False Start - Sprinter Life
Track & Field Career Simulator
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A great race makes legends, a bad one ends careers. Train hard, race harder. Twenty seasons to prove you belong.
Can you become the GOAT?
False Start
You want to become an athlete. You run fast. That is all you have:
- From your first school race to the world stage, every season of your sprint career is in your hands. Train, compete, manage your body and mind, and make the decisions that will define whether you become a legend or burn out before your prime.
A career built week by week:
- Each week you choose how to spend your time. Hit the gym to build strength. See the physio before your body breaks down. Study for finals so school does not cost you a season. Have a pre-season training camp. Grab a coffee, rest, or push through one more hard session. Every choice has a consequence.
Your backstory shapes your path:
- Where you come from is not where you are going, but it is where you start. Growing up with nothing gives you hunger that facilities cannot buy. A comfortable upbringing gives you resources but less fire. Your origin sets your starting conditions, but your decisions write the rest.
Race when it matters:
- Qualify through the tiers, earn your place at bigger meets, and chase times that only a handful of humans have ever run. Miss a qualifying mark and the season slips away. Hit form at the right moment and everything opens up.
Manage more than your times:
- Fatigue builds. Stress accumulates. Ignore your body and it will shut you down. Manage sponsors, maintain your ranking, navigate the balance between pushing hard and staying healthy. A false start does not just lose you a race. Sometimes it ends a career.
Watch your numbers grow:
- Attributes develop across seasons. Early gains come fast, then progress slows as you approach your ceiling. The athlete you become depends on how well you managed the years behind you.
From 15 to 35:
- Twenty seasons. Finite time. One career.
What's New in 1.1
New Content
- The Olympics now have their own dedicated view
- Press conferences and newspaper coverage follow your career
- Pre-race cards set the stage before every race
- Continental Championships are now unique to each continent
- New training type: Track Technique drills
- Book a pre-season training camp to get ahead
- Daily and weekly missions
- Named agents with their own personalities
- Athlete Types and Reputation Tiers, from Local Athlete to GOAT
- New backgrounds for every backstory
- Choose your athlete's height at character creation
- 100+ new countries to compete for
- New dilemmas, choices, and story notes
Improvements
- Smarter coaches
- Game and rival balancing pass across training and races
- UI polish throughout
- Minigames' play feel improved across training
Fixes
- Fixed a crash some players hit on the Home screen
- Fixed Reset Career in Settings not fully restarting your save
- Fixed a Game Center connection issue
- Fixed a bug in Cone Drill minigame
The developer, Orkun Sefik, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Orkun Sefik
- Size
- 233.5 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contests
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Reputation Boost +200 $0.99
- Pre-Season Training Camp $0.99
- Race Rerun $0.49
- Reputation Boost +1000 $2.99
- Reputation Boost +500 $1.99
- Attribute Boost +10 $5.99
- Attribute Boost +15 $9.99
- Attribute Boost +4 $3.99
- 75,000 Gold $3.99
- 250,000 Gold $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Orkun Sefik
