Comparison

Play Count vs ACR OLAS

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

Head to head
About

Play Count

Easily track player participation for youth football teams. Select players on the bench before each play, and the app automatically updates play counts for those on the field, ensuring fair play and rule compliance.

Highlights
  • Track plays for up to 30 players
  • Quickly select players on the bench
  • Automatic play count updates
  • Ensures fair play and rule compliance
  • Simple and fast interface
Features
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Track the number of plays each player on your youth football team participates in quickly and easily. Enter the numbers of up to 30 players and before each play, just select the ones that are on the bench. Press New Play and those on the field have their play counts automatically increased. A fast and easy tool to make sure your youth team is in compliance with the rules and everyone gets to play.

About

ACR OLAS

This application transforms your smartphone into a man overboard alarm system. It detects a lost connection to a paired beacon and alerts you with an audible alarm and GPS coordinates for quick recovery. It also provides navigation back to the incident location.

Highlights
  • Man Overboard Alarm System
  • Virtual tether detection
  • GPS location recording
  • Visual signals and bearing data
  • Stores incident data for rescue services
  • Solo Mode with text alerts
  • Navigation back to point of loss
Features
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The ACR OLAS App turns your smartphone or tablet into a Man Overboard Alarm system that aids fast recovery to rescue your crew, kids, pets who have gone overboard. When the Free app is paired with either the ACR OLAS TAG or the ACR OLAS FLOAT-ON beacons, the OLAS mobile application technology detects a break in its ‘virtual tether’ to the ACR OLAS Tag and/or Float-On within 8 seconds of a transmitter going missing. The mobile phone(s) then sounds an alarm and records the latitude and longitude of the incident using the phone or tablets GPS. ACR OLAS then aids the crew with the MOB recovery by clearly directing them to the GPS location where the MOB occurred with clear visual signals and bearing data. ACR OLAS stores all location data and time of incident required by the rescue services. Other ACR OLAS APP Features: • Protect everyone onboard your boat including Crew, Family, Kids, and Pets • ACR OLAS App creates a virtual tether to the Tag or Float-On creating a wireless MOB System • No cell service required (except for Solo mode) • Connect multiple OLAS transmitters to 1 phone or tablet • Connect 1 OLAS transmitter to multiple phones / tablets • Solo Mode (Text Message Alerts to Emergency Contacts with GPS coordinates) • App Navigation: Back to point of loss • Automatic VHF script for MOB alert

Screenshots

Play Count1 screens
ACR OLAS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ACR OLAS at Free against Play Count's $1.99. ACR OLAS also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). Play Count's advantage is rating (2.7 vs 1.9) and review sentiment (50% vs 11%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ACR OLAS is free to download; Play Count costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play Count holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Play Count's written reviews are positive against 11% of ACR OLAS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play Count ships an update every 11 months, ACR OLAS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Play Count versus ACR OLAS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay CountACR OLAS
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better1.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better11.1% of reviews
Number of ratings38 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik A. DeweyUltimate Sports Engineering

Customer experience

Play Count

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

ACR OLAS

All ratings8 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative77.8%

In-app purchases

None

Play Count

No in-app purchases

None

ACR OLAS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play Count free?
Play Count costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACR OLAS free?
ACR OLAS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Play Count or ACR OLAS?
Play Count is rated higher. Play Count averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ACR OLAS averages 1.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Play Count or ACR OLAS have ads?
Neither Play Count nor ACR OLAS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Play Count or ACR OLAS?
Play Count ships an update every 11 months, and ACR OLAS every 6 weeks. Most recently, Play Count was updated on November 1, 2026 and ACR OLAS on November 3, 2026.

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