The Official FIFA App 4+

It’s great to have this app to check a quick score or get the notifications to keep me updated on current games of my favorite clubs, but I mostly use the app to check standings. I feel like the EPL is the only spot I find true standings of a league, all other leagues I follow just show the recent matches played and the score. There’s no spot to view league points that every league has!

I think it also be convenient to have the option for notifications on leagues you follow even if it just shows final score for your “non favorite teams.”

Maybe add a widget for a quick few of favorite teams and their upcoming games?

I use this app to watch the brackets and get match times. Only problem is, sometimes the match times are shown in my time zone, sometimes they aren’t with no way to know the which time zone it is. For instance, currently in the app it shows the match time for the Women’s final USA vs Netherlands as 8:00. There is no time zone info or AM or PM, just 8:00. I just now found out that the game time for me is actually 11:00 AM PST. At times the app has shown the match time in PST, which is my time zone, but other times it is ET. But I never know which it is because there is no time zone info presented with the time. A simple solution would be to add the time zone to the time shown, e.g. 8:00 AM ET, or 11:00 AM PST, because simply showing 8:00 is not enough information. I can figure out the time zone difference myself if needed, but in order to do that I need the time zone that matches the time to be shown as well.

Other than that, I love the app.

In short, it’ll be easier just googling information on the World Cup instead of using this app. This app is incredibly frustrating to navigate. All of the most important information you want to view quickly is hidden in a seemingly endless scroll.

You can’t filter the scores, or choose to view just matches for today, or upcoming matches. Moreover, when you tap on a game to see more info, there’s no back button! You literally have to tap on another tab, then back to the one you were on, scroll down again, etc.

The group standings are buried beneath a ton of videos and content that you don’t care about. When you do find the standings, the information is basic for the table. For example, the app doesn’t call out teams that have already advanced or been eliminated, nor give you a sense of what results would be needed for those remaining to advance.

From the teams tab, you can only select one team to follow. Just one. Overall the tab is useless and it would be helpful to use that shortcut space for something else (e.g. standings, brackets) Similarly, I think they could combine the highlights and main tab into one.

Finally, the app has only sent me notifications about World Cup fantasy, which is also hidden a few taps deep from the main page. I haven’t gotten a single notification about the (one) team I follow, including whether they won or lost a match!

If you want detailed and quick info on the World Cup, look elsewhere.