MADE Hoops vs Playbook Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MADE Hoops
This app provides comprehensive information for sporting events, serving team and college coaches, media, players, parents, and fans. It offers real-time schedules, standings, notifications, and essential event documents, keeping everyone connected and informed.
- Quick team search
- Up-to-the-minute schedules
- Live standings and brackets
- Immediate game notifications
- Venue directions
- Team rosters and live results
- Event documents and contact details
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The MADE Hoops app is your all-encompassing guide for sporting events, meticulously crafted to cater to the needs of team and college coaches, media, players, parents, and fans. Designed to bring every essential aspect of the event to your fingertips, this platform ensures you stay connected and well-informed. Key Features: • Quick team search and user-friendly shortcuts. • Up-to-the-minute schedules to keep you on track. • Live standings and brackets for real-time updates. • Immediate game notifications so you never miss a beat. • Venue directions for easy navigation. • Access to team rosters and live results with box scores (when available), all at your fingertips. • Essential event documents, messages, and contact details for complete guidance. • Information on event sponsors for additional insights. With the app, every detail of the event is conveniently at your fingertips, ensuring an immersive and comprehensive experience for everyone involved.
Playbook Connect
Facilitates communication for all members of an organization, including parents, players, and coaches. This app provides a chat feature to connect everyone involved.
- Organizational chat
- Parent communication
- Player communication
- Coach communication
- Team messaging
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Playbook will allow all members of your organization the ability to chat! Whether you are a parent, player, or a coach — this is the ideal mobile app to communicate with all members of your team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MADE Hoops at 4.8 against Playbook Connect's 3.6. MADE Hoops also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 71) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). Playbook Connect's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 45 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MADE Hoops holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MADE Hoops has 3K ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of MADE Hoops's written reviews are positive against 50% of Playbook Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MADE Hoops ships an update every 45 months, Playbook Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MADE Hoops | Playbook Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better | 3.6 (71 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Every 45 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MADE Hoops LLC | NYC Sports, LLC |
Customer experience
MADE Hoops
Playbook Connect
In-app purchases
MADE Hoops
No in-app purchases
Playbook Connect
No in-app purchases
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