Comparison

Tryline vs Tactic 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.

About

Tactic Board

Design and visualize rugby plays and drills with animated tactics. Share your strategies with your team through video exports or local storage. Perfect for coaches and players looking to improve team execution.

Highlights
  • Build custom tactics
  • Create drills with virtual cones
  • Fluid animation of plays
  • Video export for sharing
  • Interactive tutorials
  • Local data storage for privacy
Features
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Draw a move, press play and watch it run. Rugby Animator turns your plays into animations your players can actually follow, and it holds your training sessions and team sheets too. There's no subscription and you don't need an account. It's free to start, and Pro is a single purchase. Everything the whiteboard does, and then it moves. Drag the players into position, move them on, and the app plays it back at match speed, so the 12 can see exactly when to hit the line. PLAYS • Build anything from a three-man pod off a ruck to a first-phase strike move. • Set up a lineout or scrum anywhere on the pitch in one tap, with both teams in position, then animate the phase that follows. • Add arrows for passes and kicks, and shade the space you want attacked. You choose when each one appears in the play. • Cones, contact shields and tackle tubes for your drills. • A library of preset plays and drills to start from. TEAM SHEETS (FREE) • Add your players and the positions they play, then pick a side for each match. It works for 15-a-side, sevens and youth formats. • Tap a shirt to pick someone, drag one player onto another to swap them, and long-press to choose your captain. • If your bench doesn't cover loosehead, hooker and tighthead, the app tells you before you send it. • Share it as a photo with your club badge, or as a link anyone can open in a browser. TRAINING SESSIONS • Plan a session block by block. Drag things around and the times update. • Tap Run and coach straight from the timer. It shows how long is left on each block and whether you're running behind. The countdown also shows on your Lock Screen, so the phone can stay in your pocket. • Your animated drills sit inside the plan, and you can tap one to play it full screen for the group. SHARING • Send a play, session or team sheet as a link. Players and parents open it in their browser without downloading anything. • Export any play as a video for the team WhatsApp. • Coaching staff can share plays and sessions in a Team Hub, and everyone sees the same version. The app works offline and everything stays on your phone unless you share it. iCloud syncs it to your iPad, and there's a web editor for building bigger plays on a laptop. Just sign in with your Apple ID. FREE OR PRO The free version gives you 3 plays, one squad with all its team sheets, training sessions, share links for plays and team sheets, and 3 video exports a month. You can also join any Team Hub you're invited to. Pro is a one-off purchase. It adds unlimited plays and squads, every preset, unlimited video exports, session links and your own Team Hubs, and it works in the web editor too.

Screenshots

Tryline4 screens
Tactic Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tryline at none against Tactic Board's 1. Tactic Board's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tactic Board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tryline asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tryline ships an update every 3 weeks, Tactic Board every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tryline versus Tactic Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrylineTactic Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVerifit LimitedPatrick Doig

In-app purchases

None

Tryline

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tactic Board

One-time1
  • Rugby Animator Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Tryline free?
Tryline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tactic Board free?
Tactic Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tryline or Tactic Board have ads?
Neither Tryline nor Tactic Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tryline or Tactic Board?
Tryline ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tactic Board every 4 days. Most recently, Tryline was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tactic Board on October 31, 2026.

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