Press kit
The Lineup Is is a free iPhone app that ranks every game on tonight's sports slate and tells you which few are worth watching, and why. Every game gets a Lineup score built from eleven factors with the reasoning shown, plus a two-sentence read on the game that sounds like a friend texting, not a box score. You set your own bar and the app tells you when a game clears it, with a notification and a Live Activity that starts itself on the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, Apple Watch and CarPlay; weight the leagues and teams however you watch. Siri answers "what's worth watching tonight." Hide Scores keeps results off every surface for anyone watching later.
Built by one person.
The short version
Most nights there are 200 games on and a handful are worth your time. The Lineup Is is the app that knows which: a score and a reason for every game, before and while it's played, and the one that matters on your lock screen.
Facts
| Developer | Vivek Tanna, The Lineup Is LLC (one person) |
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| Current version | 1.0.7, October 12, 2026 |
| Price | Free. Pro is $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. No ads. |
| Requires | iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Also runs on Apple silicon Macs and Apple Vision Pro as an iPhone app. |
| Coverage | NFL, college football; NBA, WNBA, men's and women's college basketball; MLB, college baseball; NHL; Premier League, Championship, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Primeira Liga, Eredivisie, MLS, NWSL, WSL, Liga MX and their domestic cups; Champions, Europa and Conference Leagues, Libertadores, Leagues Cup; Euros, Copa América, Gold Cup, Nations League, friendlies; Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar; ATP and WTA tennis; PGA and LPGA golf. |
| Free | Every game ranked; the Casual, Balanced and Hardcore bars; tonight's top game in a Live Activity on the lock screen; up to three favourite teams, with alerts when their games are starting, close, in overtime or final; widgets, Siri, Share Tonight's Lineup and Hide Scores; a handful of reads a day, always including the top game. |
| What Pro adds | Every game's read and all eleven factors; alerts for every game above your bar; start or track a Live Activity for any game; a custom bar and league weights; unlimited favourite teams. |
| App Store | apps.apple.com/us/app/the-lineup-is/id6760086098 |
| Contact | support@thelineup.is |
| YouTube | @TheLineupIs |
Screenshots
The nine current App Store screenshots (version 1.0.7), 1206 × 2622, JPEG. Click for full size.
Video
Twenty-two seconds of the app, in 9:16, with no sound.
Download the 9:16 preview (886 × 1920, MP4, 6.9 MB)
Icon
Everything in one file
Download the press kit (ZIP, 10 MB: icon, nine screenshots, the video, the founder headshot, a facts sheet).
The founder
Vivek Tanna builds and runs The Lineup Is alone. The idea is older than the app: one TV, too many games, and a group chat arguing about what to put on. It started as a small display on Vivek's wall that showed what was worth watching that night, and became an iPhone app.
Download the headshot (JPEG, 512 × 512).
Covering it
Reviewer access: email support@thelineup.is for a code that unlocks a free year of Pro. Interviews, numbers and a look at how the scoring works are available on request.
The Lineup Is is not affiliated with any league, team or broadcaster. Team and league names and marks belong to their owners. Scores come from public live scoreboard data; the rankings and the words are ours.
Get The Lineup Is on iOS — free — or see tonight's best games.