HeadCoach App vs The Extra Yard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HeadCoach App
This app offers a daily mental performance program for athletes, focusing on building confidence, focus, resilience, and self-control through neuroscience-backed strategies and guided reflections. It tracks progress across eight key skills and includes team features for accountability.
- Daily 5-minute check-ins
- Personalized performance strategies
- Guided post-session reflections
- Development across 8 key skills
- Audio learning modules
- Team Hub with leaderboards
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Train Your Mind. Perform When It Matters. HeadCoach is the mental performance system that builds the skills physical training can't. Built on neuroscience and structured for competitive athletes, it gives you a daily programme to build confidence, focus, resilience and self-control – the skills that decide who performs under pressure. WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY Start with a quick check-in: how you're feeling, your energy, and your focus for the session ahead. Then open your strategy of the day – a specific, practical task for the skill you're developing. After training or competition, complete a guided reflection by text or voice. It's not a journal or a diary: it's a performance review that builds self-awareness over time. Keep your daily streak going, unlock new tools as you progress, and celebrate the milestones along the way. THE 8 PERFORMANCE SKILLS Confidence · Focus · Resilience · Optimism · Self-Control · Competitive Drive · Teamwork · Self-Awareness Each skill has its own audio learning modules, daily strategies and reflection prompts. Your progress is tracked, so your development is visible. HOW IT WORKS The HeadCoach Performance System was developed by Jonathon O'Neill (UEFA A licensed, RocheMartin EI accredited) and is grounded in the neuroscience of constructed emotion. Strategies and audio modules are written by sport psychologists and performance coaches – not generic content or recycled advice. Your programme follows a Train · Track · Reinforce cycle: — Train: complete your strategy before or after sessions — Track: log mood, energy and reflections to build self-awareness — Reinforce: listen to short audio modules that deepen each skill YOUR AI COACH – YOUR CHOICE An optional AI coach shapes your check-in, guides your reflections and helps you understand your moods. You choose whether to use it, and you can switch it off at any time. Your name and contact details are never sent to it. Without it, the full programme still works. BUILT FOR TEAMS Join a mates team with your friends, or a club team with your coach. Team Hubs have leaderboards across habits, strategies and reflections, so you can compete with teammates, build accountability and raise the standard together. YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL Your reflections are always private. In a club team, your coach sees your check-ins, energy, moods and strategies only if you agree, and you can stop sharing at any time. Mates leaderboards show points, nothing personal. START FREE Download HeadCoach and start your 30-day free trial – nothing to pay up front. If your club or school is enrolled in a HeadCoach programme, your access is included: ask your coach for the team code. HeadCoach supports wellbeing and performance. It is not a medical or mental health service. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.headcoachapp.com/privacy
The Extra Yard
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Guiding you through your health and fitness journey! - Book classes online in just a few clicks - Keep track of your body measurements and progress - Contact club staff directly - Interact and get to know your fellow members - See all the latest club news, offers and events Apple Health App Integration Track your progress with our HealthKit app integration to import and measure your daily steps, distance or calories burnt. Also use HealthKit to import your data from a range of different wearable devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Extra Yard at none against HeadCoach App's 2. The Extra Yard also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). HeadCoach App's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). 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
Both are free to download. HeadCoach App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. The Extra Yard asks for nothing beyond the download.
HeadCoach App ships an update every 4 weeks, The Extra Yard every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HeadCoach App | The Extra Yard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HeadCoach App Ltd. | TeamUp Sports |
In-app purchases
HeadCoach App
- Monthly Individual$12.991 Month
- Annual Individual$129.991 Year
The Extra Yard
No in-app purchases
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