SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer vs Player Rotation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer
This app helps coaches and parents ensure every player on a junior team gets equal playing time. It generates fair substitution plans and provides timely alerts during games, allowing for focused coaching and a positive sideline experience. A free trial is available to test its functionality.
- Fair substitution plan builder
- In-game substitution alerts
- Equal game time tracking
- Focus on player development
- 30-day free trial
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SubNow is for coaches and parents of junior and youth teams who want every player to receive fair game time. SubNow helps you easily build a fair substitution plan and alerts you when to make substitutions during the game — so you can coach calmly, focus on development, and keep the sideline smiling. Enjoy a 30 day free trial to see whether SubNow will work for you. This is a brand new SubNow — guided by 10 years of user feedback, SubNow has been rebuilt from the ground up and significantly enhanced. SubNow remains focused on increasing the enjoyment of junior team sports for children and parents, by making it easy to fairly share game time. Why SubNow? Because fair game time builds confident players and happier teams. SubNow creates practical substitution plans based on your game length, breaks, subs, goalkeepers, and number of players—then replans during the game when the unexpected happens. SubNow solves the challenge of trying to make substitutions based on the actual game time each player has had on the field. SubNow currently supports: • Small Sided Football/Soccer • Futsal • Junior Hockey (Minkey/Mini Hockey) • Basketball • Touch Football Before the Game - Create and preview your substitution plan before kick-off. Position planning & optimization allows player position preferences to be accommodated while preserving fair game time. Print your substitution plan if working off paper is preferred. During the Game - Get clear, timely substitution alerts, see exactly who’s on and off next, and confirm each substitution as you go. If a player arrives late, is injured, or needs a rest, SubNow recalculates the plan automatically — keeping fairness intact. Ready for fair, stress free substitution management at your next match? Download SubNow and start your 30 day free trial today. See full feature list at http://www.subnowapp.com/features Terms of Use: http://www.subnow.com.au/terms Privacy Policy: http://www.subnow.com.au/privacy
Player Rotation
This app helps volunteer coaches ensure all players get equal playing time. Add your team, positions, and attending players for game day. A simple rotation feature indicates who to substitute in and out.
- Team and position management
- Player attendance tracking
- Automated player rotation
- Substitution suggestions
- Simple game day interface
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This simple app is for the volunteer coach that just wants to make sure everyone gets to play. Just add your team and the positions for your sport. Then on game day add the players that showed up. When you want to rotate players touch rotate and it will tell you who to take out and who to put in the game. The app is free, but has a non-obtrusive banner ad at the bottom of the screen. An one-time in-app purchase can be made to remove the ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer at 56% against Player Rotation's 0%. SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months). Player Rotation's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). 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
Both are free to download. SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per 7 days and Player Rotation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Player Rotation's.
SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, Player Rotation every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer | Player Rotation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (27 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SubNow | CHASE PLACE LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
SubNow | Ultimate Sub Timer
- Basic Test3 Days trial$0.297 Days
- Pro Test3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Basic Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
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- Pro Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
- Basic Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
Player Rotation
- No Ads$0.99
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