Substitution Manager vs Coach Spilly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Substitution Manager
Easily manage junior soccer substitutions and player tracking for coaches and parents. Ensure fair playing time with automatic tracking, drag-and-drop subs, and helpful alerts. Log cards and goals, and generate instant match reports.
- Automatic player time tracking
- Drag-and-drop live substitutions
- Player bench time alerts
- Cards and goals logging
- Instant match reports
- Offline functionality
- No account required
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Sub Manager is a free sideline toolkit for junior football: fair playing time and effortless subs, a tactics board that plays back, broadcast-style match capture, and a complete referee kit, all in one app, no account needed. Built for coaches, parents and volunteers who'd rather watch the game than a spreadsheet. FAIR PLAYING TIME, SORTED - Every player's field and bench time tracked automatically - Drag-and-drop subs, with your formation updating live - Gentle alerts when someone's been on the bench too long - Log goals and cards with a tap - From 5-a-side to full 11-player squads, with early futsal support THE TACTICS BOARD - Move any player with your finger. Bring the ball to someone and it sticks, move too fast and it runs loose - Your lines fade on their own, so the board clears itself between points - Show the ground each side covers, the shot that is on, the passes that are open, the offside line, and the space nobody is close enough to cover - Give the other team a way of playing and see what it costs you: high press, low block, park the bus, stretch and counter, total football - Set the scoreline you want to talk about, and watch a side chasing a goal come out at you GAMECAM - Film matches in up to 4K/60 with a broadcast-style scoreboard burned into the video - Automatic goal highlights, or save the last 30 seconds with a tap - Face blur for safe sharing of junior footage - On-device match analysis: possession, territory and momentum, nothing uploaded REFEREE MODE, A COMPLETE OFFICIATING KIT, FREE - Clock, cards, subs, coin toss and penalty shootouts from your phone or Apple Watch - Speak, don't tap: dictate an incident from phone or watch, transcribed on the device into structured match data - Movement heat map and fitness tracking from your watch (opt-in) - A full match report you can amend afterwards, and career stats across every match you officiate COACH TOGETHER - Co-Coach: share your live match with the bench over Bluetooth, subs, cards and score in sync, no internet needed - Broadcast a live score that nearby supporters can follow AFTER THE WHISTLE - Instant match reports and a shareable full-time recap - Season stats that tell the truth: playing time, net goal impact, goals per field minute - Player cards to share with parents, as an image or a print-ready PDF PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No accounts, no subscriptions, no internet required - 100% free and fully local, your data stays on your phone - Optional one-time purchase: the Apple Watch companion app - Connects with Club Manager for roster sync and backup, if your club uses it - Fully localized in 40 languages Made by coaches and parents who care about fun, fairness and development.
Coach Spilly
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Spilly gir deg full kontroll på kampdagen – lag, spilletid og turneringer i én enkel trenerflyt. Appen er laget for barne- og ungdomstrenere som vil ha oversikt på kampdag, trening og cup – uten regneark, lapper eller stress på sidelinjen. Sett opp laget steg for steg, planlegg kampen og følg alt live: bytter, spilletid, mål og assist. Foreldre kan følge kampen direkte på egen mobil med en enkel kampkode – og få varsel når eget barn scorer eller byttes inn. Etter kampen lagres statistikken, og du kan dele en ferdig kamprapport med foreldre og støtteapparat. FUNKSJONER • Lagprofiler med egne spillere og kampdata • Guidet kampoppsett: serie eller cup, hjemme/borte, motstander, tropp, startspillere og keeper • Live kampvisning med bane, benk, klokke og score • Full oversikt over spilletid, keeperminutter, mål og assist • Fair time-beregning for jevnere spilletid • Valgfri bytteplan før kampstart – eller ta byttene underveis • Smarte tips om hvem som bør inn eller hvile • Foreldrelive: del en kampkode, så følger foreldre kampen direkte og får pushvarsler om eget barn • Del laget med assistenttrenere via lagkode – alle ser samme tropp og statistikk • Kamphistorikk og sesongstatistikk • PDF-kamprapport som kan deles etter kamp • Turneringsverktøy: utslagsturnering med komplett brakett, serie med tabell, poengrunder og tilfeldig trekning PERSONVERN Du trenger ingen registrering for å komme i gang – appen fungerer med en gang. Lagdata lagres på enheten og synkroniseres trygt til skyen, slik at du kan dele laget med assistenttrenere, sende kamper live til foreldre og ta laget med til ny mobil. Innlogging med Apple eller e-post er valgfritt. Se personvernerklæringen for detaljer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coach Spilly at none against Substitution Manager's 1. Coach Spilly also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). Substitution Manager's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Substitution Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coach Spilly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Substitution Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, Coach Spilly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Substitution Manager | Coach Spilly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damien Donnelly | Arild Østbø |
In-app purchases
Substitution Manager
- Watch Companion$5.99
Coach Spilly
No in-app purchases
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