Comparison

Trace Teams vs TeamWave

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 recording and highlight generation. It allows for multi-angle capture and automatically stitches player highlights for easy sharing and progress tracking throughout the season.

Highlights
  • Record multi-angle game footage
  • Automatic player highlight generation
  • Stitch iPhone video with TraceCam footage
  • Create playlists of games and plays
  • Share highlights easily
  • Track player progress
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

TeamWave

Features
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TeamWave is the easiest way to run a youth sports team or league — and the calmest way to follow one as a parent. Schedules, rosters, RSVPs, team chat, scores, and dues all live in one place, with no ads, ever. FOR PARENTS • One schedule for all your kids, across every team • RSVP in a tap so coaches always know who's coming • Game day reminders with arrival times, so you're never the family running late • Team chat with photos and video clips — share the big moments free • Final scores and season records • Jersey colors for game day, so you grab the right one on the way out • Subscribe once and every game appears in your phone's calendar automatically FOR COACHES • Your full schedule across every team you coach • See who's coming to practice before you plan it • Message the whole team without sharing your phone number • Player birthdays, so you never miss one FOR LEAGUE OWNERS AND CLUB ADMINS • Create seasons of games and practices in minutes, including repeating events • Draft schedules privately, then publish when ready — parents get one clean notification • Track dues by player: who's paid, who's behind, cash, Zelle, check, or card • Parents can pay dues in the app with Apple Pay — money goes straight to your own account • Roster management with invite-only family linking • A web dashboard at teamwave.app for big scheduling sessions at your desk BUILT FOR FAMILIES • Player addresses and contact details are visible to league owners only — never to other parents • Parents can't browse other people's kids • Invite-only: families join through a code from the league, not public search • No ads and no selling your data — the app is free for families TeamWave works for basketball, soccer, baseball, football, volleyball, hockey, and individual sports like dance, gymnastics, martial arts, swim, tennis, and track — with wording that adapts to studios and clubs, not just leagues. Whether you run one team or a whole league, TeamWave keeps everyone on the same page — and gets you out of the group text.

Screenshots

Trace Teams4 screens
TeamWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TeamWave at every 2 days against Trace Teams's every 6 days. Trace Teams's advantage is chart position (#142 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trace Teams ships an update every 6 days, TeamWave every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Trace Teams versus TeamWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrace TeamsTeamWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlpineReplay, Inc.Sark Labs LLC

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

TeamWave

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Trace Teams

No in-app purchases

None

TeamWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trace Teams free?
Trace Teams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TeamWave free?
TeamWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Trace Teams or TeamWave have ads?
Neither Trace Teams nor TeamWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trace Teams or TeamWave?
Trace Teams ships an update every 6 days, and TeamWave every 2 days. Most recently, Trace Teams was updated on November 9, 2026 and TeamWave on October 28, 2026.

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