In search of the best iPhone apps to help you track your fantasy football team throughout the 2017 season? There are lots of NFL apps in the App Store that show stats and breaking news, but why settle for less? From cheat sheets and draft kits to professional recommendations, these are the best fantasy football apps for the 2017 season! You'll find these will do well on iPad, too.

NFL Fantasy Football

NFL Fantasy 2017

The NFL Fantasy Football app is the official NFL offering for the 2017 season. Join or create leagues with custom rules, check live scoring, control multiple teams all at once. Notifications are enabled for chat and roster alerts, plus you can make trades, adds, and drops on the fly.

For a complete cheat sheet and draft kit directly from the NFL, look no further than the official NFL Fantasy Football app.

ESPN Fantasy Sports

ESPN fantasy football

ESPN Fantasy Sports offers alerts for injuries, trades, and scoring updates. You also have access to live auction and snake drafts right from the app. Leagues for baseball, basketball, and hockey are also within easy reach, if you feel like mixing it up. When it comes to your league, you've got complete team and roster management right at your fingertips.

If you prefer ESPN's fantasy football coverage and don't need extremely advanced draft tools, be sure to check out ESPN Fantasy Sports.

RotoWire Draft Kit 2017

Rotowire 2017 fantasy football

RotoWire's Draft Kit 2017 is one of the most advanced and feature packed fantasy football apps you're going to find anywhere. It's very similar in feature set to the official offering from the NFL but has more tools to help you manage your league. For instance, you can add notes to players, view team depth charts, mark players as sleepers or busts, and tons more. You also get the past three seasons of players statistics with Rotowire so you can make informed decisions.

If you want one of the most feature packed fantasy football apps available and don't mind a slight learning curve, you want RotoWire's Draft Kit 2017.

Footballguys Draft Dominator 2017

Draft Dominator 2017

Draft Dominator 2017 by Footballguys is a complete kit and guide to drafting your entire fantasy league. Using value-based drafting algorithms, you get custom cheat sheet recommendations that are always up to date. You also get player rankings and recommendations from the staff of Footballguys so you know you can be confident in your picks. If you use the Footballguys Rate My Team service, Draft Dominator can link up and integrate with that as well.

For customized cheat sheet recommendations and valuable tidbits you can't get elsewhere, give Draft Dominator 2017 a try.

Yahoo Fantasy Football

Yahoo Fantasy includes fantasy leagues for more than just the NFL; you can get in on MLB, NBA and NHL at the same time, too. From inside you can make trades, draft your team and work on mock drafts, check in on player news and score updates, and see what the experts are saying about the latest progress.

Your vote for best fantasy football apps for iPhone?

If you follow and participate in fantasy football on a regular basis, what apps have helped you the most? Are some more accurate than others in your experience? Be sure to let me know in the comments!

Ally Kazmucha contributed to a previous version of this article.

Updated August 2017: Updated with the latest apps to help you manage your fantasy teams for the 2017 NFL season.