setup required: open it and a useful plan is already there. — Unofficial. Not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by FIFA or any governing body, tournament organizer, broadcaster, or team. Team, venue, and broadcaster names are used only as factual references to identify real-world matches. Match dates and times are provided for convenience and are subject to change.
Kickoff
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Kickoff26 — Your ultimate companion for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Follow your favorite matches and get live scores on your iPhone lock screen via Dynamic Island. Feel every goal, red card, and substitution on your wrist with Apple Watch haptic alerts — you'll know it's a goal before you even look.Apple Watch face complications show scores at a glance. Bluetooth sync keeps everything connected, even in crowded stadiums. Kickoff26 Pro unlocks unlimited favorites, full event timelines, and enhanced notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Matchday at none against Kickoff's 1. Matchday also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). Kickoff's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Kickoff sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Matchday asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Matchday | Kickoff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juergen Klaassen | 洪 刘 |
In-app purchases
Matchday
No in-app purchases
Kickoff
- Kickoff26 Pro$2.99









