Comparison

Checkpoint Marshal vs Directors Box.

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

Head to head
About

Checkpoint Marshal

Features
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Checkpoint Marshal is a competitor tracking app for charity walks and events. Marshals can track competitors around an event using the app. Competitors are identified using NFC tags or by manually entering a competitor's number. Can be used for events up to 50 competitors free with full functionality. An upgrade gives unlimited competitors.

About

Directors Box.

Engage with your favorite football club through polls, petitions, and predictions to earn points. Compete in quizzes and trivia, bid on memorabilia, and join discussions with fellow fans and rivals.

Highlights
  • Earn points through engagement
  • Bid on football memorabilia
  • Participate in polls and petitions
  • Predict match outcomes
  • Weekly football quizzes
  • Daily trivia questions
  • Fan discussion boards
Features
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Directors Box is a completely free football app for supporters, the more that you engage, the more points you can earn. Points are an important part of the app, as affects your leader board position and the points can be used to bid on football memorabilia in the Directors Box auctions. All for free. You can take part in polls and petitions that matter to your football club. Predict the outcome of your team's matches, or the scores for fixtures and competitions being played. The more polls, petitions and predictions that you are participating in, the more points are earned. Chat on football matters whether this is related to the live polls or the current on-goings at the football club that you support, or watch videos and images all in one place for your team. Also don't forget to go on the banter board, dedicated to you and your biggest rivals. Each week we have the weekly football quiz, a real time quiz that rewards you with points for each question you get correct and with bonus points the higher position you finish. Which team has the football supporters with the best knowledge? Compete in quizzes against you main rivals, and see who comes out on top? There is also the daily football trivia question, what will your correct streak be? How many questions in a row will you get right, and earn more points the better you do. Don't forget to keep an extra close view on what your rivals are doing, are they happy or disappointed with their team and management? Our original football articles are a great read, written by football journalists especially for Directors Box, and listen to our weekly podcast, which offers great insight into the real world of football. For so long supporters have been kept in the dark, now, Directors’ Box will give supporters a voice for their club and football in general, where clubs need to take notice of what their supporters really want.

Screenshots

Checkpoint Marshal4 screens
Directors Box.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Directors Box. at none against Checkpoint Marshal's 1. Directors Box. also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Checkpoint Marshal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Directors Box. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkpoint Marshal ships an update every 2 months, Directors Box. every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Checkpoint Marshal versus Directors Box.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckpoint MarshalDirectors Box.
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard Smith12 Yards Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Checkpoint Marshal

One-time1
  • Event Upgrade$14.99
None

Directors Box.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkpoint Marshal free?
Checkpoint Marshal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Directors Box. free?
Directors Box. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Checkpoint Marshal or Directors Box. have ads?
Neither Checkpoint Marshal nor Directors Box. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checkpoint Marshal or Directors Box.?
Checkpoint Marshal ships an update every 2 months, and Directors Box. every 2 weeks. Most recently, Checkpoint Marshal was updated on October 9, 2026 and Directors Box. on October 9, 2026.

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