Best Formation Builder Apps

250+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated August 2026

The best formation builder apps on iPhone average 4.6★ across 250+ titles — we've ranked them by what real users actually keep on their phones. Updated August 2026.

Compare top Formation Builder Apps (August 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Build LineupBuild LineupFree4.7★ (646)YesYesSep 2026
2Soccer Line Up BuilderSoccer Line Up BuilderFree4.5★ (245)NoYesSep 2026
3Teamsheet - Soccer Line UpTeamsheet - Soccer Line UpFree4.7★ (884)NoYesSep 2026
4Lineup builderLineup builderFree4.5★ (28)YesNoAug 2026
5Lineup Builder: Soccer TacticsLineup Builder: Soccer TacticsFreeNoYesAug 2026
6Quick Lineup: Team BuilderQuick Lineup: Team BuilderFreeYesYesAug 2026
7FootLab - Lineup BuilderFootLab - Lineup BuilderFreeNoYesJun 2026
8Lineup11 - Football LineupLineup11 - Football LineupFree4.0★ (98)NoYesSep 2026

Top Picks for Formation Builder

Build Lineup#1

Build Lineup by Tugce Akin

Create your own soccer lineups
Editor's Choice
⚽ Sports
4.7😊(646 ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Design custom soccer formations with drag-and-drop functionality. Edit player details, add influence arrows, and choose from various team sizes and jersey styles. Save and share your tactical creations as images.

What We Love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Straightforward and efficient
  • 📋 Helpful for team planning and tactics
  • 🎨 Good customization options
  • 🤝 Useful for coaches and managers

Room to Improve

  • 🔍 Limited player count (11 max)
  • 💰 Intrusive ads, even after paid removal
  • 🔀 Confusing interface for copying/editing lineups
  • 🚫 Lack of subs/bench options
  • 🎨 Limited formation and kit options
Soccer Line Up Builder#2

Soccer Line Up Builder by PE APPS LIMITED

Create your lineup
Strong Contender
⚽ Sports
4.5😞(245 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
Soccer Line Up Builder screenshot 1
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Easily create and share soccer team lineups for any formation, from 11-a-side to 5v5. Include player details, coach, and match info, then share instantly via image to social media or save to your device.

What We Love

  • 👍 Great app for organizing
  • 👍 Simple to set up and use
  • 👍 Developer is very helpful
  • 👍 Best app for organizing football
  • 👍 Great app that meets my needs
  • 👍 Nice and clean app
  • 👍 Good simple basic
  • 👍 Great app for my football team
  • 👍 Amazing app
  • 👍 Super Service
  • 👍 Terrific app
  • 👍 Exactly what I needed!
  • 👍 Makes my life so much easier
  • 👍 Highly recommend this app
  • 👍 Good concept

Room to Improve

  • 💰 Paywall to use
  • 💰 Locked out after one share
  • 💰 Requires payment to use
  • 💰 Not usable without premium
  • 💰 Limited app, charges for more players
  • 💰 Paid? Many better free apps
  • 💰 Useless without premium
  • 💰 Not free
  • 💰 False advertising, cannot use without paying
  • 💰 Have to pay to make a lineup
  • 💰 App is nothing like the advertisement
  • 💰 Poor quality app
  • 💰 Requires paywall to use the app
  • 💰 Only one lineup then paywall
  • 💰 Lost access to lineup feature
  • 💰 Not sure if it's supposed to do this
  • 💰 Ruined my experience
  • 💰 Why should I pay?
  • 💰 I'd rather watch one ad per share
  • 💰 No support page or instructions
  • 💰 Struggle to see the point of the feature
  • 💰 No way to plan subs ahead of time?
  • 💰 Überzeugt mich überhaupt nicht und dann noch Geld haben wollen
  • 💰 An sich eine top App aber ich kann plötzlich meine Aufstellung nicht mehr bearbeiten
  • 💰 Seems to be a bug
  • 💰 Überzeugt mich überhaupt nicht
  • 💰 Not useable
  • 💰 Stuck on a locked sharing screen
  • 💰 Have to pay to get out of it
  • 💰 Not paying to change formation
  • 💰 Muy bueno, podría ser gratis
  • 💰 Guter Support
  • 💰 Die App macht was ich gesucht habe
  • 💰 An sich eine top App aber ich kann plötzlich meine Aufstellung nicht mehr bearbeiten
  • 💰 Überzeugt mich überhaupt nicht und dann noch Geld haben wollen
  • 💰 Ausbaufähig
  • 💰 Travou
  • 💰 Bugou no campinho e bloqueou eu de movimentar os jogadores
  • 💰 Close to being good
  • 💰 No support page or instructions section really holds it back
  • 💰 I have emailed but no response
  • 💰 The issue I’m having is when I do multiple lineups at the bottom of the page, it changes every lineup
  • 💰 Really struggle to see what the point of the feature is
  • 💰 The fact that this is not a feature and apparently there are no plans to change it is worse than I thought
  • 💰 If I am understanding correctly there is no way therefore to plan out subs ahead of time?
  • 💰 Please correct me if I am wrong
  • 💰 Again a simple instructions pdf or FAQ section in the app would sort this
  • 💰 You should not have to contact the developer for a basic feature question
  • 💰 Stats
  • 💰 Match stats need improving
  • 💰 What the heck?? 😔
  • 💰 So I go into the app make a line up and when i go to edit it it wants me to pay so i pay and it still won't let me!!
  • 💰 Good app, some bugs
  • 💰 Number 0 cannot be assigned
  • 💰 Paid?
  • 💰 Why paid?
  • 💰 There are so many other apps that are better and free
  • 💰 Not Free
  • 💰 Waste of time
  • 💰 nice and basic
  • 💰 good simple basic
  • 💰 does what u need
  • 💰 Not much offered
  • 💰 It doesn’t really track substitutions or give you metrics on how long players have been in the game
  • 💰 False Advertising
  • 💰 Cannot use app without paying
  • 💰 Just make the app paid
  • 💰 The app doesn’t allow you to add multiple matches 🫠🤦🏾‍♂️🤯
  • 💰 Have to pay
  • 💰 You can’t make a line up without subscribing and paying the subscription fee
  • 💰 No sirve
  • 💰 Annoyed
  • 💰 Loved this app till I created my team and it added a player automatically I could not get rid of!
  • 💰 So annoying!
  • 💰 I tried EVERYTHING!!!
  • 💰 Aargggh…
  • 💰 👎🏻👎🏻
  • 💰 Tried the 7 day free trial and canceled it right away
  • 💰 I canceled it cause the app is nothing like what it says in the add for the app
  • 💰 The prices would be good for the app if it worked the way it’s supposed to
  • 💰 Leaving a feedback doesn’t help either
  • 💰 No one gets back to you
  • 💰 Great app but would be 5* if it had a save each match option
  • 💰 As I’ve seen in another of the reviews
  • 💰 I too would love to be able to look back on each game and view all of the player ratings etc some weeks after each game
  • 💰 A lock/save option used by the teams coach after each game is finalised would be a help and then an ability to scroll through saved games and build a seasons ratings?
  • 💰 No
  • 💰 I thought this app was good till i added an 12th player and it did not work because you have to pay and i’m not paying for that
  • 💰 ⭐️⭐️
  • 💰 I love your app but..
  • 💰 Please enable detail (match) within the team several times!
  • 💰 Right now, only one match day can be set in one team
  • 💰 I'd like to put multiple match information in one team
  • 💰 Saving games and additional features
  • 💰 Once I’ve added my players and sorted ratings, I’am unable to save the matches so I can look back on them on the matches tab
  • 💰 Being able to save the ratings and results etc would be very useful
  • 💰 Easy additions that would help the app massively
  • 💰 Many other coaches would appreciate the detail in order to get the best use out of the app
  • 💰 Feedback would be greatly appreciated
  • 💰 Développement
  • 💰 Allow the team to personally customize their jerseys as well as to have a personalized logo creation option and I beg you to make us dream with the future update
  • 💰 G
  • 💰 1チームだけでも無制限に設定できるようにしてほしいというのが本音だけど、このアプリは素晴らしい
  • 💰 Useless without premium
  • 💰 Current user
  • 💰 Poor
  • 💰 U have to pay
  • 💰 Hi it would be so much better if you didn’t have to pay
  • 💰 Can’t reset lineup
  • 💰 Only one format, 11v11
  • 💰 Can’t reset lineup or see some players I put on in tactics
  • 💰 No arrows available
  • 💰 Limited app
  • 💰 Let’s you add 11 players then wants to charge you for the rest of the squad
Teamsheet - Soccer Line Up#3

Teamsheet - Soccer Line Up by Peak Ridge

for Managers & TeamBuilders
Worth Considering
⚽ Sports
4.7😐(884 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
Teamsheet - Soccer Line Up screenshot 1
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Create and share professional soccer lineups with this formation application. Customize players, pitches, and formations for any game size, from 5-a-side to 11-a-side. Easily share your team's strategy on social media.

What We Love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Flexible and customizable
  • 💡 Gives a non-league vibe to create your own teams

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Player names get jumbled after taking screenshots
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Restricted features after taking too many screenshots
  • 🔒 Limited to only one team

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FAQ about Formation Builder

What are the best formation builder apps for iPhone?
Build Lineup tops our formation builder apps ranking as of August 2026, with a 4.7-star average from 646 App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top formation builder apps we rank are free to download, including Build Lineup and Soccer Line Up Builder.
Build Lineup shows ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of August 2026.
We track 250+ formation builder apps on the iOS App Store as of August 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
Build Lineup allows you to create custom soccer formations by dragging and dropping players. You can edit player names and numbers, add substitutions, customize jersey and field colors, and choose from various team sizes. Your created lineups can be saved as images for easy sharing.
You can easily edit a player's name and jersey number by tapping on them. The app also allows you to add a substitute to a player and even add an arrow to indicate their area of influence on the field.