# Basketball Play Designer — user reviews > 41 indexed App Store user reviews of Basketball Play Designer by greg brady, rated 4.20/5 from 333 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/basketball-play-designer/id1407281336/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/basketball-play-designer/id1407281336.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 183 · 4★ 83 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 26 ## What do users think of Basketball Play Designer? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy play design - 👍 Useful for remembering plays - 👍 Great for visualizing plays - 👍 Good free option - 👍 Awesome designer - 👍 Great for organizing plays - 👍 Good visualization tool - 👍 Useful for players to learn **Cons** - 😞 Misleading sharing features - 😞 In-app purchases not clear - 😞 Difficult to operate - 😞 Sharing with team is problematic - 😞 Lost data after update - 😞 Can't share or upload - 😞 Sharing requires others to pay - 😞 Passing mechanic broken - 😞 PIN share feature issues - 😞 Not easy to function - 😞 Can't save plays outside app - 😞 Too expensive for features - 😞 Can't save or share to contacts - 😞 No customer support - 😞 FAQ are placeholders **Commonly reported bugs** - Lost all downloads after update - Cannot download drills/plays - PIN share feature not working - Cannot load plays onto assistant coaches' devices - Passing mechanic is broken - Plays not downloading for players - Cannot save plays even after payment - Unable to share plays with team - PIN sharing not working as expected **Most requested features** - Easier way to share plays directly - Ability to share plays without team payment - More than one motion at a time - Option to move multiple players simultaneously - Better organization of plays - More modern interface - Ability to sort plays - Save plays to camera roll ## Newest reviews (13 of 41) ### 3/5 — It’s aight *2025-07-12* As an D1 basketball coach myself, I have found that while the idea is good, it is way too hard to operate. ### 3/5 — Ok *2023-11-30, version 5* Good app for designing plays but not for sharing with others ### 3/5 — Easy enough *2023-04-11* Simple enough to use. Simple interface is nice compared to some more complex options out there. Would like an easier way to share plays directly with staff/players but that is really only complaint ### 3/5 — Lost all info *2022-03-16, version 5* Once I have updated my device I’ve lost all my downloads and was asked to purchase again in order to be able to download drills plays etc. Was great till then. ### 4/5 — Multiple concurrent motions FTW *2021-12-20* Once I figured out I could go back and add concurrent movement to other players this is a very useful tool. I do also feel that I should be able to share plays with my team without them having to also pay for the premium app. ### 2/5 — Passing mechanic is broken *2021-11-18, version 5* Wont pass the ball most of the time when doing plays ### 2/5 — Share plays with our teams *2021-07-09* Having issues with the PIN -Play Share feature. We can see the plays created by the Coach but download is not successful and can’t load plays onto assistant coaches devices -iPhone or iPad. Tried purchasing the unlimited package to rule out capacity issue but still no luck. Works well on the Coach’s iPad but not assistant coaches. ### 4/5 — Sharing *2021-07-07* I wish there was a way to share/email the plays created on here to coaches and/or players ### 4/5 — Good basketball app *2021-02-19, version 5* Very good app to help organize and design plays. Highly recommend it! ### 2/5 — Share back *2021-02-19* That’s my only issue I would like my 4.99 credited back. My players should not have to pay to have access for what I thought I was purchasing to save and SHARE!! Share and Save needed to be explained better! ### 2/5 — Share Plays Is Not What You Think!! *2021-01-26* I like the app. I wish you could have more than one motion going on at the same time. THE PROBLEM IS THE SHARE FEATURE IS EXTREMELY POORLY ADVERTISED. Do not pay the $4.99 if you want to share your plays with your team. I would like my money that I paid credited back. The only option is to have each of your players pay the $5 and then they can access the plays. This is not explained. ### 4/5 — it’s good, could be better! *2020-06-12* would love the option to move multiple player at the same time. seeing how a defense reacts to a play is important, and just seeing a play happen all at once is helpful to understand the motion of the play. **Developer response:** Hi Swagamemon. Tha is for the download and review. If you use the rewind button at the top of the screen you can achieve this. Let's say defence is playing a 2x3 zone. Guard passes ball to wing. Use the rewind button to bring the ball almost back to the guard. Then drag the top player on the zone out to the wing. When you press play the ball and defender will move at the same time. This can be done with any player and multiple times. Thanks! ### 4/5 — It’s very useful, but it could be better organized and more modern. *2020-02-26* Thank you for this great app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Refund please *2022-11-17* Hi there, I am unable to find a way to contact some kind of customer support for this app, so having to leave a message as a review. I purchased this app in effort to try it’s options and it wasn’t quite ideal for my needs as a coach and I will not be able to use it. Would it be possible to have a refund? Thanks so much! ### 1/5 — Can’t share or upload *2022-03-11, version 5* Can’t share or upload ### 1/5 — Refund please *2022-01-25, version 5* You can’t share the plays unless everyone buys the App very misleading ### 1/5 — Not easy to function *2021-05-08, version 5* App is a waist of money it’s not easy to function. ### 1/5 — Not downloading *2021-03-10* The plays are not downloading for my players! I need assistance and no help available, tried email and the email rejects when I send. The phone number doesn’t work also! Requesting refund! ### 1/5 — Could be useful *2021-02-20* What’s the point of saying you can share if the app doesn’t share in the manner people would want to share. Please state that line in its entirety. Very misleading. It does not say you have to play to share and pay to view. ### 1/5 — Awful *2020-10-28, version 5* Bait and switch. Don’t buy. Can’t share the plays with team members. Downloaded Plays aren’t even categorized alphabetical. Horrible, I want money back!! ### 1/5 — Sharing *2020-09-11, version 5* They imply you can share with players but you cannot ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-02-04, version 5* Won’t let me load my plays even though I payed money to have them saved. It’s ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Refund *2020-02-03, version 5* I want a refund can’t save or share to contacts or players ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Plays *2022-01-29* gives me awesome plays for my school and rec team and I’m a player🏀🏀 ### 5/5 — Pretty Gnarley *2021-12-15* I think it’s an awesome app especially to practice and share plays I just screen recorded after pressing the play button so my team can review the plays ### 5/5 — Great Free Option *2021-12-06* The app is great and easy to use. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Great *2021-04-11, version 5* AWSOME for remembering plays ### 5/5 — Really useful app! *2020-12-07* I’m a basketball coach and have used this app successfully to give to my players to learn and look back on outside of practice! Great app! ### 5/5 — I like it *2020-11-20* I like it it’s just my fingers are too big ### 5/5 — Love it *2020-01-16, version 5* Excellent App, I coach and I use this all the time ### 5/5 — So far so good *2019-07-21, version 5* So far it’s great!! Really useful ### 5/5 — Awesome designer *2018-07-07, version 1.0* Great for designing plays ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2023-11-28* I love the design of making the plays. It’s easy and doesn’t require much. My only issue is with the sharing. I did the $4.99 option hoping I or my team would be able to type in our team pin and see all of our stuff. That was not the case and when I go from my computer to iPhone none of my stuff is there. Other than that the app is great for designing plays and showing them on the board. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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