First Whistle: price, features and alternatives

What First Whistle does

FirstWhistle is an AI-assisted team management app aimed at grassroots and academy football teams. Coaches and managers track player availability for each match, collect and monitor player fees, and get lineup and formation suggestions based on player statistics, availability and performance data. Players see match notifications, stats, rankings, team selections and man-of-the-match voting, while parents receive fixture notifications, location and time details, coach feedback summaries and team news. Multiple admin roles are supported. It is delivered as a web interface that can be bookmarked on iOS and Android, with an app listing also present. Free and premium features are planned, with launch pricing not yet published.

Best for: Grassroots and academy coaches handling availability, fees and team selection

Not yet tested hands-on by 11.football. This summary comes from First Whistle's own pages and store listings, checked 11 Oct 2026.