8 Best Fantasy Football Draft iPad Apps for 2012
My, oh my, Fantasy Football sure has gotten fancy! Gone are the legal pads and magazines, and here come the iPads and laptops. Welcome to my list of the Best Fantasy Football Draft iPad Apps for 2012!
You have to know, however, that this list is for “draft apps” only. This does not list the many in-season management apps or the Fantasy Football player news apps. Just drafts.
I’m also going to limit this review to apps that can be used for any league service. In other words, the apps for CBSSports.com, ESPN and Yahoo! are all good, I’m sure, but they are all set up to run with the league’s setup.
It almost goes without saying that you should use these draft apps if you are on those services. Although, if you’re at a live draft with the rest of your buddies, there’s something to be said for using an unaffiliated draft app, just to keep people guessing.
The Fantasy Football ’12 HD for Yahoo/ESPN app ($4.99) is obviously more of a draft app than it is a cheat sheet app. And it uses RotoWire player news. How lazy is your commissioner that they can’t input the draft results as you go?
Also, before we get too far, I want you to know that the only one I’ve purchased and used was the NFL Fantasy Cheat Sheet 2012 app. I think you might find (spoiler alert) that it’s the best one.
This article is more of an assemblage of reviews and educated guesses as to the best apps to purchase.
2012 Best Fantasy Football Draft iPad Apps
I want to point out a great site called SportsGeekery.com, who has done some reviews of some of the bigger apps already. They posted a great iPad Draft App comparison chart you should check out, which should also help you make a decision. I used their links for some of these apps, which might get them a kickback or something. I’m all for it!
Remember that many of these apps are available for both the iPad and the iPhone, and some work on both if you pay just once.
Top Free Fantasy Football Draft iPad Apps (or close to free)
Draft Analyzer – Cheat Sheet for Fantasy Football 2012, FREE
iPhone: YES
IDP: UNKNOWN
Some people refuse to pay for Fantasy advice and some people refuse to pay for an app. This app works for those people.
The description mentions league and scoring customizations, but the reviews at the bottom indicate that has been disabled, and only default settings work. Even so, I like the look of the app, and it seems less cluttered. For someone that knows what they want and what they’re doing, this doesn’t look like a bad, free option.
Special: It even has a Player Recommendation Engine that takes into account your draft position, scoring rules, bye weeks and relative value of players at different positions.
