PlayMaker Pro vs Ludis!
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.
Ludis!
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Creating a team Here is where your journey begins! Create a new team, give it a name, a logo, tell us what sports you play and invite teammates via sharable code. As the team’s owner you will have access and control over features such as the playbook and members of your team. Joining a team Connect to your team via a sharable personalized code. All players must be accepted in by the administrator/owner of the team's account. Playbook Creating volleyball, soccer, basketball and football plays, collaborate with your team to create a library of plays and safely store them! Our playbook is ideal for coaches to create strategies and the perfect place for athletes to study them. Filter your plays by name, date of creation and last modified. Delete and add new plays with the click of a button. When online, all new, edited and saved plays are instantly shared with the rest of the team. Playmaker With this digital version of a tradition coaches clipboard, create and customize the plays best suited for your team's needs. Using the sport previously selected on your team's creation, LUDIS will equip the adequate preset - background, players and routes - to provide a quick and easy creation experience. Add players, draw their routes, edit their colors, add comments and delete if needed. When the administrator of a team, allow team members to have the ability to export and share plays as an image or pdf. If you wish to keep your plays exclusive and protected from your rivals’ eyes, block the export option so it can only be viewed inside the app by those part of the team. The future LUDIS will soon feature new sports and features to improve team communication! Stay tunned!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ludis! at none against PlayMaker Pro's 2. Ludis! also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). PlayMaker Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Ludis! asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayMaker Pro ships an update every 3 months, Ludis! every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayMaker Pro | Ludis! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruce Williams | Pedro Henrique Cordeiro Soares |
In-app purchases
PlayMaker Pro
- Document Editing2 variants$49.99
Ludis!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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