Sleeper - Fantasy Sports Reviews

by ChefBrendan

I love Sleeper don’t get me wrong but there are extremely frequent bugs, I have Sleeper on auto update but like today all my leagues are showing no assigned rosters and we are less than 2 weeks from the start of the season. Other issues have been projected points were all inaccurate for IDP players. Also with the trending function it will show up or down, but then click on the player and the last update and news on the player could be months old. It’s training camp yet many players still have latest news listed from free agency or last season. I love the lay out and functionality but player info, point issues and continuous bugs make me hate Sleeper at times. Yahoo and NFL have much better and up to date info on players. However this app does have the absolute best trade function out of all the platforms. This could easily be the best of the best but it’s just not there yet. I shouldn’t have to do an online search for latest news on players. Kendrick Bourne is had an upward trend for 2 or 3 weeks but as of yesterday the lastest news on him is 2 or 3 months old.

by UberEatsUser

I switched over to Sleeper because I heard it was by far the best fantasy app. I figured I’d try it, and I have to say I don’t get the hype at all.

The UI is pretty glitzy but can also be a bit confusing. But the part that really annoys me is the updates and news is awful. Updates always come late, even well after other prominent sources have broken player/team news. The game tracking often lags, and there’s no good way to track a game live.

On top of this, I’ve found the insight to be awful. I don’t rely much on fantasy app insight, but it’s annoying to have your app consistently tell you things like a guy is the new starting RB and projected 12 points and then in reality he’s still a backup and gets a few carries. Not sure why, but their intel seems way off, their projections don’t make sense, and even though this doesn’t matter the win % is a nonsensical stat that just seems to flip from 10% to 90% depending on who scored the last point.

I know this is the “hot new thing” because it has a fancy interface and is an exclusively fantasy-oriented app, but honestly it’s just not that great when it comes to practicality. If I have to go to other sources to track games, get basic injury updates, and look at things as simple as who a new starter might be in case of injury, then what’s the point of Sleeper?

by Chill75

This is one of the least user-friendly apps I’ve ever encountered. For one thing, there is more than one menu. Plus, there are no indicators for where those menus are located. The mascots are cute, but they take up a lot of real estate on a mobile screen which means that the target area for any action is really small. For reference, I am using an iPhone X S, and I don’t have Andre the Giant hands.
I also find that it is really slow to update which wouldn’t be too bad if it didn’t display inaccurate information while it is updating.
I am not the commissioner of my league, so I can’t speak to that side of Sleeper . Our draft did not go well because Sleeper wouldn’t let us start it, and 12 millennials couldn’t figure it out. We wound up having to tell the commissioner who we wanted to draft and he made the changes. It’s a good thing we took screenshots of the board because the whole draft was lost and the commissioner had to rebuild everyone’s teams anyways.

I’m pretty sure my league is going to switch to a different app next year. This one is a nightmare.

by Cubesolver541

Please make it clearer how to add a second bracket in March Madness. Our whole group had trouble figuring out you had to swipe the bracket image to create a new one. Just make a small plus icon on the right of the first bracket you create or imply you can swipe left and right with a micro animation. The little tiny dots and tiny tiny plus icon is impossible to see. You have to accidentally swipe to figure out that you can add another bracket. Also please add a Full Desktop version next year. When we are doing research and such, would be way easier to just fill out the bracket in the browser. Another issue is getting into the settings. When you are a few screens into the settings you can’t quickly return to the Home Screen at all. Needs a small home icon or dock on the bottom of the screen to navigate back to the main bracket and pool page. App could be great but the developers really need to do some UX research and testing. App is actually overly complicated and confusing.

by Xillist

I’ve done fantasy sports for years across multiple platforms and this is my first year using this app. It has all the standard features. But some issues I have with Sleeper is the UI and how unintuitive it is to use.

Swiping left or right to see player transactions and free agency? No indicator on how to do basic actions like add or drop a player easily. The fact that I cannot edit my line up for future weeks because this week has games active makes no sense. Simply swapping out a player on IR for a player put on IR was not allowed due to ‘games in progress’. Why? They have no connections to each other. The changes were for the next week... also IR slot changes were with players on the bench, not even in the starting line up. Little details like this goes a long way when you are actively playing the FA pool and trying to clear up space due to injuries.

by CykoPathe

this app is an outstanding fantasy service. Amazing information, great user interface, I’ve integrated all of my leagues here. Could not be happier except for ONE detail: the desktop site: this was recently updated after months of hype for a far superior product. The chat is incredibly small and what little bit appears cannot move, be expanded, or anything a typical user might want. It is beyond frustrating. Enlarging images within this comically small chat means you cannot see 25% of the image. The chat should have an option to expand to a full column/panel. ALSO, NBA functionality has been non-existent on the desktop version and it’s ridiculous that they’re paying a web developer to not only make their UI worse, but not even make NBA functional. Truly ridiculous. If you’re looking to do just fantasy football and predominantly on your phone, 1000% recommend

by Killersam775

I want to start by saying that I think Sleeper is great and my favorite fantasy app to use. Having said that though there are some things that make it needlessly complicated and could make things even better
1) Filling Leagues - I get the idea behind why there isn’t really just like a list of public leagues to join, but there needs to be. The idea being that they want leagues to be filled by people and their friends but this just isn’t always possible. There’s forums to post a league in but your post falls back and you need to repost frequently. There needs to just be a list of public leagues that people can sort by league type, paid or free, size, etc.
2) League Formats - There should be presets for the different types of leagues. There should be presets for redraft, dynasty, best ball and guillotine. It can get kind of complicated especially for first time commissioners to set this stuff up and presets for these league types would be great.
3) Payment - They probably don’t want to deal with it but there should be an in-app payment system for paid leagues. Currently outside sites like leaguesafe need to be used which is ok but doing it straight through Sleeper again cuts down on complexity for first time commissioners.

by Bradybehrend

I really like the feel, look, and function of this fantasy app. If you are making a NEW league and draft online, Sleeper is the one for you. I would have liked to see a feature to add “league history” to Sleeper so I can bring my season league and winner history over to this new app. Another thing I’d like to see added is a way to add “offline draft results”. Sleeper my league currently uses is the NFL fantasy app, and we like it because I can submit the draft offline. We have some no-so-tech inclined people, and it’s easier for us to all get together and draft in person and have me put the results in by hand. If this feature was added, we might switch to Sleeper. However, if BOTH are added, we would 100% switch our league to Sleeper. (P.S. if either of these features exist, and I just couldn’t find them, please let me know!!)

by CoolCaptain12

My first time doing Dynasty League on here but second time overall using this app and I like it a lot…. So much so that the only other platform I’m using is Yahoo bcuz it’s a family league not run by me…. My only complaint is the ergonomic compatibility… I feel like I’m on Tinder with all the swiping I have to do lol. Is possible to implement a drop down menu to alleviate the excessive swiping…. I think that would turn my really like to love also can we possibly get recaps of the week similar to what Yahoo does after every week…. That’s it
Next issue. A player in my league was able to add a player that has already played and pickup someone that has not played. Also those who over drafted and weren’t forced to move players before they could do other transactions. Is this a glitch or something that has always been able to be done. As the commish I have not touched any settings to allow that to happen…

by An1836

Having used this app for a few months now, I have to say it’s an amazing app. The news updates are super handy, the in app league chat is amazing since you don’t have to use another app for talking to league mates, the amount of options available in terms of league settings is amazing and just makes playing on Sleeper more fun than basically every other. It does have a few issues that seem to be present on every app like scores maybe taking a bit to catch up, but it is never really a big issue. The only change I would like to see that would make Sleeper worth five stars is a quality of life one. When viewing your team on Sleeper I don’t see any way to get all (if not most) of your team and their scores in your matchup on the screen at once. Although I do sometimes enjoy the added info and the field position indicator under the player names, I would really love a compressed view where it would hide/get rid of the on field indicator and possibly their game stats for the week. Sometimes I just want to log in and see how all my players did compared to my opponents without having to scroll and dig for certain players. Maybe there could be a button or something similar that says “more matchup info” that would toggle this off and on. Other than this, I don’t really have any complaints about Sleeper and think it is probably the best app for fantasy football currently available.

by Lordofdadflys

First off, let me say that this is one of the better fantasy apps I’ve used. Very intuitive app. I love that they have a fantasy players history in terms of points and position finishes. However, I will say it is kinda buggy. For example, in fantasy basketball on this app, a league member was able to play someone, trade them to another team, and be able to put the player he acquired in his lineup. Doesn’t really make sense to be able to keep the points and get a new player from a trade and play them. Another league member in fantasy football played Ertz this week against the Buccs, and when the AZ game started Ertz had 0 pts. What this app needs is to fix the bugs in trades, allow league standings to be based of head to head and not just points for, lastly, it would be cool if they added videos to the player news section - something similar to how ESPN has highlights of Matthew Berry for certain players. Maybe they’ll do that now that Fantasy Pros will be providing news for them now.

by Jeffsemple

There are stories of people who used calculators and newspapers to first compete in head to head fantasy football. It then evolved to spreadsheets and emails. Finally we were introduced to 21st Century gaming technology with smart interactive websites and apps.
What is the future for the upcoming generation of Fantasy gamers? this app. An app that is intuitive to the gaming experience of fantasy competition has arrived. It’s clear the developers have valued their users feedback as well as investigated what would attract new players. I’m all in on this app. It has made the game of Fantasy Football more than watching numbers on a Sunday. this app is our arena, our front office, our barstool, our locker room, and our playground for the game we all love to play. Move your leagues over immediately. Welcome to the future.

by LCS>Worlds

Giving me and the boys a chance to play LCS Fantasy this past split was amazing. We had a blast from start to finish. It encouraged us to all get together on discord every weekend and watch some games together like a football Sunday with your local friends. Wouldn’t change a thing but would like to see two things added:

1. A trophy case on your profile(so a profile in general) to show off your weekly trophies, such as lowest points in a win and all those, as well as a gold silver and bronze for the playoffs.

2. We decided to have everyone buy in $5 before the draft and winner take all so just having the option on Sleeper to have a buy in before the season starts would be awesome. Especially since we all enjoyed it so much we are upping our buy in for next split

by EzRylder

Ok, so Sleeper looks amazing. As commish running a Dynasty on ESPN has been tough, no pick trading has been something I been wanting but never delivered. Now Sleeper has that but I wanted to bring over the current rosters we have to Sleeper without having the trouble of making everyone re-do the draft. We are 4 years in and nobody wants to switch teams. I’d love to make the switch but I don’t know if everyone else in my league will be motivated to make the switch with having to do the draft all over. Also, an offline draft would be good because that’s how we been running our rookie drafts because some teams need to be in the draft for 5 rounds where as other teams only need 1-2 rounds in rookie drafts. Just a few concerns. But overall, if I ever was starting a new league, I’m starting it here.

by NateTheGreat35

this app is easily the best platform for fantasy football. I moved my league from ESPN to this app last year. Myself and the league as a whole were completely blown away with how amazing, thorough, and efficient this app is. Every feature is easy to use and find. Nothing is confusing about the application. Although there are annoying bugs from time to time, you can chat with live support and they always reply within a couple minutes.

I was extremely excited to see other fantasy sports (basketball, March madness, etc.) be introduced to Sleeper , but then COVID-19 killed that.

I do not know how people still use ESPN, Yahoo or another platform. Give this app a try and you will not be disappointed!

The only feature I wish this app had for fantasy football was the ability to individually track each player’s transactions between the owners. For example, you can see when they were drafted, each time they were put on waivers/claimed from waivers, involved in a trade, etc. Hopefully someday they add this!

Thanks for everything this app team!! I am already addicted to fantasy football and you made it even worse!

by Aqworlds12345676

So far my experience with Sleeper hasn’t started fully tell the actually season starts. I’m loving everything about it from the drafting to the amount of setting you can costumes. I just have a few suggestions that would possible be a game changer for the LCS point of view

1) there should be teams you pick (for extra points) like if the team wins or if the team losses or how many towers the team gets, ETC there a lot opportunity wise you could do with adding teams like how you choose a teams defense in Fantasy NFL.

2) shouldn’t rift Herald (Shelly) be worth some points getting? As well as getting multiple barons possible?

3) A bench feature would be nice where you could choice up to 2-3 anyrole/ any team just there in case you need to swap a player before it starts or something or if you just want to hold a player to see how he dose for a few games.

4) this ones a long shot but worth a suggestion
Would it be possible to combine the LCS/LEC together for more player selection? I understand why you split the two up, But for people who have 10 or more people joining there draft just thought it should be a setting thing you could do. (Of corse there’s other leagues you could add if necessary as well like the LCK or LPL, ETC)

Over all Sleeper look good in my eyes just like to see more opportunities to really dive deep into the LCS fantasy. Thank you for Sleeper I’ve been needing this!

by AustinTheMaleNurse

Every year I do a league in every major platform. NFL, ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS, and Fantrax are all sites in which I am in a league in. Up until 2 years ago Yahoo! was hands down the absolute BEST fantasy site/app out there I knew of. Everything I needed was there and it was a night and day difference between its competitors. That is however, until I discovered this app. I don’t know how I stumbled upon Sleeper 2 years ago. I have been blown away ever since. Sleeper not only gives me the most up to date info on everything fantasy football wise it also has the cleanest and most crisp feel to it. Everything is so smooth with Sleeper and the details that they go into on the matchup screen and my team page are second to none. Using other sites and apps almost makes me feel like I’m using a computer from 1997 in how much more cluttered they are and not as up to date. Honestly making the move and bringing my league to be on the this app app has to be the best decision I have made fantasy football wise!

by ChemistryWiz17

I have been the commissioner of a dynasty league that has used various different platforms, including ESPN, Yahoo, and NFL, and I can say without a doubt that this app is superior in almost every category. Many of the options they make available for various types of leagues are immense and are not available on many other platforms, especially not the free ones. From trading rookie draft picks during the season to multi team trades to its interactive and helpful customer service, our league has never regretted switching to this up and coming fantasy app/website.I would recommend for any league to at least try out Sleeper (which they even allow commissioners to get a preseason trial run of all the apps features) and see if it’s for you.

by Ac3800

I want to say its the absolute best fantasy football app, easy to use and very fluid. I only have 1 suggestion, as years ago in a different app, their was a way to do a filter and give a statement after your fantasy week as if you were being interviewed after the game. I really enjoyed it as teams were able to talk about their team n it was very funny to see each other pretend to do a press conference. So if it could be an option to do a video with a filter as if in a press conference i think it would be fun especially to add an aspect of this is your team and your either defending your week or just having fun with the league. Just a thought but otherwise awesome app!

by Rystuv

I have used Sleeper exclusively for my fantasy leagues now for about 3 years and I love Sleeper! It does everything I need in a fantasy football app it provides great information on players and the interface is the amazing. I enjoy the characters that they use as it makes the experience feel more interactive and the customization available for scoring, roaster sizes, etc. is second to none.
I am still waiting for a a few key aspects to Sleeper though, the two I am really waiting for are auction drafts and a tablet App. I have herd for a couple of years now that this app is going to implement auction drafts and each year I am left disappointed. When it comes to a tablet App I have not herd anything new on that front and am still waiting for more information.
Sleeper is still amazing regardless of the few shortcomings it may have.

by Tate-76

Numerous things go wrong with Sleeper - for example we just finished up a dynasty draft on this app - A couple players including Cooper Kupp were nowhere to be found throughout the entire draft - sometimes it doesn’t allow me to move stuff on my roster which is costing me adding guys from the waiver - additionally there’s no draft queuing which is absolutely ridiculous - The ranking system is so flawed until they paired with someone actually legitimate casual users are totally hosed - I am not a casual user but having to manually search for guys that should obviously be at the top of the list is a absolute pain - how do you not have Rookie summary’s and breakdowns? Not even a photo of these guys for Rookie drafts - this should be hands down the best app for fantasy but if is definitely NOT - on top of it all when you do have an issue - there “help” has gotten back super slow and without explanation - Thanks for reading my rant - moving my league back to ESPN

by Klawyer

I miss when Sleeper first came out a few years back and you could follow the play-by-play of your selected players. Multiple players on multiple teams, live time. Like a scrolling play-by-play of all the games/players you were interested in as they scored fantasy points. I also miss the old news feed... now it makes you choose “channels” which you need to scroll through rather than having it all in one feed. And, the channels aren’t alerts or news anymore... just other fantasy players asking everyone for help. So you’re basically getting advice from everyone and anyone.

It use to give you tons of alerts, which made it a true “this app” app. It’s basically just another app to host a fantasy league anymore.

by Max Sleek

I love this app. I don’t want to drown on about everything I love, just want to make a suggestion. During the games, it’s very confusing to see my and my league’s matchups, also the scores to games. I know this app has versions of these, but i don’t feel like theyre at their potential. They just feel cluttered. Please take ESPN’s “fantasycast” or “matchup” as it’s called for an example. Simple layout, can swipe between league matchups, and the game displays are simple and pleasing. It would make the actual fantasy experience much more enjoyable if you guys tweaked your matchup layout. Thanks!

by Claymentay

I currently work for a (somewhat of a) startup software company in a big industry so I understand the growing pains of progressing to the next big thing. This year I convinced my 10+ year espn league to move to this app and everyone loves it, including the stubborn people in the group, but there is such a big need for a native iPad app.

I saw it’s planned for January 2020 but unfortunately that’s after the season. I know the rest of the league is waiting for the final piece of the puzzle just like me.

Thanks for making my life as a commish easy, I truly appreciate that! Reach out if you need any additional support, I love fantasy football and have a solid background in IT.

by Phatdad66

Let me start by saying that I just discovered Sleeper and I am still in the beginning phases putting together my first league in it. With that said, it’s basically everything I’ve ever dreamed of in fantasy app. From the draft board, to the greatest chat room system ever made to the intuitive player analytics GUI you can tell whoever developed Sleeper are true hardcore fantasy sports nuts. Visual In-messaging trades get everyone into the trading market enjoyably and conveniently, you can even have 3 way trades! So far I am beyond impressed but I’ll have to come back when my league is a few weeks in to give a final Grade. Friendly enough for a novice while seemingly deep enough for even the most obsessed bro you ever met!

by LiveLoveCheeze

Sleeper is amazing. I highly recommend switching to this app for fantasy football. There’s tons of ways to do research. It tells you who’s trending up and down. There’s a forum where you can post questions and have people answer them. It’s honestly amazing. There’s 1 major issue though: Whenever there’s lots of people in the same thread, like major news on a player injury, then Sleeper will crash within 5 seconds. It’s really really annoying when I’m trying to post a message and it crashes as I’m typing. If you guys fix this, I will give you 5 stars

by JLamont26

I moved my league from the NFL fantasy platform to this app and no more frustrations. I'm still in another league that uses Yahoo and I hate to go into Sleeper to check the scores. this app has nailed Sleeper! Giving the commissioner and owners a full experience from the mobile device, there is almost no reason to use the website. If you're not using this app, you're missing out. Two things I'd love to see:

1. A widget for a quick look at scores without having to unlock the device.

2. An "Adds" counter that shows the number of adds a team has made throughout the season.

by Steelg2

Overall, the best Fantasy Football app out right now. I love the customization aspect of it, can really make your league your own experience. One suggestion I’d like to make is regarding the FAAB system. When bidding, there needs to be a “bid up to” component, sort of like how E-Bay works. It doesn’t make sense to have to pay for a player for the max value of your bid when the next closest bid was lower, when $1 more would have gotten the job done- if that makes sense?

It’s something my league has discussed ad nauseam. Would help stretch your FAAB and not over pay when it’s unnecessary. Love Sleeper !

by Kohmando

I’ve used Yahoo, ESPN, and the NFL apps and they all pale in comparison to the this app App. The news alert from team and player updates is the best in the business. The chat channels to discuss trades, waiver wire, and the draft is active and helpful. The ability to do multiple team trades is amazing. The only 2 things on my wishlist as an update is the ability to counter-offer and includes trades notes/comments like the Yahoo platform allows and an improvement on the Watchlist/Wishlist for Autodrafting. One team who autodrafted in our league got 5 WRs for the first 5 rounds. Some autodrafted teams were well balanced while others lacked any TEs or QBs. Even with those downsides I am migrating my current yahoo leagues over to the this app app next year.

by Ddoll33

This is the best fantasy app/format I have found out there. Only thing they need to improve is to add a counter offer option for trades. Other than that it is perfect. My main league that is very serious and intent on not changing its ways/traditions immediately switched to Sleeper a single day before the draft. It makes everything easier on every commissioner and member of the league. The in app chat is awesome and there is boat loads of research to be had through this app. If someone from the company reads this, please add a counter trade option in next update!

by Vrajjjjj

This is by far the best app for fantasy. It has easy to understand rules, fun attributes, amazing design, and zero lag. Sleeper also makes sure I’m caught up with everything relating to football. It will notify me which players are injured, which ones are doing hot, and more. You can also communicate better within leagues by setting up polls and stuff. Trading is better since they have a three way trade system. They even have a loser bracket for the bottom 4. If you were to download any app for fantasy you should pick this one

by Richie Elli$on

I just discovered Sleeper a few hours ago, and I can truly say it’s amazing. I love the recent updates to the ESPN app, I’ve been a longtime user, but I’m going to try to convince my league mates to make the jump. The only thing holding you guys back is not having fantasy basketball. We have the same guys in both our fantasy football & basketball leagues, so the convenience of having everything in one place, along with the updates ESPN rolled out, is what probably will dissuade everyone from jumping ship. Amazing app though!