PlayMaker Pro vs Playbook Five
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlayMaker Pro
Create, display, and print playbooks for American Football, Canadian Football, or Basketball on your mobile device. Share playbooks via email or present them with animated visuals and embedded media. An in-app purchase unlocks full editing capabilities.
- Create and print playbooks
- Display play cards with animation
- Email playbooks to coaches/players
- Team presentations with projector
- Edit documents with in-app purchase
- Transfer documents via cloud/email
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PlayMaker Pro for iOS enables you to display and print PlayMaker Pro documents for American Football, Canadian Football or Basketball on an iPad or iPhone. PlayMaker Pro documents can be created using the desktop versions of PlayMaker Pro. Transfer documents to your device with Macintosh Finder, iTunes File Sharing, iCloud Drive or E-Mail. iPad users can purchase the ability to edit PlayMaker Pro documents from within this App. After purchasing Document Editing, you can create and edit PlayMaker Pro documents, pages, players, lines, boxes and text. Email playbooks to coaches or players. Show play cards in color with animation on your iPad. Give team presentations with your projector including animation, player notes, scribbles, attached images and attached video. Don't take a pile of paper to practice, take your iPad. PlayMaker Pro is used by thousands of football teams worldwide to produce playbooks, handouts and presentations at all levels from the Pros down to youth leagues. PlayMaker Pro has been produced by BW Software in Ann Arbor Michigan since 1990.
Playbook Five
Enhance football intelligence with virtual reality reps from various positions. Create and organize custom plays for your team, manage user access, and track team activity.
- Virtual reality reps
- Improve football intelligence
- Custom play creation
- Team Playbook Accounts
- User access management
- Activity tracking
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Take reps from multiple positions, improve your Football Intelligence . Put your own plays on Playbook Five with a Team Playbook Account. Team Playbook Accounts include: - Custom plays - Customized Pre-Snap Key Indicators - Unlimited user access by your team members and coaches - Create installs to keep your plays organized - Manage user access with your team's unique access code - Activity Tracker Learn more at: www.playbookfive.com Supports iOS 8.0 and higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Playbook Five at 3.6 against PlayMaker Pro's 2.7. Playbook Five also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (50% vs 32%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. PlayMaker Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Playbook Five asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playbook Five holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of PlayMaker Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of Playbook Five's.
PlayMaker Pro ships an update every 3 months, Playbook Five every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayMaker Pro | Playbook Five |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (15 ratings) | 3.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruce Williams | Playbook Five Inc |
Customer experience
PlayMaker Pro
Playbook Five
In-app purchases
PlayMaker Pro
- Document Editing2 variants$49.99
Playbook Five
No in-app purchases
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