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Best Fantasy Football Apps

By Jared Smola 1:00am EDT 8/13/23

There are hundreds of fantasy football apps on the market.

But which apps are the best for:

  • Winning your fantasy football league?
  • Hosting your fantasy football league?
  • Playing best ball?
  • Playing high-stakes fantasy?

Join us as we dig deep into the world of fantasy football apps and answer some of your questions …

   

What is the Best Fantasy Football App to win your league?

The answer is Draft Sharks.

The Draft Sharks app has simple-but-powerful tools like: 

  • An unlimited live-draft sync that connects all your leagues to their commissioning services in real time.
  • The Draft War Room (a dynamic cheat sheet) that uses fantasy football AI to suggest player picks as you draft.  
  • A mock draft trainer that gives you a realistic draft experience — in minutes.
  • “Who To Start” tool that helps when you can’t decide between players.
  • Free Agent Finder that scans all of your leagues and suggests who you should go after.
  • Trade Navigator finds you the perfect trade partner in your league.

Download the Draft Sharks App Now

 

 

What's the best app for playing fantasy football? 

Sleeper is the best app for playing fantasy football. Sleeper hosts season-long, dynasty, and keeper leagues.

Sleeper is constantly innovating and improving user experience. Dinosaur platforms such as Yahoo and ESPN have barely changed since being developed more than a decade ago. They have not evolved with the market. 

Why is Sleeper the best app for playing fantasy football? 

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The Sleeper platform has a lot of benefits: 

  • Free place to host fantasy football leagues
  • Easy setup (The setup on mobile is far superior to any other platform)
  • Completely customizable with most scoring and roster options available
  • Feature rich: All fantasy sports, March Madness, pickems, etc. 
  • Slick, intuitive interface
  • Color-coded draft board 
  • League chat that actually works (usually)

  

What is the best app for best ball?

Underdog Fantasy is the best app for best ball fantasy football. 

Why We Love It:

  • Best drafting interface
  • Fast and slow drafts
  • Varied entry fees ($3, $5, $10, $25 and up)
  • $3 million grand prize in Best Ball Mania 4
  • Contests throughout the year: 
    • Preseason
    • In-season
    • Playoffs
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What is the best app for high-stakes leagues?

The best app to play high-stakes fantasy football is FFPC.

Why We Love It:

  • Simple, intuitive design
  • Unique format (TE-premium scoring and 2 flex spots)
  • Leagues fill fast
  • $1 million Main Event grand prize
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Which app should I use for fantasy football?

Use the Draft Sharks app for the most accurate rankings and most powerful draft tool on the market.

The Draft Sharks app includes redraft and dynasty rankings, articles, news, a draft assistant tool (Draft War Room), a start/sit tool, a mock draft tool, and many more features.

Don’t miss the next big fantasy move. Keep your fantasy team in the palm of your hand with the Draft Sharks app.

Take Draft Sharks' award-winning rankings, league-crushing tools, and difference-making analysis with you wherever you go.

Here are the features you’ll find in the Draft Sharks app:

Fantasy Football News

You can’t be the best fantasy football app without breaking news notifications.

Our Shark Bites give you up-to-the-minute, year-round fantasy football news. That includes our take on what it means for your fantasy team. 

You can even receive push notifications for breaking news on your favorited players, so you can make that league-winning move before your competition.

Award-Winning Preseason Projections 

We’ve won multiple awards for preseason projections accuracy.

And unlike what you’ll find on other fantasy football apps, we don’t give you just one data point.

You’ll get baseline, ceiling, and floor projections – so you understand the true range of outcomes for every player.

2023 projections and rankings are ready for you on the Draft Sharks app right now.

Draft War Room (Premium)

Want a dynamic and fully customized cheat sheet that blows away your competition? 

Our Draft War Room pairs our award-winning rankings and unique algorithm – with YOUR league’s scoring rules and starting requirements. 

The result is a killer customized fantasy football cheat sheet that gives you suggested picks each round. Picks based on your team needs, player values, and the flow of your draft.

The Draft War Room syncs with all major commissioning services to make crushing your draft even easier.

Mock Draft Trainer

Get all the awesome features of the Draft War Room … in a Mock Draft that automates your competition with a superior algorithm to work on any setup, including dynasty, keeper, and IDPs.

Award-winnings rankings make Draft Sharks the best fantasy football app.

Team Guide (Premium)

Your personalized in-season roster management weapon. 

Get weekly start/sit advice tailored to your league's scoring rules, plus news and injury updates on all your players.

Free Agent Finder (Premium)

This is what truly makes Draft Sharks the best fantasy football app. 

Our Free Agent Finder syncs to your league. When a free agent appears that’s ranked higher than someone on your team – bang, the tool will show you who to pick up. 

No searching endlessly through your league’s free agent list to find a guy. 

We'll even send you push notifications with free-agent suggestions.

 

The best fantasy football app must include detailed and scientific trade value charts.

Fantasy Football Trade Value Charts

Stop making trades based on gut feel.

Our Trade Value Charts are built with our proprietary DMVP and DMVP+ player values. They factor in ceiling projections, floor projections, scoring system, positional scarcity, and more.

The result is an unparalleled single value for every player to use in trade valuations.

Regular Season Weekly Rankings (Premium)

Nervous about leaving points on your bench? Don’t be. 

Our weekly rankings are fueled by detailed projections that show you every player’s baseline, ceiling, and floor for the week.

We even give you a handful of “sneaky starters” at every position – for those tricky bye weeks that can make or break your playoff chances.

Who To Start (Premium)

Still trying to figure out who you should start? No worries. 

Input your player options and get a side-by-side comparison. A quick, easy-to-digest breakdown to help you start the right player at a glance.

Rest-of-Season Rankings (Premium)

Thinking about making a big move during the season? Or maybe you just want to see how your players are trending. 

You’ll definitely want to check out the Rest-of-Season Rankings to see where all the players stack up, factoring in past fantasy production, usage metrics, and upcoming strength of schedule.

Injury Predictor

We start with the most comprehensive injury database publicly available, detailing injuries for every major NFL player over the last 30 years.

Then we apply advanced machine learning that considers over 1,000 factors to define and track player injury trends.

The result: Injury probabilities for every fantasy-relevant player that give you a tangible edge over the competition. 

Fantasy Football Advice

Don’t miss out on the featured articles and advice that will lead you to a fantasy championship. 

Round-by-round draft strategy. Breakout players. Sleepers. Busts. Tips for high-stakes leagues. Waiver wire gems. Trade targets.

The whole nine yards – and then some.

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League-crushing analysis -- including sleepers, undervalued players, and busts -- makes Draft Sharks the best fantasy football app.

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What apps are similar to FantasyPros?

The Draft Sharks app is similar to the FantasyPros app. It includes rankings, articles, news, a draft assistant tool (Draft War Room), a start/sit tool, a mock draft tool, and many more features.

Does the Draft Sharks app work with ESPN?

The Draft Sharks app interfaces directly with ESPN fantasy football leagues. Users log into their ESPN account from the secure Draft Sharks app and can directly sync their leagues with Draft Sharks tools and projections. The Draft Sharks app features live-draft sync with ESPN drafts. 

Does the Draft Sharks app work with Yahoo?

The Draft Sharks app syncs directly with the Yahoo Fantasy app and can be used as a draft assistant with live-draft sync. Users log into their Yahoo account from the secure Draft Sharks app and can directly sync their leagues with DraftShark tools and projections.

Does the Draft Sharks app work with Sleeper?

The Draft Sharks app syncs directly with the Sleeper and can be used as a draft assistant with live draft sync. Users log into their Sleeper account from the secure Draft Sharks app and can directly sync their leagues with Draft Sharks tools and projections.

 

What is the best commissioning service app?

Sleeper is the best app and platform for commissioning a fantasy football league. Sleeper is very customizable and user-friendly for a commissioner. The interface is very intuitive and functional. The app does work better than on a computer. 

Get your league running on Sleeper.

 

What is the best draft assistant app?

The Draft Sharks app is the best draft assistant app. The built-in Draft War Room syncs directly with any league platform to grab relevant scoring and roster settings. After each pick, the Draft War Room recalculates player values, or DMVP, and suggests players based on positional scarcity and team needs. 

 

What is the most accurate fantasy football app?

According to FantasyPros, Draft Sharks is the most accurate fantasy football app on the market. Jared Smola of Draft Sharks ranked as the most accurate expert in the FantasyPros multi-year accuracy contest over the last three years. Jared and the rest of the Draft Shark analysts are responsible for the projections that power the Draft Sharks app.

 

What is the most used fantasy football app(s)?

Here is a list of the most used fantasy football apps:

  • ESPN Fantasy Sports – 10M+ Downloads
  • Yahoo Fantasy – 10M+ Downloads
  • NBC Sports – 10M+ Downloads
  • NFL Fantasy Football – 5M+ Downloads
  • DraftKings Fantasy Sports – 5M+ Downloads
  • FanDuel Fantasy Football  – 1M+ Downloads
  • Sleeper Fantasy Sports – 1M+ Downloads
  • CBS Sports Fantasy – 1M+ Downloads
  • Underdog Fantasy Sports – 100K+ Downloads
  • Draft Sharks Fantasy Football – 10K+ Downloads

   

What is the best fantasy football draft assistant?

Draft Sharks is the ultimate draft assistant — blending tools based on fantasy football AI… with the most accurate analysts in the industry.

  • An unlimited live-draft sync that connects all your leagues to their commissioning services in real time.
  • The Draft War Room (a dynamic cheat sheet) that uses fantasy football AI to suggest player picks as you draft. 
  • Player rankings that change in real-time based on 17 draft value indicators.
  • A mock draft trainer that gives you a realistic draft experience — in minutes.
  • Email your draft questions to be answered by full-time FF analysts in August.
  • Membership comes with a 100% Money-Back Guarantee.

Get the most powerful Draft Assistant in fantasy football.

  

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Draft using the best dynamic tool in the industry. Our fantasy player valuations (DMVP) change during your draft in response to...

  1. Exact league settings - direct sync
  2. Opponent and Team Needs
  3. Positional scarcity & available players
  4. Ceiling, injury risk, ADP, and more!

You need a dynamic cheat sheet that easily live-syncs with your draft board and adapts throughout your draft using 17 crucial indicators.

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