EA SPORTS FC Soccer Mobile 26

Sports

7.3~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.6 Google Play·500M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-05

Screenshots

A striker shielding the ball from a defender in a floodlit stadium

Play as Authentic Clubs: a Real Madrid versus Atlético match with the joystick and pass buttons

Compete with Friends: two players facing off in a head-to-head lobby before kick-off

Precision Shooting: a free-kick drill with targets marked in the goal

Fast, Fluid Gameplay: a Liverpool attack down the wing with sprint and skill buttons

Build Your Ultimate Team: a squad of player cards laid out in formation

About EA SPORTS FC Soccer Mobile 26

This is football as a card collection: build a squad from player cards, play short matches with on-screen controls, and enter tournaments with national teams and licensed clubs. It is free, carries advertising, and Apple lists loot boxes among its contents. The install is 250.4 MB and it holds 22.8 million Google Play reviews — more than any other sports game here.

Game information

DeveloperEA Swiss Sarl

Version27.0.04

Size207.9 MB (Android) · 250 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating9+

Requires (Android)Android 6.0+

Requires (iOS)iOS 13.0+

Offline modeNone — squads, matches and events all run on the server

Interface languagesAR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FR + 17 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.6 from 23,096,020 ratings

Installs500M+

Updated by developer2026-07-29

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

EA SPORTS FC Mobile Review: Squad Cards and Loot Boxes

Matches Are Short, Controls Are Buttons

A match fills the screen with a virtual stick on the left and a cluster of context buttons on the right — tackle, slide, second defender, sprint and switch — that change depending on whether you have the ball. Games are cut to a few minutes rather than a full ninety, so a fixture fits into a break. The licensing is the draw: real clubs, real national squads, real kits and faces, with a Round of 16 bracket in the store screens showing sixteen countries progressing toward one trophy. It plays quickly and reads clearly, which is more than most sports ports manage on a phone.

The Squad Is Built From Cards

Players arrive as rated cards, and the team screen is a formation of those cards rather than a training pitch. Improving the side means acquiring better cards, and that is where the economy sits: packs, offers and event rewards rather than transfers negotiated in a menu. Apple's listing names loot boxes among the contents outright, which is the accurate description of how the strongest players are distributed. National teams and clubs both draw from the same pool, so the tournament mode and the club mode feed one collection rather than two.

Free, With Advertising and Packs

Google Play carries both a Contains ads badge and in-app purchases against 500 million installs and 4.6 stars from 22.8 million reviews — the largest review count of any sports game in this catalogue. Apple shows 4.7 from 2.57 million ratings, rates it 9+, and lists loot boxes, advertising, chat and user-generated content. Purchases run from small offers under a dollar up to $9.99 point bundles in the listed sample. The install is a modest 250.4 MB, and the game needs a connection for everything, including single-player events.

Pros

Licensed clubs, national teams, kits and player faces
Matches short enough to finish in a break
Controls adapt to whether you have the ball
A 250.4 MB install, small for a 3D sports game
Rated 4.7 on the App Store across 2.57 million ratings

Cons

Apple lists loot boxes among the contents
Squad strength is bought or drawn rather than trained
Advertising badge on the Play listing
Nothing in the game works without a connection

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Verdict

The best-licensed football game on a phone, and genuinely fun in short bursts: real squads, quick matches and controls that mostly work. What you accept is the card economy — Apple's own listing calls the packs loot boxes, and squad strength is drawn rather than earned. Free to play well if you treat the collection as scenery and the matches as the point.

Gameplay8.0Quick, readable matches with licensed squads and a genuine sense of football.

Controls7.5Context buttons work, though precise passing on glass stays approximate.

Replay value8.0Seasonal events, tournaments and a card collection that never completes.

Graphics & sound8.5Recognisable faces and stadium atmosphere on a 250 MB download.

Monetisation5.5Loot boxes and advertising in a game whose whole progression is cards.

7.3out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Can it be played offline?

No. Squads, events and even single-player matches are validated on EA's servers, so the game needs a connection throughout. A dropped signal mid-match usually forfeits the result, which makes it a poor choice for commuting through tunnels.

What does it sell?

Point bundles and timed offers, listed from under a dollar to $9.99 in the App Store sample, spent on packs that contain player cards. Apple names loot boxes among the contents, meaning the best players arrive by chance rather than by direct purchase.

What does it need to run?

250.4 MB and iOS 13 or later, which is remarkably light for a licensed 3D football game and covers phones nearly a decade old. That accessibility is deliberate — the audience is global and mostly on inexpensive Android hardware.

Can you play against other people?

Yes. Head-to-head matches against other players sit alongside the event and tournament modes, and leagues group players into clubs with shared objectives. Matchmaking uses squad rating, so a collection built with money meets others of similar strength rather than beginners.

How long is a match?

A few minutes — halves are heavily shortened compared with a console game, and event matches are shorter still. The real time commitment is the daily events, which refresh on a schedule and reward playing every day rather than playing for long stretches.