Last updated on December 8th, 2025 at 07:13 am
New Star Manager – Sports Game Review
New Star Manager is a Sports/Simulation/Sports game from Five Aces Publishing Ltd., first launched in 7th August 2018.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 7,987+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes New Star Manager Stand Out
Welcome to New Star Manager: The critically acclaimed game from Simon Read, creator of the BAFTA Award-winning New Star Soccer series.
Take control of New Star FC – a beleaguered soccer club which needs your management skills and instincts to unlock the team's potential and make it to the top of the game.
⋆⋆⋆The No.1 iPhone and iPad game of 2018 – AppSpy.com⋆⋆⋆
This is soccer management like you've never experienced it – Be more than just a player, be the head, the heart, and backbone of New Star FC. Be the Manager.
“New Star Manager takes the frame of the original game, and builds something utterly wonderful on top of it” 10/10 – Pocket Gamer
“If you love football…you’d be mad not to download it” The Guardian
TOTAL CLUB CONTROL
Take ownership of every aspect of New Star FC, from constructing vital club facilities and managing the players' training regimes to choosing the perfect sponsor and hiring or firing the backroom staff!
FULL SQUAD GAMEPLAY
Use every member of your team to set up and score pivotal goals with on-pitch gameplay, using innovative controls designed specifically for phones and tablets!
REAL SOCCER TACTICS
Build your dream squad, choose your winning formation, make tactical substitutions, and even step into the locker room for some half-time motivation!
OFF-PITCH DRAMA
Handle volatile players and get their mind back in the game by monitoring their concerns, outbursts, and quirks. Keep the board off your back, navigate the hostile waters of the sporting press, and make sure the fans keep believing… while keeping a careful eye on the club's finances!
GLOBAL FOOTBALL
Dive into realistic simulations of the world’s biggest leagues and cup competitions!
THE NEW STAR SOCCER EVOLUTION
Experience the newest instalment of the New Star series, whose pick-up-and-play sports titles have already been enjoyed by over 30 million players!
This Sports game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, New Star Manager is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th April 2024
Recent improvements include:
Version 1.7.7 fixes a variety of crashes which were introduced in the previous update.
Download & Availability
New Star Manager is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get New Star Manager on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
You guys NEED to add throw-ins. Every time we give away the ball they clear it and we lose our chance to score a goal even though it should be our ball in the opposing end. Throw-ins are all Im asking.
We just started this game and it is already our favorite. Its so fun because you can score bicycle kicks, scissor kicks, and long range shots from half line. Also it doesnt give you too much ads we usually get a short ad every 5 or 10 minutes. And the mechanics are so fun.
We love this game. We wish that this game could make that you can play the full match and not just highlights. Also, please reduce the injury time, we either get none, 5 or like 20 matches, and mostly our key players get injured for a ton. But this game is fun and addictive overall. We think this game is better than ea fc mobile and has a lot of potential, even a better potential than ea fc mobile when it got popular in around 2022. This game is also very fun. But the thing is that the first/second seasons are very easy, but if you promote with a high bronze team it is very hard to win a tournament or the league. So Im in season 6 and we didnt get a full gold and some black rated players until the end of season 5. And we didnt promote until season 4. But we think that this game would be amazing if it could start with a low gold player so he can carry the team and help win games in the third season when it gets fun. Thank you for reading this. This game is very fun, give it a try.
Very nice game . You get to plan your every attack your style.
Im the only one who keeps playing.
Its a great game dont get us wrong its amazing ive been addicted to it for so long we just think if you add the option to choose to be a top club in the first divisions (PSG, Real Madrid, Chelsea etc) and the option to create a club or manage a top tier club like in fifa.
Great potential. They should update the format a bit.
It is fun, we wish you could loan players from other clubs.
So, what we are going to say is that you need to add something called Contract Extension Requests. So, for example, the manager of the team gets a notification saying (player name) needs a (how many matches) match contract extension. Will you accept it? And there is 3 buttons underneath saying Yes, No, or Do it Later so adding contracts manually is not the only way to add contracts to players.
We really enjoyed playing sure compared to other games its not great but its not bad at all for us its the gameplay we like its probably the simplicity but 4 stars for us.
One of the most fun and addictive games but it tends to crash very frequently with no apparent fix.
Please add purchases using in game money. Do not add another money resource and make it more in game purchases. Imagine a card player pack that costs 1 million coins: (2 players) Grey: 50% Bronze: 35% Silver: 12.5% Gold: 2% Black: 0.5% Each player has its own random chance in this style. This could make the game much more fun as opening player packs is the most popular part of big games like FIFA on consoles.
Honestly we do enjoy playing the game to pass some time. We do wish other teams would get much better over time we think in our one play through we had 18 seasons before a bug cause us to lose it but in that time we sold all our top players to have other teams be competitive against us. Aside from that fun game.
Amazing game ruined because all the good stuff is locked behind high costing in alp purchases.
Ive played this game for a while now and we havent seen any significant change in a while. Ive switched teams a couple times and its always frustrating to see all the players we developed over time just disappeared, especially when we spent money and we can longer even buy them to transfer over. Also a way to see other teams and their rosters and awards for the end of the season. Its sad really that this game is just being left to dry.
Fixed to lose, its all pre planned, winning every game all season and then suddenly last games of the season we start drawing and losing and cant get promoted, what a shame, really good game spoiled by fixing. So sad.
This is a great game, but you still only get 3 subs. Please update to allow five subs.
We were halfway into our third season . We were competing in the Europa league with a team that just got promoted from the Spanish 4th division, we won the national cup, we go to bed and we wake up with our save starting us all the way back to season 2 week 7, we lost all our youth stars and progress and everytime we try to refresh the game it keeps us in that time, we wish that didnt happen or if there was some way to recover that.
PLEASE Fix the bugs and crashes, we have been playing for a while now sadly we lost all our progress since we deleted the app and re installed it trying to bypass the crashing and bugs sadly it just keeps happening we cant claim a youth player, half the interviews kick us out of the game and same thing with the objectives, please fix this asap! This is the only game we play, keep the good work but please help all of the users out to fix this small bug thank you.
Crashes every time we open it suddenly.
Fix your game please. Too many bugs.
Great game but it freezes very often making it almost unplayable. Often when navigating menus we need to restart the app and select a different button than we want otherwise it freezes.
This game is really fun, the player controlling, passes, systems management, etc is really entertaining. However, theres a reoccurring bug Ive been dealing with in two different careers. Its the touchscreen when you get news, end a season or review your objectives. We try to click OK or any other button on the bottom right of the screen to continue playing but it doesnt work. We close the app, same problem why our game loads, we restart our phone, and the same problem persists. We dont know if theres a solution or if we have to uninstall and reinstall the game for it to stop happening. Any help would be appreciated.
We really enjoy the game and All it has to offer however theres a big bug going around that whenever the news button pops up and it says that we received manager of the month, we cannot click off of it and press okay. Whats worse is that It freezes the whole game and our phone starts to rapidly heat up. We tried to make multiple accounts to combat this issue however each account has seen that bug. The game is unplayable because you must be able to click ok to play another match.
Fun but crashes every time we try to get a youth player. Please fix.
It is better than EAFC it is so good and fun.
This game is very fun and we would definitely recommend playing this.
Real Manager stuff the only thing thats kind of bad, but you have to pay to win to customize but GREAT GAME.
Game is great only wish we could win games and not get all our relationships when we mess up an interview maybe like in the career new star you can boost your stats with each group we constantly find our players tired and getting injured.
Okay when we got this we didnt expect much, but holy crap, this game is amazing,.
Its a really good game but its kinda hard to get good staff with the only free agent staff being like 40 or lower.
This is actually a really nice and fun game, ive been playing this for at least 7 years causally ofc.
This is a simple and enjoyable game and its everything that id want really.
One of best games we have played! Takes a bit getting a handle of all aspects but it is great.
We really enjoyed this game we wish it had more options to improve your players without having to spend money. We think it would be much better. However it is fun.
We like this game so far, pay to play almost. Slow growth if you dont buy stuff but is balanced and fair. Would improve if you can have more control to select offensive time. Like the game.
Can you guys please make a sequel only this time you can manage any club you want to manage.
What a game, amazing time killer by the best sports developers out there. At first we hated it but only when you persevere and accept many many defeats that you begin to actually get good at it. Im writing this review right after winning our first UEFA Champions League with a team half filled with silver players.
Really good game that l enjoy But please please please make a single player career game.
This is a great game. (1) offline play! (2) a great game to pick up and put down. For quick plays here and there it would be great to be able to set lineups from the Team Info interface where you can see the players management concerns in one view. This would make setting lineups much easier and quicker.
We would love to see more stuff added to this game. Like features or buildings or staff. Just a huge upgrade to the whole game would be nice.
It is a good game but please make an American football game we are very sure other fans would say the same thing.
Game is all around very fun with the passing the dribbling in the graphics but the thing we dont really like about it is that we literally have to either get a penalty or run around the goalkeeper and have an open goal to score. Its really hard to shoot from range.
To state the obvious, if you enjoyed other New Star games, youll like this. Its got basically the same gameplay as New Star Soccer, but is deeper and allows you full control. Theres no feeling quite like taking a small club to the top of your countrys top league and looking over your massive facilities and stadium, knowing they started dilapidated and empty. That said, its not a perfect game. Ive seen a lot of people say you hit a paywall two years in, and we want to be clear thats not actually true. We played five seasons and won the English Prem and Champs League without spending a dime. But, the game does get significantly harder two years in (assuming you keep getting promoted) and the expectations of fans, players, and the board doesnt adjust. Even though youre now in the Championship when you were two divisions below just two years ago, they still expect you to win a huge number of games and challenge for getting promoted, which is obviously unrealistic. We found we could keep winning by always setting our pace to maximum and our focus to attack. We were winning, but when every score was like 7-6, it was a lot less fun and just didnt feel like soccer anymore. To the point that when we did win everything after year 5, we pretty much immediately uninstalled the game with no intention of going back. We understand why the game is like this, but it seems like it would have been easy to make it so that your first year in a new league, everyone only expects you not to get relegated to give you time to build up your club. One other thing that was really annoying was that, even in year five and when our squad was running away with the league and winning Champs League, our stadium was mostly empty and our store sales pitiful. The in-game explanation was that our squads star rating wasnt high enough, but come on. Again, its clear why the game works this way, but it could have been adjusted so it still encouraged you to sign better players while more accurately reflecting the level of support a club thats dominating Europe would actually have. TL; DR, this is a really fun game with some major, immersion breaking flaws that prevent it from being perfect.
Todo bien, pero dejen que uno escoja gratis el nombre del equipo, del estadio y el color del uniformeno sean tan codiciososO al menos que sea una recompensa despus de ascender al equipo. Los desarrolladores de la aplicacin obtienen ingresos por todos los comerciales que tenemos que ver ms de las compras que se hacen en el juego. Agregar momentos en que el equipo tiene que defender y no slo atacar, sera excelente. Tambin incluir imgenes del entrenador y jugadores relacionadas con momentos importantes del partido y agregar escenas o al menos imgenes de celebraciones de jugadores y de aficionados cada vez que el equipo consiga un logro, elevara la calidad e interaccin del juego, haciendo que sea un juego ms divertido y profundo, pasando de ser una aplicacin amateur, a algo ms profesional y comercial. As como agregar recompensas en monedas al equipo que tenga al mejor manager, novato. Portero, pasador y mejor goleador de la temporada en su liga, sera una gran adicin al juego, hacindolo ms completo. Hay margen, presupuesto y capacidad para mejorar un juego muy bueno, slo es cuestin de que se decidan y lo hagan, con lo que lo elevaran a niveles similares de DLS, eFootball y FIFA.
We just wish managers could get sacked, that would make the game more fun and realistic.
Hey developers, help us out and stop the restart your connection regardless of the fact that we have 5 bars of internet along with a great internet connection! Other than that, its a very fun game! Youth rebuilds are crazy fun, and normal ones are too. Please, fix this issue.
So the gameplay in this is great and fantastic thats what make this game really fun but heres a problem you have to buy training cards, upgrades for your staff and players, and finally you have to buy players which that seems to be a problem for us or anybody else thats the part we dont like about buying stuff cause it feels like a waste of time buying stuff and we think they should make the cards free because it seems fair and thats how we like about games getting free upgrades.
- When your manager level goes up nothing happens. We think you should get NRG or team talks or staff upgrades or meetings and so on. 2.Energy runs out way to fast in our opinion. Im finding ourselves needing to take the energy drinks over scouting player every time you pick after a game because our team runs out of energy so fast.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.7.7
- Size: 158.68 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU, ES, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
Last updated: 24th April 2024 | Genre: Sports, Simulation | Developer: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.