Comparison

PLAYERTEK vs Outplay

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

Head to head
About

PLAYERTEK

This app tracks and analyzes your football performance using a wearable GPS pod. Sync your data wirelessly to your iPhone to monitor progress, compare against personal bests, and compete with other players.

Highlights
  • Wearable GPS pod for tracking
  • Wireless data syncing to iPhone
  • Performance tracking and analysis
  • Comparison with personal bests
  • Competition with other players
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Made for football. Built for competition. PLAYERTEK, the wearable GPS tracker and innovative iPhone iOS app for the competitive player looking to improve performance and raise their game. WEAR - Training session or game day, wear your PLAYERTEK pod on the upper back in the same lightweight, fitted garment as the professionals SYNC - Within seconds, wirelessly sync data from your PLAYERTEK pod to your iPhone using the PLAYERTEK iOS app (Free) to see your performance. COMPETE - On your iPhone, track your progress, compare with your own personal bests, and compete with elite footballers and friends Please note: To use this app, it requires you to wear the PLAYERTEK pod available here: playertek.com

About

Outplay

Track soccer matches and training sessions with detailed performance insights. Analyze your movement with heat maps, view key metrics like distance and speed, and share summaries with friends. Integrates with Apple Health and offers advanced features through a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • GPS match and training tracking
  • Performance metrics (distance, speed, sprints)
  • Movement heat maps
  • Match sharing with summaries
  • Apple Health integration
  • Detailed performance charts and trends (Pro)
Features
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Play and track soccer matches and get insights into your performance using Outplay for iPhone. TRACK YOUR MATCHES AND TRAINING ON IPHONE OR APPLE WATCH - Play and track your soccer matches and training using built-in GPS with your iPhone or the companion Apple Watch app. - Track a continuous match or split up the match into first and second halves. - Pause and resume tracking the match at any time. GET INSIGHTS ON IPHONE - Use the Outplay iPhone app to view details of your matches. - Get insights into your latest match and view your previous matches. PLAY BETTER - Analyze how you play with a heat map of your movement during the match. - View detailed metrics about your matches including distance, speed, sprints, sprint distance, intensive runs, intensive run distance, acceleration and deceleration, calories and heart rate. - Compare matches with metrics per match or per 90 minutes. SHARE YOUR MATCHES - Share a summary of your match with friends and family, including match details, total distance and your movement heat map. YOU’RE IN CONTROL - Go to your Account settings to see how your match data is interpreted. - View and change how your sprints are identified. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION - Your match details are stored in Apple Health and contribute towards your Activity rings and fitness goals. - Outplay stores your match route, distance, heart rate and calories in Apple Health. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY - Your data is stored on your device and synced with your iCloud account. - None of your data is ever sent to a third party, unless you enable the optional setting to connect your Strava account to Outplay. - You can also choose to share anonymised usage analytics, which helps improve Outplay. OUTPLAY PRO - Visualize your movement in detail with an interactive movement map. Set the pitch for your match to see your heat map and sprints in context, choose between standard, satellite or generated pitch views, combine both halves and overlay zone analysis. - Analyze your match performance with detailed charts and unlock deeper insights with trends. Explore your performance over various time periods to identify patterns and improve your game. - Get deeper insights into your matches with additional statistics including typical sprint distance, average speed, active calories and more. - Better understand your performance with match-by-match weather summaries. - Forgot to stop recording your match? Trim matches to remove any unwanted time. - See how your performances compare to results by adding custom titles, match scores, goals and assists, and notes for your matches. - Connect with Strava to upload matches from Outplay to your Strava account. - Support Outplay development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PLAYERTEK1 screens
Outplay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Outplay at 74% against PLAYERTEK's 38%. Outplay also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.7). PLAYERTEK's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Outplay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PLAYERTEK asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outplay holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of PLAYERTEK's written reviews are positive against 74% of Outplay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PLAYERTEK ships an update every 3 weeks, Outplay every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PLAYERTEK versus Outplay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPLAYERTEKOutplay
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (15 ratings)4.1 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews73.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1523 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCATAPULT SPORTS EMEA LIMITEDColour Software

Customer experience

PLAYERTEK

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative53.8%

Outplay

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive73.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.5%

In-app purchases

None

PLAYERTEK

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Outplay

Subscriptions2
  • Outplay Pro Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Outplay Pro Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is PLAYERTEK free?
PLAYERTEK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Outplay free?
Outplay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PLAYERTEK or Outplay?
Outplay is rated higher. PLAYERTEK averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Outplay averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do PLAYERTEK or Outplay have ads?
Neither PLAYERTEK nor Outplay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PLAYERTEK or Outplay?
PLAYERTEK ships an update every 3 weeks, and Outplay every 2 months. Most recently, PLAYERTEK was updated on October 24, 2026 and Outplay on October 27, 2026.

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