Outplay vs Timing mate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Outplay
Track soccer matches and training sessions with detailed performance insights. Analyze your movement with heat maps, view key metrics like distance and speed, and share summaries with friends. Integrates with Apple Health and offers advanced features through a Pro subscription.
- GPS match and training tracking
- Performance metrics (distance, speed, sprints)
- Movement heat maps
- Match sharing with summaries
- Apple Health integration
- Detailed performance charts and trends (Pro)
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Play and track soccer matches and get insights into your performance using Outplay for iPhone. TRACK YOUR MATCHES AND TRAINING ON IPHONE OR APPLE WATCH - Play and track your soccer matches and training using built-in GPS with your iPhone or the companion Apple Watch app. - Track a continuous match or split up the match into first and second halves. - Pause and resume tracking the match at any time. GET INSIGHTS ON IPHONE - Use the Outplay iPhone app to view details of your matches. - Get insights into your latest match and view your previous matches. PLAY BETTER - Analyze how you play with a heat map of your movement during the match. - View detailed metrics about your matches including distance, speed, sprints, sprint distance, intensive runs, intensive run distance, acceleration and deceleration, calories and heart rate. - Compare matches with metrics per match or per 90 minutes. SHARE YOUR MATCHES - Share a summary of your match with friends and family, including match details, total distance and your movement heat map. YOU’RE IN CONTROL - Go to your Account settings to see how your match data is interpreted. - View and change how your sprints are identified. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION - Your match details are stored in Apple Health and contribute towards your Activity rings and fitness goals. - Outplay stores your match route, distance, heart rate and calories in Apple Health. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY - Your data is stored on your device and synced with your iCloud account. - None of your data is ever sent to a third party, unless you enable the optional setting to connect your Strava account to Outplay. - You can also choose to share anonymised usage analytics, which helps improve Outplay. OUTPLAY PRO - Visualize your movement in detail with an interactive movement map. Set the pitch for your match to see your heat map and sprints in context, choose between standard, satellite or generated pitch views, combine both halves and overlay zone analysis. - Analyze your match performance with detailed charts and unlock deeper insights with trends. Explore your performance over various time periods to identify patterns and improve your game. - Get deeper insights into your matches with additional statistics including typical sprint distance, average speed, active calories and more. - Better understand your performance with match-by-match weather summaries. - Forgot to stop recording your match? Trim matches to remove any unwanted time. - See how your performances compare to results by adding custom titles, match scores, goals and assists, and notes for your matches. - Connect with Strava to upload matches from Outplay to your Strava account. - Support Outplay development. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Timing mate
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Get time trial results to your runners on the day! Timing Mate is the reliable, intuitive way for running clubs to time-trial, handicap, and chase-style races with a single timing official. Record finishers, manage bibs, and export results entirely offline. No accounts, no Internet, no personal data leaves your device. Built for 5K time trials, club handicap races, cross-country events, track sessions, and any athletics race where one volunteer with a phone needs to capture every finish accurately. Key Features - Standard time trials & handicap races: Choose the format when you create the event. Standard mode runs the master clock from Start Race. Handicap mode records each runner's personal start time, with the gun firing automatically on the first start so the leader is always at 0:00. - Pre-load competitors: Add runners by bib, gender and age group before the race so taps during the event capture finishes, not data entry. Add latecomers on race day, mid-race if needed. - Haptic split feedback: Press SPLIT and feel an instant vibration so you can keep your eyes on the finish line, not the screen. - Flexible bib assignment: Tap a competitor tile to assign the next finisher in real time, or rapidly tap SPLIT during a cluster and assign bibs afterwards. - Cluster recovery with "?": Can't identify one runner mid-cluster? Tap the purple "? Skip" tile to mark that slot and keep assigning the bibs you do know. Resolve "?" entries from the Results page when you have a moment. - Missed-start recovery (handicap): Tap REC START for any runner whose bib you didn't catch crossing the start line. A pending strip appears so you can match each anonymous start to a bib once the rush is over. - Edit individual start times: Long-press a handicap competitor to adjust their personal start to an exact mm:ss elapsed from the gun. - Reorder finishers safely: Switch to Reorder mode for up/down arrow controls. Position numbers update live, so accidental drags can't break your results. - Mark DNS / DNF / DQ: Long-press any bib to set status. After Finish Race, any started runner without a finish is automatically classified DNF. - Handicap-aware live results: Each row shows start-from-gun, finish-from-gun and personal time on a single compact line, plus an S1/S2/... rank for the order runners crossed the start line. Group results by gender or age group. - By Line / By Time toggle (handicap): Switch between order-crossed-the-line and fastest-personal-time at the tap of a button. - Name autocomplete: When adding a competitor, start typing and Timing Mate suggests names from your previous events, populating gender and age group in one tap. - Lockable results: Finish the race to lock the data and prevent accidental edits. Reopen if you really need to. - Export & share: One-tap CSV and TXT export to text, email or social media. Handicap CSVs include StartFromGun and FinishFromGun columns. - Completely offline: No mobile data or Wi-Fi required. Perfect for forest, fell, and rural club venues with no service. - Private by design: All competitor data, splits and results stay on your device. No accounts. No cloud. No telemetry. Timing Mate is built for volunteers by a volunteer, with every feature shaped by real club races. If you can hold a phone, you can run timing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Outplay at Free against Timing mate's $2.99. Outplay also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Timing mate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On 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
Outplay is free to download; Timing mate costs $2.99 up front. Outplay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Timing mate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Outplay ships an update every 2 months, Timing mate every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outplay | Timing mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colour Software | Chris Wraith |
In-app purchases
Outplay
- Outplay Pro Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Outplay Pro Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
Timing mate
No in-app purchases









