Comparison

ATH vs NetSpect

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

Head to head
About

ATH

Discover and schedule pickup basketball games with this app. Find nearby courts, connect with other players, and showcase your skills. Level up your profile, test your basketball trivia knowledge, and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Find pickup basketball games
  • Scout competition on a map
  • Schedule games with players
  • Upload highlights to profile
  • Customize player profile and stats
  • Play basketball trivia
  • Earn rewards and unlock skins
Features
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The Best Pickup Basketball App! Are They Hooping is the only cross platform pickup basketball app that lets you scout the competition! Before you waste your time driving to an empty basketball court, use our map to find players, gyms, and schedule basketball games. Upload highlights to your profile and post them so people know you’re nice! Your goal is to level up and earn as many buckets as possible! Use your buckets to customize your profile and boost your stats. Play the hardest basketball trivia ever and climb our leaderboard! Earn prizes, achievements, and unlock all types of skins for your player card and profile. Listen to our soundtrack of over 100 unique songs! Discover all the fun ways to level up your profile and master our app so you never walk into an empty basketball court again! Questions?: Our ATH pickup basketball app tutorials will help navigate you along the way! List of Features: -PROFILE Your profile is your hub for everything! It’s your way to show off all your stats, accomplishments, and basketball trivia IQ. Customize everything like your animated skin, highlights, player card, and stats (ppg, rpg, apg). Our soundtrack will start playing as soon as you open the app, let us know your favorite songs or playlists! -MAP We have thousands of gyms all over the world to find pickup basketball! Find and favorite your go-to basketball court! You can even request a court to be added if you can’t find it. Use our map to let people know you’re hooping, find players, and schedule basketball games. How to use the ATH map: -Click the basketball court you want to hoop at -View gym: See who’s hooping -Check-in: So people know you’re hooping -Schedule Game: So people don’t forget! -SOCIAL PAGE The social page lets you connect with every hooper in our app! The timeline shows what everyone is posting so you can find the best pickup basketball. You can also message friends or anyone you’ve played with! -LEVEL UP! Earn points and level up by using features in the app! Boost your stats to unlock rookie, starter, all-star, MVP, and HOF rankings among our leaderboard. -LIVE Go live and show off your skills! Earn gifts while playing pickup basketball games! -TRIVIA We have thousands of different basketball trivia questions! See how many questions you can get right as your streak goes up. Unlock a custom animated skin by climbing the leaderboard! -BUCKETS Level up for endless rewards and buckets! You can earn even more buckets by unlocking achievements, betting on 1v1 games, and getting gifts from going live! -SOUNDTRACK Our soundtrack and playlist feature some of the best artist in the world! We have over 100 hand picked songs by hoopers, producers, and rising stars! WE LOVE FEEDBACK We upgrade our app based on user feedback!. If you like the Are They Hooping app, please rate and leave a review for us in the app store. Terms: https://app.termly.io/document/terms-of-use-for-ios-app/54d42769-b2f2-4297-a188-a88844df3ebc Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/document/privacy-policy/627c7d0c-944f-43cb-b9e9-0f0d6afbe265

About

NetSpect

Features
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NetSpect is for the group chat that never turns into an actual game. Start a pickup game right now, or put one on the calendar. Everyone in your group gets a notification, and you can see who's actually coming before you head out. HOW IT WORKS Create a group and share your invite code. Your group is private — people join with the code, not by browsing. Start a game now or schedule one. Pick the court, set how long you're playing, and your group gets notified. See who's in. Real names, a real count, updated live as people join or drop out. Check in when you arrive. NetSpect confirms you made it to the court by GPS, so "I'm on my way" turns into something you can actually count on. Keep it in one place. Every group gets its own chat, roster, and shared history. CREDITS Accepting a game reserves a credit. Check in at the court and it comes straight back to you. It's a lightweight way to keep everyone honest about showing up — credits can't be bought, sold, or transferred, and there are no in-app purchases. PRIVACY No email, no password, no social login. Your account is anonymous and you pick a display name. Location is used only to confirm you arrived at your court. NetSpect does not track your movements — your phone watches for a small boundary around the court and tells the app when you cross it, nothing more. Requires iPhone. Free, with no ads.

Screenshots

ATH4 screens
NetSpect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NetSpect at none against ATH's 11. NetSpect also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, 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. ATH sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. NetSpect asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATH ships an update every 6 days, NetSpect every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ATH versus NetSpect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATHNetSpect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (344 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings344 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB84 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRonald JonesCaleb Vitalus

Bugs and requests

ATH

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes on login
  • Popup asking for location even when enabled
  • Links and buttons become unresponsive
  • Forced to watch intro video repeatedly
  • Map not loading
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  • App lags and glitches
  • App crashes immediately on opening
  • Points system (buckets) hard to come by
  • Shows gyms and parks in different states
  • App lags and bugs a lot
  • Login with Google causes crash

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more features
  • Improve design
  • Show parks and gyms in local area

NetSpect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

ATH

Subscriptions2
  • ATH Premium$0.991 Month
  • Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time9
  • 10 ATH Buckets$1.99
  • 100 points$2.99
  • 2 time multiplier$4.99
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  • 50 ATH Buckets$9.99
  • 5 time multiplier$9.99
  • 500 points$9.99
  • 1000 points$14.99
  • 1o time multiplier$19.99
  • 500 ATH Buckets$84.99
None

NetSpect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ATH free?
ATH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NetSpect free?
NetSpect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ATH or NetSpect have ads?
Neither ATH nor NetSpect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ATH or NetSpect?
ATH ships an update every 6 days, and NetSpect every 9 days. Most recently, ATH was updated on October 29, 2026 and NetSpect on October 25, 2026.

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