eFootball

eFootball Review: 3.4 GB, Free, and Loot Box Rules

Clubs, Countries and a Second Player

The licensing covers major clubs and national squads, with player cards carrying photographs and ratings rather than generic portraits. Beyond the usual solo matches there is local multiplayer — two players on one device with the pitch split across the screen — which almost nothing else in this catalogue offers, and private tournaments that a group of friends can run between themselves. A rating ladder ranks players by points for anyone who prefers strangers. The football itself is slower and more deliberate than its EA rival, which suits people who like building an attack rather than sprinting through one.

The Squad Comes From Packs

Progression runs on cards drawn from packs, bought with coins, with starter sets sold outright — a named goalkeeper at $2.49, a named striker at $0.99 in the App Store list. Coin bundles run from $1.19 to $43.99. Konami updates the roster through the season, so the same card pool refreshes as real form changes. The structure is identical to its competitor's, and so is the objection: the strongest players arrive by chance, and Apple names loot boxes among the contents rather than dressing them up as anything else.

Apple Lists Which Countries Restrict the Packs

The listing is unusually specific about the rules around those loot boxes: purchases are restricted for minors in Belgium and for under-18s in Brazil, and parental consent is required for under-12s in Germany, under-15s in Denmark and under-16s in the United States. That is a fact worth reading if the phone belongs to a teenager. The rest of the numbers: 3.4 GB installed, 4.2 stars from 18.7 million Play reviews against 4.3 from 499,000 on Apple, an advertising badge on Play and a 9+ age rating.