Statbook vs MaxStats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Statbook
This app allows users to enter and manage player, game, and statistics information for various sports directly from their mobile device. It supports creating team files, adding players, and updating game details, with templates for popular sports.
- Enter player statistics
- Create team files
- Manage game information
- Import/export data
- Sports templates (baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball)
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Statbook for iOS is a simple app for users of the Statbook Mac OS and Windows applications and allows you to enter in player, game, and statistics information from your favorite mobile device. Features include the ability to create team files, add players, create and update game information, and enter player statistics from an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. You can export iPhone compatible files from your Mac or Windows desktop application for import into the iOS app. This information includes all player data as well as any custom statistics you have created. Templates are also available for baseball/softball, basketball, football, soccer and volleyball from within the app. In addition, extensive reporting features are available from the desktop Statbook app, which is now available on the Mac App Store.
MaxStats
This app provides comprehensive basketball statistics tracking for high school games. It offers real-time editing, a built-in rules engine, and seamless integration with a national database for easy setup and stat import/export. Visualize game data with an interactive court and scoreboard.
- Interactive court and scoreboard
- MaxPreps stat categories tracking
- Real-time stat editing
- Built-in NFHS basketball rules engine
- Roster and lineup management
- Export stats to MaxPreps.com
- In-game and postgame reports
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MaxStats - Basketball, powered by MaxPreps is a stat keeping for the iPad for high school statisticians, coaches and fans. The app is directly connected to the MaxPreps database so pregame setups and postgame score/stat imports are quick and easy. Free MaxPreps Membership is required. The app works for boys and girls Varsity/JV/Freshman basketball. Key features: • Interactive basketball court and scoreboard for visual game reference. • Keeps track of all of the MaxPreps.com stat categories, including timeouts and fouls – for both your team and your opponent! Real-time editing allows you to quickly make corrections to your stats without missing any game action. • The application features built-in NFHS basketball rules engine to make data entry faster. • Rosters can be modified at start time to reflect jersey changes as well as setting the starting lineup. Substitutions are made during the game with a single touch. • Demo game included on the schedule to practice using the application before game night. • Export stats directly to MaxPreps.com. The team administrator can preview the results prior to posting them on the team page. Results from multiple scorekeepers at the same game are available for comparison. Additional features: • In-game and Postgame player reports, team summary reports, and shot charts. • Individual and player combination impact reports. • Camera interface to take a picture during the game and attach it to any game event. • Add post game photos or video clips to any event for any game in the library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MaxStats at 4.7 against Statbook's 1.0. MaxStats also leads on ratings volume (888 vs 1) and review sentiment (52% vs 33%). Statbook's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MaxStats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MaxStats has 888 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Statbook's written reviews are positive against 52% of MaxStats's.
Statbook ships an update every 4 months, MaxStats every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Statbook | MaxStats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (888 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 52.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 888 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pachyderm Software | MaxPreps Inc. |
Customer experience
Statbook
MaxStats
Bugs and requests
Statbook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MaxStats
Reported bugs
3 issues- Clock malfunctioning after a few games
- Automatically adding turnovers when entering offensive fouls
- Doesn't work on MacBook
Requested features
4 requests- Add custom stat buttons
- Landscape mode option
- Reset team fouls each quarter
- Real-time stat sharing
In-app purchases
Statbook
No in-app purchases
MaxStats
No in-app purchases
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