Substitution Manager vs Baseball Coach Assistant
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.
Baseball Coach Assistant
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Plan an entire tournament weekend in seconds, then adjust every assignment to suit your players, competition and coaching priorities. Baseball Coach Assistant helps coaches plan batting orders, build defensive rotations, record games and track player opportunities across a season or tournament. Create a defensive plan for multiple tournament games with one tap. Select the number of games, innings per game and whether positions use one-inning or two-inning blocks. The app can generate a complete weekend rotation of up to 50 innings using player availability, Ready and Developing positions, previous opportunities and Fair Play context. Every suggestion remains editable. Review and change any assignment before printing or sharing the plan. Use Build Rotation for Me to create a starting plan for a Regular Team or Tournament Team. The planner considers: • Available players • Ready and Developing positions • Planned field and bench time • Previous defensive opportunities • Position variety • Pitcher and catcher settings Choose one-inning or two-inning blocks Create Suggested Batting Orders Choose a strategy that reflects your coaching objective: • Fair Play • Balanced • Competitive • On-Base and Speed • Contact First • Power • Development Suggestions can use coach ratings, recorded results, recent performance and previous batting-order opportunities. Track Fair Play Opportunities Monitor more than total innings played: • Defensive and bench innings • Infield and outfield opportunities • Premium-infield opportunities • Batting-order history • Position variety Use Player Opportunity Context and the Fair Play Dashboard to identify patterns worth considering when preparing future games. These insights support coaching judgement. Player readiness, safety, attendance, development and game context remain important. Record actual game information, including: • Batting results • Defensive positions by inning • Scores • Tournament pitch counts • Runs, RBIs and stolen bases • Hits, walks and strikeouts Saved games contribute to player statistics, season totals, game highlights and factual areas to review. Games can also be edited when information needs correcting. Track Tournament Pitching Workloads Record pitch totals from one central screen. Review each player’s latest-day total, current workload-period total and most recent pitching date. Start a new workload period without deleting previous games or historical pitch counts. Optional Pitch Smart information is reference guidance only. Coaches remain responsible for official competition rules, required rest, fatigue, soreness and player wellbeing. Print and Share Game Plans Create scorer-friendly PDFs arranged in batting-order sequence. Print the plan, save it to Files, use AirDrop or share it with another coach. Longer games and Tournament Weekend plans are divided across readable pages. Keep Control of Team Data Team information is stored locally on the device. Export a complete backup containing the roster, ratings, position readiness, saved games, statistics, pitch counts and Fair Play history. Imported backups create separate teams and never silently overwrite existing records. Backup files may contain junior-player information and should be stored securely. Subscription and Read-Only Access An active monthly subscription unlocks team management, player editing, defensive planning, game recording and ongoing season tools. If the subscription ends, existing teams, rosters, saved games, statistics, Fair Play records and pitching history remain available in read-only mode. Plan with context. Track opportunities. Coach with confidence. Baseball Coach Assistant. The app suggests. The coach decides. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/baseballcoachassistant/home/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Baseball Coach Assistant at weekly against Substitution Manager's every 3 weeks. Substitution Manager's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.5). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Baseball Coach Assistant sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Substitution Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, Baseball Coach Assistant weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Substitution Manager | Baseball Coach Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damien Donnelly | Lauren Flannery |
In-app purchases
Substitution Manager
- Watch Companion$5.99
Baseball Coach Assistant
- Baseball Coach Assistant Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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