You don't play the games — you run the program.
Gridiron Dynasty is a deep college football management sim. Pick one of 134 programs across 11 conferences, build it through
RECRUIT THE NATION
Work a national board of prospects. Spend your scouting and recruiting points where they matter, read each recruit's real-time
interest, and close the deal on Signing Day. Every commit lands on a school that actually offered him.
WIN THE NIL WAR
Hand out NIL money to swing the blue-chip battles. Outbid rivals for the five-star — or find value where the big programs aren't
looking.
WORK THE PORTAL & DEVELOP STARS
Reload through the transfer portal, redshirt for the future, and develop players toward their potential. A great recruiter and
developer turns a cellar program into a contender over time.
SET THE GAMEPLAN, THEN ADJUST AT THE HALF
Tune your offensive and defensive gameplan with sliders that genuinely shape how games sim — tempo, aggression, coverage, run/pass
focus. Sim & watch your game, read the first-half stats, and make the halftime adjustment that wins it.
MATCHUPS DECIDE GAMES
Outcomes come from unit-vs-unit matchups, not one team rating. A great QB and receivers can carve up a weak secondary even against
a stout front — find the hole and attack it.
CLIMB TO THE PLAYOFF
Play a 12-game season, win your conference, and make the 12-team College Football Playoff (top seeds get byes) on the road to the
national championship. Track rankings, stats leaders, awards, and records all the way.
BUILD A DYNASTY
Win and your prestige rises — bigger recruiting budgets, better coaching hires, better classes. Hire the right coach and watch a
program climb for years.
- 134 fictional programs, 11 conferences — all original (city-named teams)
- Single-player, fully offline — no account, no login
- Auto-saves your career; pick up right where you left off
- Designed for phone, great on tablet
Free to play. Optional one-time purchases remove ads or unlock Gridiron Pro (team/roster/coach editor + ad-free). No subscriptions.
All teams, players, and coaches are fictional and not affiliated with any real school, league, or person.
I think all players shouldn’t have over powered stats development should be way better people shouldn’t have so similar names and also even if you transfer schools you should be able to see players drafted that you coached and more awards
Developer Response
Thank you for the 5 stars and the awesome feedback, you basically called thenext update! Everything you mentioned is handled, player stats and scoring wererunning hot, so they've been rebalanced to realistic levels (no more overpowerednumbers or 40+ point blowouts every game). You'll also see far more name varietywith fewer repeats, new awards including Coach of the Year and Freshman of theYear, and the Coaching Career page now tracks every player you coached who gotdrafted and it follows you even when you change schools, so you never lose yourdraft tree. Thanks for helping make the game better. Hope you enjoy the update!
Great game
Joali Raymond
Realistic and fun.
Opinion
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The game is good and well made but it feels borderline impossible if you try to start with a bad team and become good
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback! Building a struggling program into a contender is meant to be very challenging, but you're right, it shouldn't feel impossible. I'm going to dig into the rebuild path and make climbing from the bottom more rewarding and achievable in an upcoming update. Updates are coming often, so please stick with it!
Why is there no 3rd quarter
Eduardo Louis
I really like the game but after halftime it just skips to the fourth quarter
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback! I found the bug and it will be fixed on the upcoming update.
Fixed a "No free space" storage error for players using custom team packs. Team logos were being saved into every dynasty, which could fill up your device's storage even with empty save slots open. Logos now stay with the team pack only, so your saves stay small and the error is gone.
Version 2.0.2
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Seller
Kyle Eckrosh
Size
22.7 MB
Category
Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.