Substitution Manager vs PIVOT TMS
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.
PIVOT TMS
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PIVOT TMS is the match-day app for hockey tournaments run on PIVOT TMS. It is for the people at the table and on the bench: technical officials who run the match, and team managers who look after their team. RUN THE MATCH • The clock — quarters, breaks, extra time and shoot-outs, with the real rules for each. • Goals, cards, penalty corners, substitutions, referrals and injuries, recorded as they happen and attributed by shirt number. • Sin-bin timers that count down on screen and sound when a player is due back. • Shoot-outs with named squads, the toss and every attempt. • Sign-off on the glass by both managers and the umpires, then the official result. HANDS ON THE GAME, NOT THE SCREEN • The PIVOT Start/Stop button — a small Bluetooth button that starts and stops the clock with one press, even with the phone in your pocket. • Apple Watch — the match on your wrist: score, period and clock, with start/stop, goals, cards, penalty corners, substitutions and shoot-out attempts from the watch. • Live Activity — the clock and score on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM Download your fixtures before the day. Everything you record is kept on the device and sent to PIVOT TMS the moment a connection is back. FOR TEAM MANAGERS • Your matches, line-ups and kit colours, submitted before push-back. • The match record and sign-off, with the details you are attesting to. Sign in with the account your association has set up for you on PIVOT TMS. The app works alongside your association's PIVOT TMS site, where events, fixtures, officials and results are managed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PIVOT TMS at none against Substitution Manager's 1. Substitution Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Substitution Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PIVOT TMS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Substitution Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, PIVOT TMS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Substitution Manager | PIVOT TMS |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damien Donnelly | Stacksy Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Substitution Manager
- Watch Companion$5.99
PIVOT TMS
No in-app purchases
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