Comparison

Tryline vs Rugby Board

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

Head to head
About

Tryline

Features
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Tryline is a training tracker built specifically for rugby players. Log your workouts, track your personal records, and measure yourself against rugby performance standards. Whether you're in preseason, in-season, or recovering from injury, Tryline gives you a structured way to track your progress and see where you stand. What you can do with Tryline: - Follow multi-week training programs and adapt them to fit your schedule - Create unlimited exercises and workouts - Track personal records across key lifts and exercises - Compare your performance against rugby-specific standards - Join your team and train from programs assigned by your coach - Coaches: run combine testing days, record results for your whole squad, and follow each player's development with scout reports - Monitor your progress over time with streaks, stats and skills radars This is just the beginning. Tryline is built to become rugby's player development platform, connecting players, coaches, clubs and federations. Future updates will introduce club and federation benchmarks and a full pathway system so your development is visible at every level of the game.

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Rugby Board

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Win the gainline. Rugby Board lets coaches design lineouts, scrum plays and back-line patterns on a pitch with its 22 m and 10 m lines — for 7s, 10s and 15s. DRAW IT. PLAY IT. SHARE IT. - Drag players onto an accurate, full-color rugby pitch with the 22 m, 10 m and halfway lines - Draw arrows, lines, and zones — colors and styles your way - Tap Play to animate movements step by step - Write a note on each step — it changes as the play runs - Save unlimited tactics; export as PNG, PDF or video 40 DRILLS, ALREADY WRITTEN Every drill is a board you can step through: what it trains, how to set it up, and the one thing to say while it runs. Handling grids, phase play 2-4-2, the breakdown and the counter-ruck, backline moves like the cut-out, kicking for territory and the chase, scrums, lineouts and the driving maul, exits from your own 22, contact games, conditioning. Search and filter by category, level and group size. - Six ready sessions built from the library — pick one when you create a practice plan and edit from there - String drills and your own boards into a practice plan, run it from the sideline, and keep a history of every session - Keep your squad with photos, and mark who turned up - Share a board as a link — players open it in a browser, no app needed FORMATIONS, READY TO GO Lineouts · Scrum plays · Back-line attack · Defensive lines · Rucking systems Load with one tap, edit your way. MATCH DAY Set the periods and your starting line-up, run the clock, and tap two players to swap them. The bench sorts by minutes played and Suggest evens out playing time. After the match, every player's minutes and substitutions export as a PDF. The set-up is free; running the clock needs Pro. BUILT FOR THE SIDELINE - Works offline — no Wi-Fi at the field? No problem. - iPad with a side bar, keyboard shortcuts and Apple Pencil — the Pencil draws, a finger moves players; portrait or landscape - Optional sign-in with Apple or Google syncs your boards, plans and session history across devices - Dark theme — easy on the eyes during evening practice - Undo/redo up to 50 steps — experiment fearlessly - AirPlay to TV — turn the locker room into a war room FREE AND PRO Free to download, no account needed. Pro removes ads and unlocks the full drill library — a one-time Lifetime purchase, yours for good. 14 LANGUAGES English (US) · English (UK) · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · Français · Español · Tiếng Việt · ไทย · Bahasa Indonesia · Bahasa Melayu · Deutsch · Nederlands Every drill name and coaching note is translated too. From Sunday league to the national team — if you can coach it, you can draw it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tacticsboard.100for1.com/privacy

Screenshots

Tryline4 screens
Rugby Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tryline at none against Rugby Board's 2. Tryline also leads on ads (none vs shown). Rugby Board's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.5). On price and update cadence 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. Rugby Board sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Tryline asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tryline ships an update every 3 weeks, Rugby Board every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Tryline versus Rugby Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrylineRugby Board
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB49 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVerifit Limitedzhenyu song

In-app purchases

None

Tryline

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Rugby Board

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads (Yearly)$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99

Questions

Is Tryline free?
Tryline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rugby Board free?
Rugby Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tryline or Rugby Board have ads?
Rugby Board shows ads; Tryline does not.
Which is updated more often, Tryline or Rugby Board?
Tryline ships an update every 3 weeks, and Rugby Board every 10 days. Most recently, Tryline was updated on October 31, 2026 and Rugby Board on October 25, 2026.

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