Soccer Coach Timer vs SubSMART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soccer Coach Timer
This app helps coaches track match time and manage player substitutions efficiently. It provides an overview of player positions and on-pitch time, logs match statistics, and can even suggest substitutions automatically. Match summaries can be exported for later review.
- Track match time
- Manage substitutions
- Overview of player positions
- Log match statistics
- Automatic substitution suggestions
- Export match summaries
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Track time and manage substitutions. Overview of positions and on-pitch time. List matches played with statistics. Also possible to export match summary. Can automatically suggest substitution.
SubSMART
This app helps youth sports coaches manage substitutions, track player playing time, and organize lineups. It simplifies game day by eliminating the need for paper notes and mental math, allowing coaches to focus more on player development and less on administration.
- Manage substitutions quickly
- Automatically track player playing time
- Organize lineups
- Visualize playing time with heat maps
- Review post-game reports
- Ensure balanced playing time
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The number #1 app for coaches! Stop juggling paper lineups, timers, and mental math. SubSMART helps youth sports coaches manage substitutions, balance playing time, organize lineups, and stay focused on coaching instead of keeping track of who plays next. Whether you’re coaching soccer today or other youth sports in the future, SubSMART makes game day simple. WHY COACHES LOVE SUBSMART • Make substitutions in seconds • Automatically track every player’s playing time • Keep lineups organized throughout the game • See playing time with intuitive color heat maps • Review detailed post-game reports • Help provide balanced playing time • Spend less time managing and more time coaching PERFECT FOR • Recreational leagues • Travel teams • Volunteer coaches • Parents coaching youth sports • Coaches who want a simple, organized game day DESIGNED FOR REAL GAME DAYS SubSMART was built to solve one of the biggest challenges in youth sports: managing substitutions while keeping games organized and players engaged. No more paper notes. No more guessing who should play next. No more worrying about balanced playing time. Instead, stay focused on your players while SubSMART helps you manage substitutions, track playing time, organize lineups, and review the game afterward with clear reports. Whether your goal is player development, equal opportunities, or simply running a smoother game, SubSMART gives you the tools to coach with confidence. Download SubSMART today and make every game day simpler. SubSMART requires a SubSMART PRO subscription to access these game management features. License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SubSMART at 4.3 against Soccer Coach Timer's 3.5. SubSMART also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Soccer Coach Timer's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Soccer Coach Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SubSMART sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SubSMART holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Soccer Coach Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of SubSMART's.
Soccer Coach Timer ships an update every 15 months, SubSMART weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soccer Coach Timer | SubSMART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Henrik Olsen | SUBSMART LLC |
Customer experience
Soccer Coach Timer
SubSMART
In-app purchases
Soccer Coach Timer
- NoAds$1.99
- Statistics$4.99
SubSMART
- SubSMART PRO7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- SubSMART PRO7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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