FTDisplayMobile vs CoachSigns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FTDisplayMobile
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Use the FT-Display app to control your FlashTiming FT-Display reader board. The Display can be used in any of the following modes: - FAT (Fully Automatic Timing) Race Clock - Stopwatch - Timer - Period Clock - Interval Clock - Scoreboard - Cross Country - Touchpad - Text Input - Field Events
CoachSigns
This app enables coaches to wirelessly send signals to players on the field using a base station and watch receivers. Customize your calling surface with adjustable tiles for pitches, defense, and offense, and utilize a built-in timer and scoreboard.
- Wireless signal transmission
- Customizable calling surface
- Adjustable pitch, defense, and offense tiles
- Built-in pitch counter and game timer
- Multiple connection options (USB-C, Bluetooth)
- Accessibility features (high-contrast mode)
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CoachSigns is the native coach app for the CoachSigns wireless sign-calling system — the base station and watch receivers that let baseball and softball coaches send pitch, defense, and offense signals to players on the field without visible hand signs. Call your game from anywhere in the dugout — every sign you tap reaches the whole team at once. A CALLING SURFACE BUILT AROUND HOW YOU COACH The Station page is fully customizable. Drag and resize the pitch, defense, offense, and location tiles to fit how you coach, and hide the ones you don't use. Layouts save per orientation, so your portrait setup is one rotation away from a landscape setup. Call locations your way — a strike-zone grid with off-the-plate cells, RED / GREEN / YELLOW color boxes, or labels you write yourself. Pitch count, balls, strikes and outs, a game timer, and a scoreboard keep the whole game on one screen. UP TO SIX BASES ON ONE TEAM Add a second CoachSigns base — up to six — and every one of them sends to the same watches. Keep a spare in the bag, or give each coach on your staff a base of their own. SAVE THE WATCHES BETWEEN GAMES Settings → Watches → Sleep all puts every player watch to sleep with one tap, so the batteries last through a tournament weekend. A tap of the side button wakes a watch right back up. EVERYTHING ELSE, FROM THE APP Pairing, signal libraries with per-signal vibration patterns, a theme picker (system, light, dark, or high-contrast), and over-the-air firmware updates for your entire watch fleet. Accessibility: high-contrast mode boosts dynamic type, locks to dark theme, and applies bold-weight strokes throughout — designed for coaches with low vision or sun-glare conditions. No hardware yet? Tap "Try Demo Mode" on the connect screen and explore every feature with a sample team. CoachSigns hardware sold separately at coachsigns.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FTDisplayMobile at 14.0 against CoachSigns's 17.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | FTDisplayMobile | CoachSigns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FlashTiming, LLC | CROSSFIRE-FORE INC. |
In-app purchases
FTDisplayMobile
No in-app purchases
CoachSigns
No in-app purchases









