SnipeBid for Android

The SnipeBid app opens EA’s FC 27 Web App on your Android phone or tablet with SnipeBid built in: the same panel, Autopilot and tools as the Chrome extension, without a PC. It needs Android 8 or newer with an up-to-date Android System WebView (version 85 or newer; update it free in Google Play). It’s free on Google Play; phones without Google Play can use the APK.

SnipeBid is its own app: it opens EA’s FC 27 Web App inside it. It doesn’t run on top of EA’s FC 27 Companion app, and you don’t need the Companion app for it.

Get the app

• New to SnipeBid? Start your free trial on your phone. The link to the app is on the next step and in the email with your license key.
• Already have a license? Open the Android app page on your phone and tap Get it on Google Play.

Install step by step

1. On your phone, tap Get it on Google Play on the Android app page, then Install. From then on Google Play keeps the app up to date.
2. Open SnipeBid. Allow notifications and running in the background when it asks.
3. Tap Open SnipeBid with your key in the email with your license key: your key is filled in automatically. Or paste it as described below.

Without Google Play: the APK

For phones without Google Play. The APK is the same app with the same license and signing key, and it updates itself from snipebid.app. You can switch between the Google Play version and the APK without uninstalling. To install it:

1. On your phone, tap Download the APK on the Android app page. If Chrome warns that this type of file can harm your device, tap Download anyway: it says that for every app file from outside the Play Store.
2. Open SnipeBid.apk from the download message, or from Files › Downloads.
3. The first time, Android says your browser isn’t allowed to install unknown apps. Tap Settings, switch on Allow from this source and go back. You can switch it off again afterwards.
4. Tap Install. If Google Play Protect shows a warning, choose More details › Install anyway, or let it scan the app first and then install.
5. Open SnipeBid. Allow notifications and running in the background when it asks.

Sign in and activate

1. Sign in to the Web App the same way as in the EA FC Companion app. The app first asks Where do you play FC 27?: pick PlayStation, Xbox or PC (EA app / Steam), and it opens the right sign-in. With PlayStation, Xbox or Steam, sign in with that account in the window that opens (no EA password needed); otherwise use your EA email and password. If EA sends a verification code, open your email (or authenticator app), then come back and type it in.
2. Tap the green SnipeBid button. The panel opens as a sheet from the bottom of the screen.
3. Paste your license key and activate it, as described in Activating your key.

Android System WebView

The app shows the Web App through Android System WebView, the browser engine built into your phone. Google Play updates it like any app, but on some phones it is years old, and then the green SnipeBid button can’t appear. If the WebView is older than version 85, the app shows Update Android System WebView to use SnipeBid before the Web App:

1. Tap Update Android System WebView. Google Play opens: tap Update (or Install) and wait until it’s done. On Android 7–9, Chrome can be the WebView: if the first update doesn’t help, tap Update Google Chrome too.
2. Come back to SnipeBid and tap Check again. The Web App opens once the WebView is new enough.

Continue anyway opens the Web App with the old WebView, but SnipeBid most likely won’t show up there.

No EA account? Try the demo

The welcome screen has No EA account? Try the demo. It opens SnipeBid’s real panel on sample data: the coins, players, prices and trades are made up, and the demo never contacts EA. Press Start in the panel to watch a simulated session, and open the tabs to look around. Close demo takes you back to the welcome screen.

Until you have signed in to EA once, the welcome screen comes back each time you start the app.

Same license as the extension

The app uses the same license key and the same price as the Chrome extension. As on a PC, the license is linked to the EA account you sign in with: the phone counts as a seat for that EA account, and another EA account needs an extra account. Your targets, settings and filters load from your cloud profile.

Running in the background

• While the bot runs, a SnipeBid is running notification is shown. Tap Stop in it to stop the bot.
• Leave the app with Home or Back: the bot keeps running, also with the screen off.
• Don’t swipe SnipeBid away from your recent apps. That closes the Web App and stops the bot.
• Allow notifications and the battery exemption (running in the background) when the app asks. Without notifications the bot still runs, but you don’t see its status or the Stop button.
• Many phone brands add their own battery manager. The app’s Keep SnipeBid running screen has the steps for Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei/Honor, OPPO, vivo and OnePlus.
• If Android stops SnipeBid anyway, the next time you open it, it tells you why.

Updates

Installed from Google Play, the app updates through Google Play like your other apps. The APK updates itself: it checks snipebid.app for a new version when it starts and every few hours, downloads it and verifies it before Android asks you to install it (Android may ask once to allow SnipeBid to install apps). Your sign-in and settings stay. The bot stops while the app updates, so press Start again afterwards.

Phone and PC

You can use SnipeBid on your phone and on your PC with the same license. EA allows one Web App session per account, so don’t run SnipeBid on the phone and the PC for the same EA account at the same time: stop it on one before you start it on the other.

If something doesn’t work

• The bot stopped by itself. The phone closed SnipeBid, usually to save battery or memory; the app tells you why when you open it again. Allow running in the background, follow the steps for your brand on the Keep SnipeBid running screen and keep the phone charging.
• “You’re signed in to EA, but your club didn’t open”. After the sign-in the app waits for your Ultimate Team club; if it doesn’t open (about 90 seconds, 3 minutes when Ultimate Team was never reached), this card appears. EA’s Web App only opens for an account that already has an Ultimate Team club, so: sign in with the account you play FC 27 on (the same PlayStation, Xbox or Steam account, or the same EA email); if you are new to FC 27, start Ultimate Team once on your console or PC; if EA’s page shows a message, close the card and do what it asks. Sign in with another account signs EA out inside the app (SnipeBid’s own key and settings stay) so you can pick the right account. The card never covers EA’s own Login screen, and it goes away by itself once your club opens.
• The FC 27 Web App opens but there’s no green SnipeBid button. Your Android System WebView (or Chrome) is too old. Update Android System WebView and Chrome in Google Play, then close SnipeBid and open it again. See Android System WebView.
• Can’t sign in. Use the account you play FC 27 with: PlayStation, Xbox or Steam, or your EA email and password. Account created with Google or Facebook: sign in with your linked PlayStation, Xbox or Steam account, or set a password at ea.com → Account → Security first. Wrong password on PlayStation or Xbox? Go back and use that button instead: no EA password needed. Tap Trouble signing in to EA? in the app for these tips.
• Play Protect warning (APK). Expected for apps from outside the Play Store. Choose More details › Install anyway.
• Install blocked (APK). Allow your browser to install apps: Settings › Apps › your browser › Install unknown apps › Allow from this source. The app needs Android 8 or newer.
• Looking for SnipeBid in EA’s Companion app? It isn’t there. SnipeBid is its own app that opens the FC 27 Web App inside it.
• Still stuck? Tell us your phone model, Android version and what you see, through the contact form or Discord.

iPhone and iPad

iPhone and iPad aren’t supported. On an iPhone you can use the phone remote to watch and stop SnipeBid running on your computer.