JumpForward vs PLAYERTEK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JumpForward
This app connects coaches, student-athletes, and administrators within collegiate athletic departments. It provides a unified platform for athletic department operations.
- Connects coaches, athletes, and administrators
- Unified athletics platform
- Supports collegiate athletic departments
- Free for subscribers
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JumpForward connects and powers coaches, student-athletes and administrators for collegiate athletic departments. The JumpForward Unified Athletics application is free to JumpForward subscribers.
PLAYERTEK
This app tracks and analyzes your football performance using a wearable GPS pod. Sync your data wirelessly to your iPhone to monitor progress, compare against personal bests, and compete with other players.
- Wearable GPS pod for tracking
- Wireless data syncing to iPhone
- Performance tracking and analysis
- Comparison with personal bests
- Competition with other players
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Made for football. Built for competition. PLAYERTEK, the wearable GPS tracker and innovative iPhone iOS app for the competitive player looking to improve performance and raise their game. WEAR - Training session or game day, wear your PLAYERTEK pod on the upper back in the same lightweight, fitted garment as the professionals SYNC - Within seconds, wirelessly sync data from your PLAYERTEK pod to your iPhone using the PLAYERTEK iOS app (Free) to see your performance. COMPETE - On your iPhone, track your progress, compare with your own personal bests, and compete with elite footballers and friends Please note: To use this app, it requires you to wear the PLAYERTEK pod available here: playertek.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PLAYERTEK at 3.7 against JumpForward's 2.0. PLAYERTEK also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 18%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
PLAYERTEK holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of JumpForward's written reviews are positive against 38% of PLAYERTEK's.
JumpForward ships an update monthly, PLAYERTEK every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JumpForward | PLAYERTEK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (30 ratings) | 3.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active Network, LLC | CATAPULT SPORTS EMEA LIMITED |
Customer experience
JumpForward
PLAYERTEK
In-app purchases
JumpForward
No in-app purchases
PLAYERTEK
No in-app purchases
