Comparison

Team Grader vs Black Line Swim

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Team Grader

This app helps sports clubs manage player registration, conduct real-time grading sessions, and assign players to teams. It also allows for recording player feedback for future seasons, with options for electronic or manual data entry.

Highlights
  • Player registration for trials and events
  • Real-time electronic grading with score recording
  • Manual data entry from paper forms
  • Player sorting and team assignment
  • Player history and feedback recording
  • Export teams to MS-Word
Features
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TeamGrader is the complete tryout, grading and coaching platform for schools, clubs and associations. Configure it for any team sport — soccer, netball, hockey, rugby, basketball, AFL — and run selection, feedback and player development from your iPhone or iPad. BUILT FOR ANY SPORT, ANY ORGANISATION Fully configurable drills, skills, positions, grading forms and team letters. One app for a PE department, a district netball tryout, a rugby academy or a full soccer club. RUN A REAL TRYOUT • Create grading events across one or many age groups • Invite players from rosters or open web registration for new applicants • Configure custom drills — running, 1v1, first touch, striking, small-sided games, free form • Assign bib colours to split participants into rotating groups • Book grounds, invite grader panels and manage attendance MULTI-COACH GRADING PANEL • Multiple graders score the same players in parallel — every score captured, colour-coded by grader, never overwritten • Filter the list by bib colour and grade one group at a time • Score and note per drill, per player, in seconds • Lock a drill to one grader for controlled scoring • Manual entry for post-event adjustments LIVE SCORE SPREADSHEET • Every player × every drill in one scrollable matrix • Totals and averages recalculate as you edit • Move-up (green) and move-down (red) indicators flag players trending against their team • Sort by name, ID or score and drill into any cell for notes TEAM ALLOCATION & CALLBACKS • Step through every graded player with score, notes, play-with-friends preferences and school at a glance • Assign to A, B, C teams (or your own letters) with a single tap • Live team-count tracking prevents over-filling a squad • Flag callbacks and run a second-look event with only the shortlist AI COACHING ASSISTANT • Improve — rewrites feedback with 2–3 stronger phrasings • Consider — reflective prompts to think deeper about each player • Actions — practical next steps for coach, player and 1:1 work • Recommendation Verifier — sanity-checks grade bands before submission • Help Chat — coaching questions with full team context PLAYER & TEAM SNAPSHOTS AI-generated career overviews summarise a player's trend, confidence, position fit and key assignments, with follow-up Q&A grounded in your own grading data. Team Snapshots surface squad composition, projected lineups, key players and next actions. POSITION FIT MATRIX AI evaluates every player against every position with an interactive heat map. Toggle between player-first and position-first views for smarter selection. RADAR CHARTS Visualise a player's performance across every skill dimension, overlaid against the team average. QUICK OBSERVATION NOTES Capture what you see the moment you see it. AI suggests the right skills to tag so casual notes roll up into structured records. SEASON SUMMARIES AI-written reports grouped by skill area with themes and progression. Share polished summaries with players and families in one tap. SCHOOL, CLUB & ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT Teams, seasons and year levels. Coach, teacher, manager and player roles. Fixtures, ground bookings, announcements and customisable grading forms per organisation. Universal iPhone and iPad app, built for the sideline, the pitch, the court and the pool deck.

About

Black Line Swim

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Black Line brings your Masters swimming club to your pocket. Follow club rankings, track your personal bests, and dive into your meet history. All in one place. Club Rankings. See where you stand against your clubmates. Filter by year and rank by points, meets or events swum. Swimmer Profiles. Your full swimming history at a glance. Switch between short and long course and explore every event you've competed in. Event History. Drill into any event to see your results over time — sorted by best time or most recent, with your personal best highlighted. Currently available for NSW Masters Swimming clubs, with results spanning the last 5 years.

Screenshots

Team Grader4 screens
Black Line Swim3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Black Line Swim at weekly against Team Grader's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Team Grader ships an update every 5 weeks, Black Line Swim weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Team Grader versus Black Line Swim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeam GraderBlack Line Swim
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul GrundyLeandro Gama

In-app purchases

None

Team Grader

No in-app purchases

None

Black Line Swim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Team Grader free?
Team Grader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Black Line Swim free?
Black Line Swim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Team Grader or Black Line Swim have ads?
Neither Team Grader nor Black Line Swim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Team Grader or Black Line Swim?
Team Grader ships an update every 5 weeks, and Black Line Swim weekly. Most recently, Team Grader was updated on November 2, 2026 and Black Line Swim on October 31, 2026.

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