Comparison

Playing Time vs SubPlans

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

Head to head
About

Playing Time

Simplify team management for recreational soccer. This application helps coaches create fair player rotations, ensuring every team member gets equal playing time. Customize settings to match your league's rules for seamless game management.

Highlights
  • Automated player rotation
  • Customizable league settings
  • Ensures equal playing time
  • Rec soccer team management
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Make rotations easy for your rec soccer team. This app allows you to customize settings to fit your league, then builds a rotation automatically to ensure everyone gets an opportunity to play.

About

SubPlans

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Basic Plan: - You can create as many teams, games, and formations as you want! - Supports 7v7 and up. - Up to 6 lineups within a game. (Think of lineups as segments of the game. For example, lineup 1 might represent the first 15 minutes, lineup 2 the next 15 minutes, and so on.) - Ability to clone a lineup within a game, or the entire game (and set a different date/time). - Free drawing in a lineup for discussion. - The games can be added to Calendar.app. Competitive Plan (USD 9.99/year): - All features of the Basic Plan. - Tactics page (free drawing, plus you can move players around). - Stopwatch for a game (stops at 00:59:59 and needs to be reset). - Away uniforms, including GK. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Playing Time3 screens
SubPlans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Playing Time at daily against SubPlans's fortnightly. Playing Time also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playing Time ships an update daily, SubPlans fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and May 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Playing Time versus SubPlans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaying TimeSubPlans
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCory SwainstonOsamu Chiba

In-app purchases

None

Playing Time

No in-app purchases

None

SubPlans

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Playing Time free?
Playing Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SubPlans free?
SubPlans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Playing Time or SubPlans have ads?
Neither Playing Time nor SubPlans shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playing Time or SubPlans?
Playing Time ships an update daily, and SubPlans fortnightly. Most recently, Playing Time was updated on June 10, 2026 and SubPlans on May 18, 2026.

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