Comparison

League vs MakePlays

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

Head to head
About

League

This app simplifies sports team and league administration with tools for roster management, scheduling, and communication. It offers player identity verification and background checks for coaches and staff.

Highlights
  • Unlimited sports, teams, and roster management
  • Integrated registrations and sign-ups
  • Team scheduling
  • Group messaging via LinkMsg
  • Player identity verification
  • Coaching and staff background checks
Features
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LeagueLink: The Ultimate Sports Management Solution LeagueLink is designed to make sports management effortless and efficient. Our comprehensive suite of features ensures that every aspect of team and league administration is covered. Whether you're managing a single team or an entire league, LeagueLink has the tools you need. Our comprehensive features include: - Unlimited sports, teams, and roster management with integrated registrations, sign-ups, and team scheduling. - Enhanced team communication tools with group messaging via LinkMsg. - Player identity verification to ensure authentic player profiles. - Coaching and staff background checks that perform SSN Trace and search over 200 million federal, state, and county criminal records. Get started today!

About

MakePlays

Features
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Running a youth sports team shouldn't feel like a second job. MakePlays brings your schedule, your roster, and game day all into one simple app. Game day, leveled up Score the game live so everyone can follow along, and let our AI announcer call out the big plays. Goals, lineups, highlights, it feels like your own stadium announcer showed up to the rink or field. For the parents too No more digging through group texts to find out when the next game is. Parents get a home base for the schedule, weather alerts, and a quick look at who's playing and when. Any sport, your way Hockey, baseball, ringette, whatever your kid plays, MakePlays adjusts scoring and game day tools to fit. Stay connected as a team Chat, RSVPs, and announcements all live in the app so nothing gets lost. Juggling more than one team? Manage all your teams and sports from one account, each one kept neat and separate. Coach, team manager, or just a parent trying to keep track of it all, MakePlays keeps everyone on the same page, every game. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

League4 screens
MakePlays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: League at none against MakePlays's 3. League also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MakePlays sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. League asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

League ships an update every 3 days, MakePlays fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
League versus MakePlays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeagueMakePlays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB52 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLeagueLink LLCMake Plays Inc.

In-app purchases

None

League

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MakePlays

Subscriptions2
  • Season Pass1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • All-Season Pass1 Month trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Franchise$99.99

Questions

Is League free?
League is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MakePlays free?
MakePlays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do League or MakePlays have ads?
Neither League nor MakePlays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, League or MakePlays?
League ships an update every 3 days, and MakePlays fortnightly. Most recently, League was updated on September 17, 2026 and MakePlays on October 24, 2026.

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