Don’t start your fantasy without checking out these great apps.

The NFL pre-season games are almost upon us with the regular season not far behind. If you’re a fantasy football fan, that means it’s time to join a league (if you haven’t already), research and plan your draft choices, and pick the apps that you’ll use over the course of the season to track all of your key player and team stats as well as to manage your team.

The right tools can make or break a successful season. Here are some of the best apps out there for iOS and Android that can help you keep track of everything and manage your team’s lineup on the go.

Football (American Football that is) season is right around the corner, and that means it’s almost time to lay the Fantasy Football smackdown on your friends, family, an co-workers. Millions of Americans participate in one or more Fantasy Football leagues every year, and as technology moves forward, so does our ability to perfect our winning season. It seems like only yesterday I was given the ability to set my lineup via a mobile app, and to think now, my next draft may happen live, face-to-face, thanks to Google and the NFL.

This NFL season is about to get squawky thanks to Andy Reid and his decision to sign five new free agents to the Philadelphia Eagles. At a brief press conference, Andy Reid announced the five newest players, and boy were they an Angry bunch. Newly signed Red Bird, Bomb Bird, Yellow Bird, Terrence, and The Mighty Philadelphia Eagle, are ready to crush all the swine populating the NFC East.

Just because American Football is over, doesn’t mean you can’t get in on some real football. That’s Real Football 2012, and it’s Gameloft’s latest entry into the Android Market. Gameloft is going the freemium route with this one so it won’t cost you anything to play, but there’s apparently some sort of stamina thing that keeps you from really enjoying the game — unless you pony up some cash. Real Football 2012 will get you into the game with features such as:

As the NFL regular season comes to an end, some of you are destined to watch your favorite team sidelined from the playoffs and there’s nothing you can do about it — or is there? NFL Pro 2012 gives you a virtual world in which to enact your revenge on your rivals by playing and managing one of 32 NFL teams with over 2,000 real players.

Gameloft is on a roll lately and continues launching hit titles onto the Android Market. This one is no different other than its “free” price tag. That’s right, it’s free (with optional in-app purchases of course), and offers the ability to avoid any extra cost by completing challenges to gain new features. NFL Pro 2012 brings the astro turf to the palm of your hands along with great features such as: