Comparison

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker vs HoopLife

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

Head to head
About

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker

Easily track individual player or entire team basketball statistics during games. Share detailed reports, live game updates, and connect with other fans. Features shot charts, heatmaps, and team management tools.

Highlights
  • Track individual player stats
  • Record entire team games
  • Live game streaming for fans
  • Shot charts and heatmaps
  • Team and player management
  • Shareable game reports
  • Messaging and alerts
Features
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Track your player's stats, or your whole team's, without missing the game. Basketball Simple Stats is made for parents, coaches, players, family and fans who want one easy way to record and share every game. It's built to remove the chaos and clutter of other stat apps. 1 screen, 1 player, 1 game, and 1 click at a time. It's so simple anyone can use it! TRACK EVERY GAME • Set up a player once, then start a game in 1 click with all your stats on one page. • Save multiple players on multiple teams and follow their progress season after season. • See where you score with shot charts and zone heatmaps. NEW: RECORD YOUR WHOLE TEAM • Record a whole team's game at once, with a lineup strip for who's on the court. • Keep your teams and rosters in the new Teams tab. • Get team box scores and totals after every game. • Add photos and videos to any game. NEW: WATCH GAMES LIVE • Family and friends can follow your game live, stat by stat, while you record it. • Watchers get Lock Screen and Dynamic Island scoreboards, plus alerts at the start, each period and the final. NEW: MESSAGES & ALERTS • Message everyone who shares a Player or Team with you, or start a group chat. • The Alerts tab keeps messages, requests, live games and updates in one place. NEW: PUBLIC PROFILES & FOLLOWING • Make a Player or Team public, search for others, and follow them live. SHARE THE RESULTS • Share a Summary Table, Box Score, Shot Charts or a Full Report with a game's highlights, box score and shot charts in one PDF. Players, are you ready to have your friends and parents actually pay attention to your game? See you on the court! Some features require a Pro subscription. End User License Agreements (EULA) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HoopLife

Access thousands of basketball drills and workouts designed by experienced coaches. Create personalized training plans based on your strengths and weaknesses to achieve your goals. Stay motivated with a player points ranking system and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • Thousands of drills and workouts
  • Customized workout plans
  • Training tips from coaches
  • Interactive workout design
  • Player points ranking system
  • Hand-curated workouts
Features
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With thousands of drills and workouts right at your fingertips there is no limit to when or where you can workout. HoopLife provides customized plans, training tips, hand curated workouts by our coaches, and tools to empower you to reach your goals. WORKING OUT Our interactive design allows you to focus on what matters - the workout at hand. As coaches we understand how frustrating it can be to use a workout app that is constantly distracting you from actually doing the drills/exercises properly. Our design was created by and for athletes, a simple yet effective way to swipe through drills and follow along while on the court or in the weight room. In a crunch for time? Not a problem! Our wide variety of workouts allows any player to hop into a workout that matches their schedule. WORKOUT PLANS TAILORED TO YOU MyPlan is our exclusive tool used to generate custom weekly workout plans the fit to your weaknesses! Our algorithm factors in your weaknesses, strengths, goals, and many other factors to deliver a truly unique workout experience that pushes you to achieve your goals and be consistent in working out. PLAYER POINTS Player points are a ranking system that is used to motivate you to workout more consistently. Compete with your friends to see who can earn the most through logging on everyday, completing workouts, following MyPlans, and more! WORKOUT CONTENT Our content was made by our coaches who have years of experience coaching basketball at all levels. Our “all star” line up of coaches personally hand picked and curated these all of these workouts with varying degrees of difficulty to ensure any player can benefit from them. From beginner to elite to everything in between - there are plenty of drills and workouts so you can constantly be learning and pushing your limits!

Screenshots

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker4 screens
HoopLife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HoopLife at none against Basketball Simple Stat Tracker's 10. HoopLife also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Basketball Simple Stat Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (2.6K vs 43) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment 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. Basketball Simple Stat Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. HoopLife asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basketball Simple Stat Tracker has 2.6K ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Basketball Simple Stat Tracker's written reviews are positive against 84% of HoopLife's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, HoopLife every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Basketball Simple Stat Tracker versus HoopLife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasketball Simple Stat TrackerHoopLife
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.6K ratings) — better4.5 (43 ratings)
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews84.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.6K — better43
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRylan EvansHoopLife Basketball Inc.

Customer experience

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker

All ratings2,623 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews199 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative11.1%

HoopLife

All ratings43 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.0%

Bugs and requests

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game stats disappearing mid-game
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Ads that won't close
  • Incorrect stat calculations
  • Inability to edit completed games

Requested features

5 requests
  • Save game stats and view historical data
  • Track season stats and averages
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve UI and navigation
  • Allow tracking of multiple players

HoopLife

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Basketball Simple Stat Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Standard Access$0.991 Month
  • Pro Access$5.991 Month
  • Standard Access$9.991 Year
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  • Pro Access3 Days trial$15.993 Months
  • Pro Access7 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • Pro Access14 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • Buy 1 Credit$2.99
  • Standard Access$4.99
  • Buy 2 Credits$5.49
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  • Buy 4 Credits$9.99
None

HoopLife

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basketball Simple Stat Tracker free?
Basketball Simple Stat Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HoopLife free?
HoopLife is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Basketball Simple Stat Tracker or HoopLife?
Basketball Simple Stat Tracker is rated higher. Basketball Simple Stat Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while HoopLife averages 4.5 from 43 ratings.
Do Basketball Simple Stat Tracker or HoopLife have ads?
Basketball Simple Stat Tracker shows ads; HoopLife does not.
Which is updated more often, Basketball Simple Stat Tracker or HoopLife?
Basketball Simple Stat Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and HoopLife every 5 days. Most recently, Basketball Simple Stat Tracker was updated on November 7, 2026 and HoopLife on November 2, 2026.

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