Polar Team vs Sonra Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polar Team
This app helps coaches monitor individual player effort in real-time during indoor team sports. It provides objective performance data after training sessions, allowing for personalized coaching and future session planning. Share detailed reports with players and staff to optimize team performance.
- Real-time heart rate monitoring
- Individual and team coaching guidance
- Player performance comparison
- Post-training objective data
- Shareable performance reports
- Heart rate zone tracking
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** Polar Team is ranked among the top 10 Health and Fitness apps in 18 countries! Polar Team allows coaches and trainers of any indoor sports team – basketball, ice hockey, indoor tennis, volleyball and more – to see exactly how hard each team member is working. This allows you to coach each of them individually, in real time. It also provides information to see who is tiring, who needs to work on their fitness, and who may have energy left in the tank. To coach with Polar Team, you’ll need an iPad and a compatible Polar heart rate sensor or a sport watch for each player.* Follow the performance of your whole team or concentrate on one player at a time. Spot the differences and guide your players at once. Compare several players on screen in real time. Motivate your players by showing them their effort on the go during training. After the training Polar Team reveals objective data on your players’ performance and shares reports with your players and coaching staff. Use the data to plan your next session. *Compatible devices: https://support.polar.com/en/support/FAQs/Compatibility_and_Requirements_Polar_Team_app Key features: -Follow your team’s heart rates on screen in real time (in beats per minute and percentage of maximum heart rate, and by target heart rate zone) -Guide and motivate your players at once, as a team or individually -Compare chosen players on screen during training -See objective data on the effort of the whole team and each player individually after the training (average and maximum heart rate per session, calorie consumption, accumulated time in heart rate zones, heart rate curve, weekly training overview) -Share this data with your team and coaching staff via email as a pdf summary Coach your team to the top with Polar Team. Discover more about Polar Team sports solutions at: http://www.polar.com/en/b2b_products/team_sports Note: We recommend using the app in indoor team sports only due to limitations in the Bluetooth Smart transmission range. The maximum line-of-sight coverage for Bluetooth Smart transmission is around 60 meters (66 yards).
Sonra Live
This system provides advanced tools for collecting and measuring player performance data during training and matches. It is considered a leading solution for monitoring and analyzing athlete performance.
- Player performance monitoring
- Training data collection
- Match-day data measurement
- Accurate data collection
- Reliable performance analysis
- World-leading system
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The ultimate link between the art and science of coaching. The STATSports APEX System incorporates the APEX Pod with accompanying APEX Software to deliver the most accurate and reliable tool in collecting and measuring both training and match-day data for each player. The APEX System is regarded as the world's leading player performance monitoring and analysis system available on the market.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Polar Team at 4.6 against Sonra Live's 3.0. Polar Team also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (317 vs 2). Sonra Live's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Polar Team holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polar Team has 317 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Polar Team's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sonra Live's.
Polar Team ships an update every 2 months, Sonra Live every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polar Team | Sonra Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (317 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 317 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polar Electro | Statsports International Limited |
Customer experience
Polar Team
Sonra Live
Bugs and requests
Polar Team
Reported bugs
16 issues- Emailing reports to coaches and participants is glitchy
- Consistency in readings is still an issue
- App crashes constantly
- App will not open after deleting demo players
- Does not sync
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- External projection feature no longer supported
- No AirPlay
- Cannot display heart rate on external monitor
- External screen mirroring has been removed
- Screen mirroring turned off
- Disallowing external screen sharing
- Cannot AirPlay live stats on TV
- New update has ruined my business
- Crashing
- Cannot start this app
- Constantly crashes
Requested features
10 requests- Solution for small businesses not $$$/month
- More user-friendly software
- Allow AirPlay
- Export heart rate data in HRM or XML format
- Handle multiple teams and players
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- More than one team stored in the app
- Ability to add additional teams
- Fix crashing issues
- Improve external projection feature
- More communication about update changes
Sonra Live
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Polar Team
No in-app purchases
Sonra Live
No in-app purchases








