Gaffer vs StandBased Dashboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gaffer
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Prepare your next soccer session, choose your lineup and arrive at the field with a clear plan. Built by a UEFA B-licensed coach, Gaffer brings your exercise library, session planning and match preparation together. DRAW ON IPAD OR WEB, PREPARE ON IPHONE Draw and edit tactics on iPad or web with players, cones and movement arrows. On iPhone, view saved exercises and field diagrams, generate exercises and sessions with AI, build lineups and assemble match plans from saved tactics. Keep your squad, calendar and saved work together across devices. AI requires an internet connection. SAVE YOUR WORK FOR FREE Your saved exercises and tactics remain available without a subscription. The exercise library, session planning, squad and calendar are free to use. Each calendar month, Free includes three shared AI requests across session planning, exercise generation and coaching ideas, one printable session plan and one shareable match plan. AI Coach removes all three limits. OPTIONAL AI COACH Choose a monthly or yearly subscription for unlimited AI requests, printable session plans and shareable match plans. Current local prices are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://gafferapp.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://gafferapp.net/privacy
StandBased Dashboard
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Running a football club involves more moving parts than most people realise. Fixtures, squads, communications, ticketing, youth teams, content, sponsorship — and behind all of it, a small staff trying to keep everything together, often without the tools to match the workload. StandBased Dashboard was built to change that. It brings your club's operations into one place, designed specifically for the way non-league and EFL clubs actually work, not the way enterprise software assumes they do. From the dashboard, club staff can manage every area of the club's digital presence. The content editor lets you publish news, match previews, and updates to your club website without needing a developer involved. Push notifications go out directly to your fanbase with a few taps. Match-day information, squad announcements, ticketing links — your supporters get it all through the official club app the moment you publish. Youth management is built in as a first-class feature. Administrators can organise squads, track attendance, manage sign-up flows, and handle payments through a single interface. Group messaging between coaches and parents is handled securely, with safeguarding built into how the system works rather than bolted on as an afterthought. Role-based access means the right people see the right things. A youth team coach does not need access to the club's financial reports. A commercial manager does not need to edit the first team squad. Permissions are configurable at a granular level, so you can give each member of staff exactly the access their role requires, nothing more. The club shop, ticketing, and CRM sit alongside the operational tools, meaning the commercial side of the club is managed in the same place as everything else. No switching between systems. No exporting data between platforms. StandBased is already used by more than twenty clubs across non-league and the EFL. It was built from the ground up for this level of the game, by people who understand the constraints clubs operate under — limited budgets, small teams, and no margin for tools that require a dedicated IT department to maintain. If you are a club administrator, manager, or member of staff at a StandBased-powered club, this app is your central point of control. Contact your club or reach out to the StandBased team to get access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StandBased Dashboard at none against Gaffer's 6. StandBased Dashboard also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Gaffer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. StandBased Dashboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Gaffer | StandBased Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frederik Gjørup Nielsen | Element16 Media LTD |
In-app purchases
Gaffer
- AI Coach Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- AI+ Monthly7 Days trial$17.991 Month
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- AI Coach Yearly$49.991 Year
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- AI+ Yearly7 Days trial$179.991 Year
StandBased Dashboard
No in-app purchases
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