Hope you are having a great fantasy sports season this year. But wait a minute. Are you missing something?

Before we move forward have a look at below stats.

Some Interesting Stats about Sports Mobile Apps

According to the latest report from analytics provider Flurry, time spent in sports apps increased by 210 percent between August 2013 and August 2014 in America. It is huge as compared to overall time spent in the 580,000 titles measured increasing by 65 per cent over the same period. Within the Sports category, American football showed the biggest increase in usage, with time spent in these types of products growing by 250 per cent year-on-year.

Fantasy Sports on Mobile Apps

Apps found in the Sports category of iOS and Google Play offer a range of functionality including sports news, live scores, schedules and fantasy team management. Recent studies within fantasy sports domain have shown that 20% of fantasy sports players have purchased Smartphone in the past year.
One of the major drivers behind Fantasy Sports growth is the proliferation of mobile apps that make joining and following fantasy leagues easier.

Fantasy sports players are using mobile app for anything like tracking your favorite players(news, scores, injuries), expert analysis, running a mock draft & set queue, making changes to your lineup, comparing player stats, checking results, chat with other managers etc. It is very obvious that a fantasy sports player without a mobile app is losing an edge with its competitors who are doing all this on the go & not waiting to reach home, sit against your PC or laptop and do all this.

Users of the new generation of fantasy sports mobile apps can now specify what teams and players are of interest and what type of events they care about, such as injuries, roster moves, line-up changes, statistics, rumors etc. & the app will generate auto alerts to provide all relevant information in real time environment without needing any human intervention.
With plenty of expert fantasy info available at your fingertips, anybody can hoist their league’s trophy by season’s end using one of the many stellar apps available for iOS, android, and windows platforms.

So we now have clear answers to 2 questions:
A) Why users are shifting to a fantasy sports mobile apps? and
B) Why fantasy sports platforms need a mobile app?

This is where Vinfotech can help you. Vinfotech has extensive experience in developing & designing a fantasy sports platform & when it comes to the mobile version of it "sky is the limit". With our UX Expertise & Web Skills you can be rest assured to get a great fantasy sports mobile app which would be loved by your users.