Comparison

CHMPN vs Hot Read

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

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About

CHMPN

Features
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CHMPN is a basketball stat-tracking app, made for basketball player and coaches. The app allows teams to effectively track in game stats and store them till the end of the game. The stats are then ranked among the players in that league. League Stat leaders are updated after every game, keeping the competition flowing. Players can view other player stats and teams, and compare amongst themselves. CHMPST is a scorekeeper on your phone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Hot Read

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Hot Read brings coaching, team coordination, and league operations together across football, basketball, soccer, and other team sports. Hot Read is currently available through limited early access. Access is invitation-based for participating coaches, teams, and leagues, with broader availability planned over time. Plan practices, build and teach plays, prepare for game day, score games, track results, and keep everyone connected from one shared workspace. PLAN AND TEACH Use sport-aware coaching canvases and drawing surfaces to build formations, routes, movements, set pieces, lineups, and tactical ideas. Save your work, organize it by team, share it with coaches and players, and bring it back when it is time to teach, practice, or prepare for competition. SIMULATE FOOTBALL PLAYS Football is the first sport to receive Hot Read’s deepest simulation and coaching-intelligence tools. Run offensive plays against simulated defensive fronts and coverages. See how timing, spacing, player movement, reactions, assignments, blocking, ball flight, and contact shape the result. Replay the action and compare how the same concept performs against different defensive looks. PREPARE FOR GAME DAY Turn your preparation into practical materials you can use at practice and on game day. Football coaches can organize saved plays for game day and prepare sideline materials. Selected early-access users can also access advanced printable wristband and situational call-sheet workflows while those tools continue through product validation. Basketball teams can turn saved boards into Court Cards. Soccer teams can create Team Sheets from saved lineups and Set-Piece Cards from their drawn corner-kick and free-kick plans. ORGANIZE PRACTICE Schedule one-time or recurring practices, set start and end times, add locations and map links, post practice details to team chat, and collect RSVPs. Upcoming practices stay visible alongside the rest of the team’s schedule, so coaches, players, and families know what is next. RUN GAME DAY Manage schedules, rosters, scores, live scorekeeping, game clocks, standings, and player statistics. Hot Read connects game-day activity to the broader team and league record, helping organizers keep information current without spreading the work across separate tools. KEEP EVERYONE CONNECTED Use team and league chat, announcements, polls, shared plays, practice cards, and optional push notifications to coordinate throughout the season. BUILD A BETTER SPORTS PROGRAM Hot Read is designed for coaches and organizers running youth-through-adult teams and leagues. Football capabilities are available first at the greatest depth, while the shared coaching, communication, scheduling, scorekeeping, lineup, and league-management foundation supports basketball, soccer, and a growing range of team sports.

Screenshots

CHMPN3 screens
Hot Read4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hot Read at none against CHMPN's 3. Hot Read also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CHMPN sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Hot Read asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CHMPN ships an update every 2 months, Hot Read weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
CHMPN versus Hot Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCHMPNHot Read
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB81 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNaomi TesfayeChomp Stomp, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CHMPN

One-time3
  • League for maximum 4 teams$6.99
  • League for maximum 9 teams$12.99
  • League for maximum 9+ teams$17.99
None

Hot Read

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CHMPN free?
CHMPN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hot Read free?
Hot Read is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CHMPN or Hot Read have ads?
Neither CHMPN nor Hot Read shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CHMPN or Hot Read?
CHMPN ships an update every 2 months, and Hot Read weekly. Most recently, CHMPN was updated on October 8, 2026 and Hot Read on October 4, 2026.

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