Comparison

Trace Teams vs Touchline Studio

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

Head to head
About

Trace Teams

This app streamlines soccer game video management for teams and parents. It allows for controlling camera equipment, updating rosters, and managing game uploads. Parents can capture additional footage to create personalized player highlights.

Highlights
  • Control TraceCam equipment
  • Update team rosters
  • Start and stop game recordings
  • Manage game uploads
  • Record multi-angle player footage
  • Automatic player highlight generation
  • Create and share video playlists
Currently charting
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Trace is the all-in-one soccer game video system. The Trace Teams iOS app is used by your team’s Trace equipment manager to control the TraceCam, update team rosters, start and stop games, and manage game uploads. Parents use the Trace Teams iOS app to capture even more angles and closeups of their player. Just select “Record MultiCam” and hit record. Your iPhone video will be saved to your camera roll and stitched to TraceCam footage to deliver epic highlights. Looking for your game footage? No app needed. It will be emailed or texted to you after each game. Recording games and editing film can be complicated, time-consuming, and expensive. Trace captures your game footage and delivers each player's highlights directly to their inboxes after each game. Players, parents, and coaches can create playlists to rewatch games and plays, easily share highlights, and keep track of progress throughout the season

About

Touchline Studio

This app helps soccer coaches streamline training planning and player development. It offers AI-guided session creation, a built-in coaching guide, and tools for tracking player progress and performance.

Highlights
  • AI-guided session and drill creation
  • Player development tree with progress tracking
  • Built-in coaching guide with examples
  • Season planning and schedule overview
  • Reusable drill library with animated diagrams
  • Live session tools with stopwatch and notes
  • Player evaluation and reporting
Features
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Touchline Studio is the complete training companion for soccer coaches who want to spend less time planning and more time coaching. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT TREE Map what each player needs to achieve over the season with a structured tree. Outcomes break into Capacities, Habits, Actions, and Evidence. Track progress with status updates, timestamped notes, and session links. Progress rings and status breakdowns roll up automatically so you can see where every player stands at a glance. AI-GUIDED WALKTHROUGHS Create sessions, drills, and development trees through a conversational flow. The AI walks you through coaching intent, focus, logistics, and structure, then drafts the full plan for you to review, edit, and refine. Regenerate individual drills or ask AI to rewrite specific activities. BUILT-IN COACHING GUIDE A comprehensive reference explaining every development node type with coaching questions, real soccer examples, and 10 full holistic tree samples covering U8 through U17 age groups. Contextual hints in the editor change based on the selected node type. PLAN YOUR ENTIRE SEASON Create teams, define seasons, and set default game formats and weekly practice schedules. New sessions start from your next scheduled practice slot. See your entire schedule at a glance and track focus areas and training intensity across your program. BUILD A REUSABLE DRILL LIBRARY Save drills to your personal library with tags, descriptions, equipment lists, and player counts. Search by keyword or filter by tag. Draw animated diagrams on the coach board with player markers, cones, ball, and movement arrows on multiple field styles including grass, whiteboard, chalkboard, and blueprint. LIVE SESSION TOOLS Run training sessions with a clear drill timeline. Use the built-in stopwatch to time drills, sprints, or any activity. Record splits with a single tap and tag players as they finish. Capture per-player notes during activities. Player timing history is automatically tracked across their profile. VOICE AND TEXT NOTES Take notes on individual players during practice using text or voice dictation. Notes are automatically linked to the session and player, building a complete development record over time. Record general session notes that aren't tied to any specific player. PLAYER EVALUATIONS Rate players using built-in starter templates or build custom ones from a unified skill catalog. Tap a category to grab all its skills or expand to cherry-pick individually. Compare performance over time with snapshots, track trends, and export reports to share with staff or parents. COACH JOURNAL Capture coaching reflections in a team journal or a general journal that isn't tied to any specific team. Write dated entries, or build multi-page notebooks that mix text, checklists, voice notes, sketches, and coach boards on the same page. Quick access from the Home tab for both team-specific and general coaching notes. ROSTER MANAGEMENT Import your roster from CSV or Excel files with a review step to catch errors. Track players across seasons, manage jersey numbers, and keep detailed player profiles with notes, evaluations, development trees, and timing history. MATCH SCHEDULING Schedule matches alongside your training sessions. Set lineups from formation templates. Keep your entire season organized in one place with opponents, kickoff times, and live match event tracking. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your data syncs privately through iCloud, so you can plan on your Mac and run sessions from your iPhone or iPad on the pitch. DESIGNED FOR COACHES No clutter, no social features, no distractions. Just the tools you need to develop players and run effective sessions. Whether you're coaching youth soccer or adult leagues, Touchline Studio adapts to your workflow. Download now and take your coaching to the next level.

Screenshots

Trace Teams4 screens
Touchline Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Touchline Studio at 100% against Trace Teams's 24%. Touchline Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Trace Teams's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 3) and chart position (#206 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Touchline Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trace Teams has 4.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Trace Teams's written reviews are positive against 100% of Touchline Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Trace Teams versus Touchline Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrace TeamsTouchline Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.2K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.2K — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#206 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlpineReplay, Inc.Umang Desai

Customer experience

Trace Teams

All ratings4,186 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive23.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative72.0%

Touchline Studio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Trace Teams

Reported bugs

78 issues
  • Mistakes player for different player
  • Too many glitches
  • Slow to download
  • Cannot save to photos
  • Cannot post to social media
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  • Cannot share with non-account holders
  • Difficult to go back and forward
  • Plays are cut off
  • Camera slow to keep up
  • Teammate mistaken for user
  • Slow performance
  • Doesn't produce good highlights
  • Cameras not working
  • Preview inoperable
  • Video quality not improving
  • Player focus and zoom inaccurate
  • Software updates cause games to not record
  • Customer service doesn't care
  • Charged after cancellation
  • Tech support is AI bot
  • Videos never record/process correctly
  • AI doesn't work
  • App redirects to browser
  • Camera battery issues
  • No way to add camera or start new game
  • Cannot make own clips
  • Downloads require own link
  • Constantly manually fix AI errors
  • No TV app
  • Camera doesn't catch key moments
  • Sharing difficult (requires subscription)
  • Account issues
  • Recordings not accessible
  • Shift between players wonky
  • Pro-account download limitations
  • App is unusable after update
  • New analytics are horrible
  • Video playback only clips
  • Cannot watch teammates
  • Casting doesn't work
  • Cannot connect camera
  • No option to start new game
  • App is dysfunctional
  • Cannot set up camera or create game
  • New program is messed up
  • Only highlights available
  • Software changes make app a nightmare
  • Doesn't work with video viewer
  • Downloading games is a heavier subscription
  • Have to pay to watch own highlights
  • Need to join family to watch highlights
  • Recent updates are horrible
  • Membership required to watch game
  • Not uploading correctly
  • Cannot watch games for children on manager account
  • Redirects to website
  • Website never stays logged in
  • Two-factor login process every time
  • Cannot adjust roster in app
  • Impossible to set up camera
  • AI misses tags players
  • Upload time is extremely long
  • GPS didn't work indoors
  • New AI is terrible
  • Misidentifies players
  • Editing feature is worse
  • App is useless
  • Not iPad compatible
  • Cannot download on iPad
  • Device not supported for iPad
  • Annoying email code to sign in
  • Tracers do not work indoors
  • Cannot record game in entirety
  • Roster settings error
  • App keeps adding player to empty slot
  • Highlights aren't displayed in app
  • App is constantly loading and blank
  • Cannot do anything on the app

Requested features

17 requests
  • Watch games in app
  • Save to phone photos
  • Post to social media
  • Share with non-account holders
  • Easier to go back/forward in plays
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  • Play like a video
  • Allow saving own clips
  • Default volume on
  • Player focus as an option, not default
  • Cast to TV
  • Bring back Smartcast
  • Option to stay logged in
  • Allow adding all players to system
  • Record footage without tracers
  • Stitch two cameras without AI analysis
  • View game results on app
  • iPad compatibility

Touchline Studio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Trace Teams

No in-app purchases

None

Touchline Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trace Teams free?
Trace Teams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touchline Studio free?
Touchline Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trace Teams or Touchline Studio?
Touchline Studio is rated higher. Trace Teams averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while Touchline Studio averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Trace Teams or Touchline Studio have ads?
Neither Trace Teams nor Touchline Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trace Teams or Touchline Studio?
Trace Teams ships an update weekly, and Touchline Studio weekly. Most recently, Trace Teams was updated on October 15, 2026 and Touchline Studio on October 7, 2026.

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