Comparison

Connect Compete vs Trace Teams

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

Head to head
About

Connect Compete

Stay updated on your favorite sports teams and tournaments with real-time schedules, scores, and standings. Get directions to venues and communicate with your team. Features include player activation and game check-in for coaches and referees.

Highlights
  • Favorite teams and tournaments
  • Real-time schedules, scores, and standings
  • Venue directions
  • Team communication
  • Player activation
  • Game check-in
  • Search and browse by location/calendar
Features
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Favorite your Flights and Teams for game updates! See updated schedules, scores and standings and get directions! Easily communicate with your team (when logged in)! Sports Connect Compete by Stack Sports is a mobile application for viewing and interacting with tournaments and leagues that have been configured and published in the Sports Connect Association Product. You can login with your usual Sports Connect Association credentials or use Guest Mode. Guests see only public tournament details including game schedules in list and calendar view, the same information available in older versions of the application, but can now select Tournaments, Flights, Venues, Games and Teams to follow. Logged-in users have additional functionality (when the tournament allows) including messaging at the Team, Game or Venue level, player activation (coaches) and game check-in (referees). All users can search for games or Tournaments by location, by searching or by browsing in calendar view. The favorite and feed functions allow you to prioritize what appears on the main Home screen. Home and Tournament pages highlight upcoming games and allow you to drill down into flights to see scores and standings or see and download schedules. The Game page links to a Venue page that provides location information and driving directions. Digital Player Card (DPC) functionality allows coaches to activate players (confirm which players are going to be on the field) and for referees to check-in players (confirm the correct player showed up with the correct jersey number and is eligible to play). Referees can also score games from the app and add a record of any red cards, cautions or game notes when enabled for the tournament.

About

Trace Teams

This app streamlines soccer game video management for teams and parents. It allows for controlling camera equipment, updating rosters, and managing game uploads. Parents can capture additional footage to create personalized player highlights.

Highlights
  • Control TraceCam equipment
  • Update team rosters
  • Start and stop game recordings
  • Manage game uploads
  • Record multi-angle player footage
  • Automatic player highlight generation
  • Create and share video playlists
Currently charting
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Trace is the all-in-one soccer game video system. The Trace Teams iOS app is used by your team’s Trace equipment manager to control the TraceCam, update team rosters, start and stop games, and manage game uploads. Parents use the Trace Teams iOS app to capture even more angles and closeups of their player. Just select “Record MultiCam” and hit record. Your iPhone video will be saved to your camera roll and stitched to TraceCam footage to deliver epic highlights. Looking for your game footage? No app needed. It will be emailed or texted to you after each game. Recording games and editing film can be complicated, time-consuming, and expensive. Trace captures your game footage and delivers each player's highlights directly to their inboxes after each game. Players, parents, and coaches can create playlists to rewatch games and plays, easily share highlights, and keep track of progress throughout the season

Screenshots

Connect Compete4 screens
Trace Teams4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trace Teams at 4.8 against Connect Compete's 1.9. Trace Teams also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 56). Connect Compete's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trace Teams holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trace Teams has 4.4K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Connect Compete's written reviews are positive against 24% of Trace Teams's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Connect Compete ships an update every 2 months, Trace Teams weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Connect Compete versus Trace Teams: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnect CompeteTrace Teams
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (56 ratings)4.8 (4.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.9% of reviews — better23.7% of reviews
Number of ratings564.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#115 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStack SportsAlpineReplay, Inc.

Customer experience

Connect Compete

All ratings52 ratings
Positive19.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative64.8%

Trace Teams

All ratings4,226 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive23.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative72.0%

User reviews

Connect Compete

From 56 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Can find event locations
  • 👍 Can add events to calendar
  • 👍 Can view schedules
  • 👍 Convenient for tournament info
  • 👍 Provides game addresses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Not responsive on phone
  • 🐛 Not intuitive
  • 🐛 Lack of features
  • 🐛 Crashes

Trace Teams

From 4.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use app
  • 👍 Great for player highlights
  • 👍 Good customer service
  • 👍 Personalization of moments
  • 👍 Step-by-step setup guidance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App redirects to browser
  • 🐛 App is difficult to navigate
  • 🐛 Video quality is subpar
  • 🐛 AI player tracking is inaccurate
  • 🐛 Long upload times

Bugs and requests

Connect Compete

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Cannot log in to the app
  • Account does not exist in the app
  • App is not responsive on phone
  • App crashes
  • Connectivity issues
Show 15 more
  • Links lead to dead ends
  • App does not work with other Sports Connect products
  • App won't open
  • App is worthless
  • App does not seem to link up to the website
  • Refs cannot login
  • App is broken after updates
  • App is not compatible with iOS 11
  • App won't finish loading
  • App is stuck in load mode
  • App won't open vertically
  • App opens a browser when selecting a team
  • App is stuck in iPhone 4 landscape mode
  • App does not switch from portrait to landscape well
  • Calendar feature does not appear

Requested features

10 requests
  • Companion app for Sports Connect Club
  • Favorite teams for easier tracking
  • Auto-advance to current date on schedules
  • Team-only schedule view
  • Export schedule to iOS calendar
Show 5 more
  • Bookmark or save team preferences
  • Push notifications
  • Calendar integration
  • Ability to select and track a team
  • Links to get directions

Trace Teams

Reported bugs

78 issues
  • Mistakes player for different player
  • Too many glitches
  • Slow to download
  • Cannot save to photos
  • Cannot post to social media
Show 73 more
  • Cannot share with non-account holders
  • Difficult to go back and forward
  • Plays are cut off
  • Camera slow to keep up
  • Teammate mistaken for user
  • Slow performance
  • Doesn't produce good highlights
  • Cameras not working
  • Preview inoperable
  • Video quality not improving
  • Player focus and zoom inaccurate
  • Software updates cause games to not record
  • Customer service doesn't care
  • Charged after cancellation
  • Tech support is AI bot
  • Videos never record/process correctly
  • AI doesn't work
  • App redirects to browser
  • Camera battery issues
  • No way to add camera or start new game
  • Cannot make own clips
  • Downloads require own link
  • Constantly manually fix AI errors
  • No TV app
  • Camera doesn't catch key moments
  • Sharing difficult (requires subscription)
  • Account issues
  • Recordings not accessible
  • Shift between players wonky
  • Pro-account download limitations
  • App is unusable after update
  • New analytics are horrible
  • Video playback only clips
  • Cannot watch teammates
  • Casting doesn't work
  • Cannot connect camera
  • No option to start new game
  • App is dysfunctional
  • Cannot set up camera or create game
  • New program is messed up
  • Only highlights available
  • Software changes make app a nightmare
  • Doesn't work with video viewer
  • Downloading games is a heavier subscription
  • Have to pay to watch own highlights
  • Need to join family to watch highlights
  • Recent updates are horrible
  • Membership required to watch game
  • Not uploading correctly
  • Cannot watch games for children on manager account
  • Redirects to website
  • Website never stays logged in
  • Two-factor login process every time
  • Cannot adjust roster in app
  • Impossible to set up camera
  • AI misses tags players
  • Upload time is extremely long
  • GPS didn't work indoors
  • New AI is terrible
  • Misidentifies players
  • Editing feature is worse
  • App is useless
  • Not iPad compatible
  • Cannot download on iPad
  • Device not supported for iPad
  • Annoying email code to sign in
  • Tracers do not work indoors
  • Cannot record game in entirety
  • Roster settings error
  • App keeps adding player to empty slot
  • Highlights aren't displayed in app
  • App is constantly loading and blank
  • Cannot do anything on the app

Requested features

17 requests
  • Watch games in app
  • Save to phone photos
  • Post to social media
  • Share with non-account holders
  • Easier to go back/forward in plays
Show 12 more
  • Play like a video
  • Allow saving own clips
  • Default volume on
  • Player focus as an option, not default
  • Cast to TV
  • Bring back Smartcast
  • Option to stay logged in
  • Allow adding all players to system
  • Record footage without tracers
  • Stitch two cameras without AI analysis
  • View game results on app
  • iPad compatibility

In-app purchases

None

Connect Compete

No in-app purchases

None

Trace Teams

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Connect Compete free?
Connect Compete is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trace Teams free?
Trace Teams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Connect Compete or Trace Teams?
Trace Teams is rated higher. Connect Compete averages 1.9 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Trace Teams averages 4.8 from 4.4K ratings.
Do Connect Compete or Trace Teams have ads?
Neither Connect Compete nor Trace Teams shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Connect Compete or Trace Teams?
Connect Compete ships an update every 2 months, and Trace Teams weekly. Most recently, Connect Compete was updated on October 21, 2026 and Trace Teams on October 25, 2026.

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