Comparison

Pixellot Control vs PlaybookMax

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

Head to head
About

Pixellot Control

This app allows users to capture and stream full sporting events using an AI-automated camera. You can record games or practices, upload them for on-demand viewing, and generate shareable clips and highlights.

Highlights
  • AI-automated sports production
  • On-demand viewing
  • Capture full sporting events
  • Generate clips and highlights
  • Shareable content
Features
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Pixellot provides a full AI-Automated sports production and streaming solution for on-demand viewing. The Pixellot platform will enable you to capture full sporting events like a pro using the Pixellot Air wide-angle camera. With Pixellot Control you can set the camera to record a game or practice and upload for viewing on-demand in the platform. Viewers would be able to browse team events watch games and generate clips and game or player highlights that can be shared with friends, family, fans and even scouts.

About

PlaybookMax

This app helps football coaches manage their teams, plan practices, and communicate with players and families. It allows for play design, roster management, scheduling, and team chat, with an optional Pro version for AI coaching features.

Highlights
  • Design offensive and defensive plays
  • Organize and share playbooks
  • Manage roster and schedule events
  • Run timed practice periods
  • Team chat and communication
  • Invite coaches, staff, and families
  • AI play generation (Pro)
Features
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PlaybookMax is the playbook, practice planner, and team hub for youth and high school football coaches — built for the sideline. DRAW AND CALL PLAYS • Design offensive and defensive plays with formations, routes, reads, keys, and branches • Organize your playbooks and share published plays with your team • Help players understand their assignments with position notes RUN THE TEAM • Manage your roster, positions, and depth • Create schedule events and collect attendance responses for each player • Run timed practice periods from your phone • Keep everyone connected with team chat, photos, plays, quizzes, and reactions • Report messages and block members from chat BRING THE FAMILIES IN • Invite coaches, staff, and families to your team • Families see their linked players' cards and the plays they're in • Share checklists and team quizzes in chat PARENT-MANAGED ACCESS Adults manage accounts and team activity. Children can view published plays and player profiles together with a parent or guardian using that adult’s account. Player profiles do not have separate child logins. GO PRO FOR AI COACHING PlaybookMax Pro adds AI play generation, Staff Analysis, position notes, Coach Chat, and custom chat rooms. Pro includes 1,000 shared team AI credits per month, with a 100-credit daily limit. Different AI actions may use different numbers of credits. AI usage is limited, not unlimited. ONE SUBSCRIPTION COVERS THE WHOLE TEAM A coach, staff member, or family member can upgrade the team to Pro. The team shares the benefits and AI allowance. Members who fund the team receive a supporter mark in chat. SUBSCRIPTION PlaybookMax Pro — $19.99 per month. Subscriptions are billed monthly to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Prices shown in USD; local pricing may vary. Terms of Use: https://playbookmax.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playbookmax.com/privacy/ Built by coaches' families, for coaches. Questions: hello@playbookmax.com

Screenshots

Pixellot Control4 screens
PlaybookMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PlaybookMax at 5.0 against Pixellot Control's 1.7. PlaybookMax also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Pixellot Control's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). 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. PlaybookMax sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Pixellot Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlaybookMax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixellot Control has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixellot Control ships an update fortnightly, PlaybookMax every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pixellot Control versus PlaybookMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixellot ControlPlaybookMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixellot LTDBurletech

Customer experience

Pixellot Control

All ratings24 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive15.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative78.9%

PlaybookMax

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

In-app purchases

None

Pixellot Control

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PlaybookMax

Subscriptions1
  • PlaybookMax Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Month

Questions

Is Pixellot Control free?
Pixellot Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlaybookMax free?
PlaybookMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixellot Control or PlaybookMax?
PlaybookMax is rated higher. Pixellot Control averages 1.7 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while PlaybookMax averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pixellot Control or PlaybookMax have ads?
Neither Pixellot Control nor PlaybookMax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixellot Control or PlaybookMax?
Pixellot Control ships an update fortnightly, and PlaybookMax every 3 days. Most recently, Pixellot Control was updated on October 23, 2026 and PlaybookMax on October 25, 2026.

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