Comparison

Coaching Drill Timer vs The Hoops Geek | Play Designer

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

Head to head
About

Coaching Drill Timer

This application helps coaches manage practice drills by providing custom alerts when a drill concludes. It offers a more streamlined alternative to using default phone timers, allowing for easy adjustments to practice schedules.

Highlights
  • Customizable drill alerts
  • Easy schedule adjustments
  • Alternative to default timers
  • Streamlined practice management
Features
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Coaching Drill TImer This app is used by coaches to get alerts when a Practice Drill Ends. Instead of using your phones default alarm, timer, or stopwatch (which are hard to update when practice times change), use the Coaching Drill Timer app.

About

The Hoops Geek | Play Designer

Design and animate basketball plays with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Automatically generate animations for your plays and organize them into complete playbooks and practice plans. Share your creations easily with your team.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop play creator
  • Automatic play animation
  • Full playbook creation
  • Practice plan builder
  • Shareable play links
  • PDF export
Features
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The Hoops Geek is the basketball coaching app for drawing plays, running practice and managing your team. Draw a play in seconds and watch it animate automatically. Now with an Apple Watch app to run practice from your wrist. Rated 4.9 stars by coaches. Trusted by 200k+ users. DRAW PLAYS IN SECONDS Drag and drop players and actions onto the court: dribble, pass, cut, screen, handoff and shot. Everything snaps into place, so your diagrams look clean without any extra work. EVERY PLAY ANIMATES AUTOMATICALLY No video editing. Every action you draw is animated instantly, phase by phase. Add a short note to each phase so players know exactly what to read and why. Players understand the play the first time. YOUR OWN PLAY LIBRARY Organize every play and drill in your own folders and add tags. Search by name and find the right play in seconds. PRINT-READY PLAYBOOKS Turn your plays into complete playbooks with chapters and explanations. Share them with your team as a link or export a clean PDF for print and offline use. PLAN AND RUN YOUR PRACTICES Build structured practice plans with drills, plays and notes. Then run practice live: a timer for every drill, what's next, and whether you're ahead or behind schedule. NEW: APPLE WATCH APP Run practice from your wrist. See the current drill, the time left and the next drill, and move on with one tap. Adjust time with the Digital Crown and add notes by dictation. Your practice timer also appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. PLAN YOUR ROTATIONS BEFORE THE GAME Lay out who plays when, quarter by quarter, and see every player's minutes at a glance. Fair playing time, planned ahead. MANAGE YOUR SUBS IN-GAME Track the game clock and playing time live. Color-coded bars show who needs a rest, and your planned substitutions remind you when they're due. COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR TEAM (TEAM PLAN) With a Team subscription, team chat, tasks, attendance and a shared calendar keep players and staff on the same page. Assign a play to study and see who has done it. WHAT COACHES SAY "Best play designer app I've used. Simple, easy to use, just works!" "It's easy to use for the coach and easy for the players to understand the animations." FREE AND PRO Start free and save up to 5 plays. Subscribe for unlimited plays and video export. The Team plan adds team chat, tasks, attendance and the calendar, with accounts for your coaching staff and players. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/privacy-policy-3/

Screenshots

Coaching Drill Timer3 screens
The Hoops Geek | Play Designer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Hoops Geek | Play Designer at 4.9 against Coaching Drill Timer's 2.0. The Hoops Geek | Play Designer also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and chart position (#127 vs unranked). Coaching Drill Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, 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. The Hoops Geek | Play Designer sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Coaching Drill Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Hoops Geek | Play Designer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Hoops Geek | Play Designer has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coaching Drill Timer ships an update every 4 days, The Hoops Geek | Play Designer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Coaching Drill Timer versus The Hoops Geek | Play Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoaching Drill TimerThe Hoops Geek | Play Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—76.7% of reviews
Number of ratings11.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#127 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdiontae GerronAndreas Rauh

Bugs and requests

Coaching Drill Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

The Hoops Geek | Play Designer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Subscription manager not loading
  • Login issues on mobile app

Requested features

2 requests
  • More options for plays with different options
  • Ability to do more with free version

In-app purchases

None

Coaching Drill Timer

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

The Hoops Geek | Play Designer

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Monthly Team Subscription$29.991 Month
  • Monthly Org - 4 Coach Seats$39.991 Month
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  • Monthly Org - 6 Coach Seats$60.001 Month
  • Monthly Org - 10 Coach Seats$100.001 Month
  • Annual Pro Subscription$119.991 Year
  • Annual Team Subscription$179.991 Year
  • Annual Org - 4 Coach Seats$239.991 Year
  • Annual Org - 6 Coach Seats$359.991 Year
  • Annual Org - 10 Coach Seats$600.001 Year

Questions

Is Coaching Drill Timer free?
Coaching Drill Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Hoops Geek | Play Designer free?
The Hoops Geek | Play Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coaching Drill Timer or The Hoops Geek | Play Designer?
The Hoops Geek | Play Designer is rated higher. Coaching Drill Timer averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while The Hoops Geek | Play Designer averages 4.9 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Coaching Drill Timer or The Hoops Geek | Play Designer have ads?
Neither Coaching Drill Timer nor The Hoops Geek | Play Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coaching Drill Timer or The Hoops Geek | Play Designer?
Coaching Drill Timer ships an update every 4 days, and The Hoops Geek | Play Designer fortnightly. Most recently, Coaching Drill Timer was updated on October 28, 2026 and The Hoops Geek | Play Designer on October 30, 2026.

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