Comparison

Footy Coach vs PFA Transfer List

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

Head to head
About

Footy Coach

Features
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Footy Coach is the all-in-one matchday and team management app for grassroots football coaches. Manage your squad, plan formations, track live matches, and analyse your season — all from one app. SQUAD MANAGEMENT Add players with positions, shirt numbers, and stats. Track appearances, goals, assists, and clean sheets. Import your squad in bulk with CSV. MATCHDAY CONTROL Set your lineup and formation on a visual pitch. Record goals, assists, and cards as they happen. Manage substitutions with live player timers. TEAM STATS & ANALYTICS View top scorers, goal timing heatmaps, results trends, and form guides. Filter by season or competition. PLAYER OF THE MATCH Let parents vote for Player of the Match after each game. Track the POTM leaderboard across the season. OPPOSITION NOTEBOOK Keep notes on every opponent. Review head-to-head records and match history. TEAM COLLABORATION Invite assistant coaches and parents. Track match availability. Share photos and videos from matchday. AI MATCH REPORTS Generate professional match reports automatically from your match data. New: Tactics Board A digital tactical whiteboard for talking your team through plays. Drag numbered player dots around the pitch, add opposition markers and the ball, and draw movements with your finger or Apple Pencil, then wipe the ink clean while keeping your shape. Save your favourite plays and pull them up pitch-side on match day. https://footy.coach/terms

About

PFA Transfer List

Features
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The PFA Transfer List, powered by OPN, helps professional footballers showcase their availability and connect with clubs, scouts, agents and recruitment teams. Built for players and recruitment staff, the app gives available players a trusted digital profile where they can present key career information, playing position, experience, availability and supporting performance details in one place. For clubs, scouts and agents, the PFA Transfer List makes it easier to discover available talent, review player profiles and identify recruitment opportunities ahead of the season. Clubs can also message players and agents directly, helping to speed up conversations and create clearer routes to opportunity. Developed by OPN in partnership with the PFA, the platform is designed to improve player visibility, speed up discovery and create better connections across the professional game. OPN is an athlete management platform used by professional clubs to manage player data, performance, medical, wellbeing and communication in one connected system.

Screenshots

Footy Coach4 screens
PFA Transfer List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PFA Transfer List at none against Footy Coach's 1. PFA Transfer List also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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. Footy Coach sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. PFA Transfer List asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Footy Coach ships an update fortnightly, PFA Transfer List weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Footy Coach versus PFA Transfer List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFooty CoachPFA Transfer List
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpencer AyresOPNPLAY

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Footy Coach

Subscriptions1
  • Coach Pro1 Month trial$6.991 Month
None

PFA Transfer List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Footy Coach free?
Footy Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PFA Transfer List free?
PFA Transfer List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Footy Coach or PFA Transfer List have ads?
Neither Footy Coach nor PFA Transfer List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Footy Coach or PFA Transfer List?
Footy Coach ships an update fortnightly, and PFA Transfer List weekly. Most recently, Footy Coach was updated on October 25, 2026 and PFA Transfer List on October 28, 2026.

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