Comparison

Hoops vs GRSTrainer

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

Head to head
About

Hoops

Effortlessly track every basketball shot with your Apple Watch. Log shots with a tap, review progress on your iPhone, and analyze detailed stats like percentages and streaks. Perfect for players dedicated to improving their shooting consistency.

Highlights
  • Automatic tap-based shot logging from Apple Watch
  • Freestyle and structured drill modes
  • Timed shooting challenges
  • Detailed shot percentages and streaks
  • Session history and progress review
  • Automatic Apple Watch and iPhone sync
Features
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Train with a coach, track every shot, and see your progress. Hoops is a basketball shooting app for iPhone and Apple Watch, with video analysis that runs right on your iPhone. Pick your coach, follow daily drills and challenges built around your goals, and record your practice. Hoops finds your shots, you confirm each one, and your results flow into your stats, streaks and shot charts. COACH • Five coach personalities, each with its own voice and style • Daily Practice: three suggested drills based on your goals and recent results • Two Daily Challenges every day, updated as you practice • A drill library with court diagrams and step-by-step shot spots VIDEO ANALYSIS • Record a session or drill, and Hoops analyzes it on your iPhone • Review every shot: fix a call, remove a non-shot, add one the camera missed, or keep a real extra shot • Watch highlight reels and share clips with optional ball trails and a shot timeline APPLE WATCH • Track sessions on your wrist: Hoops detects each shot and you tap to mark makes • During a drill recorded on iPhone, your Apple Watch shows the next spot, counts your shots, and saves a basketball workout to the Health app PROGRESS • Weekly goals for time, shots and makes, plus a Home Screen widget • Weekly streaks with a history view • All your sessions in one list, with filters, sorting and a rep-by-rep breakdown for drills • Mastery by shot type, with shot charts by court zone • Records, trophies and unlockable ball trail styles WAYS TO PRACTICE • Freestyle for open shooting • Timed challenges of 1, 3, 5, 10 or 20 minutes, or a custom length • Coach drills recorded on video • Manual entry when you just want to log the numbers VIDEO ANALYSIS RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE Record or choose a session video, confirm the hoop when asked, and review the results on iPhone. Use only footage you are authorized to record. HOOPS LEGEND Your first 5 sessions are free. Hoops Legend unlocks unlimited sessions, the full drill library, Mastery shot charts, every coach, and extra app icons, with monthly and yearly auto-renewable plans. Privacy Policy: https://www.westystudios.com/hoops/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.westystudios.com/hoops/terms Requires iOS 26 or later. Apple Watch features require watchOS 26 or later.

About

GRSTrainer

This app offers structured basketball training programs for young athletes, focusing on shooting, dribbling, passing, and agility. It includes guided drills, custom workout building, and progress tracking. An Apple Watch companion app is also available.

Highlights
  • Structured drill programs
  • Custom workout builder
  • Progress tracking
  • Featured coach workouts
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Parental account management
Features
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GRS Trainer is a basketball training app for young athletes who want to improve their game. Train with structured drill programs covering shooting, dribbling, passing, agility, and basketball moves. Features: - Guided drill sessions with timers - Custom workout builder - Progress tracking and streaks - Featured workouts from coaches - Apple Watch companion app Designed for young athletes with parental account management.

Screenshots

Hoops4 screens
GRSTrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GRSTrainer at none against Hoops's 3. Hoops's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Hoops sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. GRSTrainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hoops against 5.0 for GRSTrainer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoops has 96 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hoops ships an update every 5 days, GRSTrainer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hoops versus GRSTrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoopsGRSTrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (96 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings96 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWesty Studios LLCMichael Stienstra

Customer experience

Hoops

All ratings96 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GRSTrainer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hoops

Subscriptions3
  • Legend Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Legend Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Legend Yearly$34.991 Year
None

GRSTrainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hoops free?
Hoops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GRSTrainer free?
GRSTrainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hoops or GRSTrainer?
GRSTrainer is rated higher. Hoops averages 4.9 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while GRSTrainer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Hoops or GRSTrainer have ads?
Neither Hoops nor GRSTrainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hoops or GRSTrainer?
Hoops ships an update every 5 days, and GRSTrainer weekly. Most recently, Hoops was updated on October 15, 2026 and GRSTrainer on October 6, 2026.

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