Comparison

Hoops Tracker vs Play Designer

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

Head to head
About

Hoops Tracker

This app helps schools add competition during the offseason by allowing coaches to invite players to log shots and complete workouts. Players and coaches can track shot counts, and coaches can post guided workouts for players to follow.

Highlights
  • Player shot logging
  • Workout posting
  • Offseason competition
  • Coach-player invites
  • Shot count tracking
Features
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Hoops Tracker allows schools to bring some competition to the offseason. Coaches will invite players, to log their shots and complete posted workouts. Other players and the coaches can see how many shots each player has done. Hoops Tracker also allows coaches to post workouts for their school that players can follow along with to help guide them in what to do.

About

Play Designer

This app helps basketball coaches create, share, and explain plays, practices, and drills. It features a customizable digital whiteboard, video recording, and shot charting tools to enhance team communication and training.

Highlights
  • Record and share play and drill videos
  • Create and manage custom practices
  • Access and build a drill library
  • Professional-grade shot charting
  • Customizable digital whiteboard with court dimensions
  • Team roster and lineup management
  • AirPlay support for team presentations
Features
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The modern basketball coach’s playbook: design plays, plan practice, organize drills, and teach your team clearly. Elite Hoops gives basketball coaches one place to design plays, build practices, organize drills, and teach more clearly. Used by over 18,000 coaches and trainers, from Division 1 to AAU to youth hoops. The star of Elite Hoops is our play designer that's approachable, affordable and advanced. Build polished, detailed plays frame by frame, show player movement with precision, organize everything with tags, smart tags call out screens and actions, and present concepts in a way players can actually follow. And when you need to draw something up fast, the Digital Whiteboard that coaches have used to share over 10,000 plays is right here too. But Elite Hoops is more than just a play tool. It brings together the full coaching workflow across plays, practices, and drills. Build practices from your device, create your own drill library, track with shot charts, record breakdown videos, and share everything with players and staff. Or, create a practice in a pinch with our AI practice builder, which uses your drills and learns from your team's practice to customize them. Preparing for practice, installing a set, or adjusting in-game, Elite Hoops helps you coach with more detail and less friction. New: the Play Bank. Hundreds of animated plays with notes on every step, ready to add to your playbook in one tap. -- Elite Hoops Features -- · Play Designer: ⤍ Build animated plays frame by frame with detailed movement and timing and create playbooks. ⤍ Organize plays with tags so your playbook stays easy to search and manage. ⤍ Show real lineups, spacing, actions, and concepts with far more clarity. · Play Bank: ⤍ Hundreds of animated plays: Horns, Flex, presses, inbounds sets, and more, with notes on every step. ⤍ Add any play to your playbook in one tap, then edit it like your own. · Digital Whiteboard: ⤍ Quickly draw up one-off plays, counters, out-of-bounds actions, and defensive concepts. ⤍ Share images fast when you need to teach on the fly. · Practice Planner: ⤍ Create and run practices from your device. ⤍ Print or share your practice plans as a .pdf. · Drill Library: ⤍ Use our 200+ drills or build your own personalized drill library. ⤍ Keep your best drills organized and ready for every session. · Share Links: ⤍ Create a share link for any play, practice, or drill, and turn it off anytime. ⤍ Send coaching material to players and staff without exporting a file. · Video Export: ⤍ Record and export breakdown videos of your plays, drills, and concepts to share anywhere. · Shot Charts: ⤍ Track makes and misses during games, scrimmages, or training. ⤍ Review trends with a fast, coach-friendly shot chart tool. · Customizable Court: ⤍ NBA, FIBA, WNBA, NCAA, EuroLeague, and High School court dimensions. ⤍ Your own court color, hardwood styles, and boundary line colors. · Team Plans: ⤍ Invite unlimited coaches, players, and parents by email, link, or code. ⤍ Coaches edit the plays, practices, and drills; players and parents view them. · Team Tools: ⤍ Add as many teams as you coach, with rosters, jersey numbers, and team colors. · Coaching Tools: ⤍ Add an opposing team to demonstrate actions and counters. ⤍ Show zone and press defenses with Zone Overlays. ⤍ Sub players on the court. · Built for Apple devices: ⤍ Full Apple Pencil support. ⤍ AirPlay to a TV and show the whole team. -- LEGAL -- · View our terms of service here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · View our privacy policy here: https://www.elitehoopsapp.com/privacy Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase.

Screenshots

Hoops Tracker4 screens
Play Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hoops Tracker at none against Play Designer's 17. Hoops Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.5). Play Designer's advantage is ratings volume (774 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Play Designer sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per 7 days. Hoops Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hoops Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Designer has 774 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hoops Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Play Designer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hoops Tracker versus Play Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoops TrackerPlay Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (774 ratings)
Positive reviews—91.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1774 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabriel McReynoldsDay Well Spent LLC

Customer experience

Hoops Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Play Designer

All ratings774 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.6%

Bugs and requests

Hoops Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Play Designer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Recording issues with no sound and inability to close/discard videos
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to design and animate plays
  • More advanced player movement and positioning features
  • Free recording and playback functionality

In-app purchases

None

Hoops Tracker

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Play Designer

Subscriptions16
  • Weekly Tournament Pass$7.007 Days
  • Tournament Pass$7.997 Days
  • Unlimited access$9.991 Month
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  • Elite Hoops Pro$10.007 Days
  • Elite Hoops Pro Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Elite Hoops Pro$12.991 Month
  • Elite Hoops Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Elite Hoops Pro Quarterly3 Days trial$24.993 Months
  • Elite Hoops Pro$24.993 Months
  • Season Pass7 Days trial$25.003 Months
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro7 Days trial$45.001 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro$59.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro7 Days trial$65.001 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited access$149.99

Questions

Is Hoops Tracker free?
Hoops Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play Designer free?
Play Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hoops Tracker or Play Designer?
Hoops Tracker is rated higher. Hoops Tracker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Play Designer averages 4.6 from 774 ratings.
Do Hoops Tracker or Play Designer have ads?
Neither Hoops Tracker nor Play Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hoops Tracker or Play Designer?
Hoops Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Play Designer every 5 days. Most recently, Hoops Tracker was updated on October 3, 2026 and Play Designer on October 25, 2026.

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