PlayMaker Pro vs Play Counter Pro
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.
Play Counter Pro
This app simplifies tracking player participation and plays during youth sports games. It allows for easy roster management, real-time updates, and mistake correction, ensuring compliance with mandatory play rules.
- Real-time play counting
- Roster management
- Mistake correction
- Mandatory play rule tracking
- Cross-device updates
- Player status marking
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Start play counting in less than a minute. Select the Jerseys and go. Players can be edited while the game is in progress. Coaches. Setup the night before and hand it off to make the volunteers' job easier. Fewer mistakes than with pen and paper Mistakes can be easily corrected. If you count for more than one team you can have a separate roster for each. Every snap is recorded for print and export. Copy forward last week's roster and groups. Phone and Tablets are both supported.. Share with new counters each week. No adds More features on our website: https://scrbrd.com/playCounter/ Features Include: - Track who is on the field - Undo for accidental snaps - Sort by name or Jersey - Quick set all on/off - Switch between offense, defense, or special teams etc. - Supports real time updates across devices. - Coaches get real time updates on their phone.. - Mark players as inactive Don’t stand on the sideline with pen and paper again. Play Counter keeps track of the Minimum Mandatory Play Rule (MPR) for all Pop Warner players to ensure everyone gets their 12 plays.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Play Counter Pro at 4.3 against PlayMaker Pro's 2.7. Play Counter Pro also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 32%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). PlayMaker Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. PlayMaker Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Play Counter Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Play Counter Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of PlayMaker Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of Play Counter Pro's.
PlayMaker Pro ships an update every 3 months, Play Counter Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayMaker Pro | Play Counter Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (15 ratings) | 4.3 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruce Williams | Brad Evans |
Customer experience
PlayMaker Pro
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In-app purchases
PlayMaker Pro
- Document Editing2 variants$49.99
Play Counter Pro
- Pro$6.99
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