# The ARCHV

> Sports

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6786508653](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6786508653)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6786508653`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joseph Bankole
- **Category:** Sports
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2026-07-16
- **Size:** 8.66 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-archv/id6786508653)
- **Website:** [https://thearchv.ca](https://thearchv.ca/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thearchv.ca/privacy](https://thearchv.ca/privacy)

## Description

The ARCHV is football with a memory.

Every big sports app sells you the same thing: live scores, breaking noise, betting lines. This one is a reading room. A daily archive of the game in original painterly illustration, written plainly and labelled honestly.

The promise, in full: no ads, no account, no betting, and one quiet notification a day. Open it and read.

Inside:

- Home. The day's lead story, then the desks: Football Leagues, the Transfer Desk, and International Football.
- Transfer Desk. A daily wire that separates done deals from rumour and names its sources. A signing is reported as done only when it has gone through. Until then it is kept as a rumour.
- Football Leagues. Pre-season, the top divisions, the Champions League, and the MLS stories worth your time.
- International Football. The 2026 World Cup day by day, and the internationals that follow it.
- Archive. Finals retrospectives, a poster line of the great nights, football legends, and long reads on the history behind the game.
- Saved. Keep any story on your phone. It works offline.

The app reads in six languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Italian. Set it to any of them other than English and any article can be translated on the device, for free, with the original a tap away. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Every portrait is original artwork. No photos, no club crests, no stock.

A few small details: pull to refresh plays out as a penalty kick, scrolling past the bottom of Home shows a yellow card, and every story ends on a coin you can spin.

The ARCHV is an independent football publication. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by FIFA, any club, federation, competition, or player.

## Rankings

- #665,373 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6786508653)