Playing Time vs Soccer Coach Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playing Time
Easily track player playing time for youth sports coaches and parents. Manage player minutes during games or review post-game statistics to ensure equitable distribution.
- Track player playing time
- Manage minutes during games
- Review post-game statistics
- Ensure equal playing time
- Youth sports focus
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If you coach sports, or are a parent of a child involved in youth sports, you know how difficult it can be to keep track of how much playing time each player is getting. This application will let you track the playing time for each player. You can use it during the game to help manage playing time for those cases when equal playing time is the goal, or after the game is over to see what actually happened.
Soccer Coach Timer
This app helps coaches track match time and manage player substitutions efficiently. It provides an overview of player positions and on-pitch time, logs match statistics, and can even suggest substitutions automatically. Match summaries can be exported for later review.
- Track match time
- Manage substitutions
- Overview of player positions
- Log match statistics
- Automatic substitution suggestions
- Export match summaries
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Track time and manage substitutions. Overview of positions and on-pitch time. List matches played with statistics. Also possible to export match summary. Can automatically suggest substitution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Soccer Coach Timer at Free against Playing Time's $1.99. Playing Time's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Soccer Coach Timer is free to download; Playing Time costs $1.99 up front. Soccer Coach Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Playing Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playing Time holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playing Time has 112 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Playing Time's written reviews are positive against 65% of Soccer Coach Timer's.
Playing Time ships an update every 8 months, Soccer Coach Timer every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playing Time | Soccer Coach Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (112 ratings) — better | 3.8 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 65.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | FiveIron Software, LLC | Henrik Olsen |
Customer experience
Playing Time
Soccer Coach Timer
In-app purchases
Playing Time
No in-app purchases
Soccer Coach Timer
- NoAds$1.99
- Statistics$4.99
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