Comparison

Magic Lineup vs allPlay Soccer

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

Head to head
About

Magic Lineup

This app helps youth sports coaches balance fair playing time with competitive lineups. It uses season data to suggest optimal formations and tracks player minutes automatically. Manage substitutions, track game stats, and coordinate with staff seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Lineup Wizard with data-driven suggestions
  • Fair minutes tracking and rotation
  • Mid-game formation changes
  • Automatic stat tracking
  • Staff collaboration
  • Season scheduling and attendance
Features
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Every kid plays. The team still wins. Magic Lineup is the sideline app for youth soccer, basketball, flag football, hockey, and lacrosse coaches caught between two jobs: give every kid fair minutes, and still put out a lineup that competes. Other apps are stopwatches. This one does both. YOUR BEST LINEUP, FROM REAL DATA The Lineup Wizard builds your soccer starting lineup from the season you've actually had — time at position, practice effort, attendance. Slot by slot, it tells you who's earned it. Switch between 39 formations, 5v5 to 11v11, even mid-game. FAIR MINUTES, WITHOUT THE MENTAL MATH • One tap rotates the bench — the kids who've waited longest come on first • A heatmap on every player tile shows who's ahead and who's owed time • Set a target-minutes goal per team; the app tracks everyone against it • Mark a player injured and they auto-bench without wrecking the time math • Per-player history — minutes, court %, time by position, game by game — receipts for any parent who asks RUN THE SIDELINE WITH ONE THUMB • Drag a sub straight onto the field or court • Five-second undo for fat-fingered taps • Game clock and score on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — the clock survives a locked phone • Dictate sideline notes without leaving the game PARENTS IN THE LOOP • Parents RSVP for every game and practice in one tap: Going, Can't go, or Maybe • See who's coming right on your schedule • A "Can't go" starts that player as unavailable when you set the lineup, and marks them out by default at practice attendance • You decide which parent is linked to which kid • Every player gets a page: minutes, practice attendance, and upcoming games and practices STATS THAT TRACK THEMSELVES Soccer: goals, shots, fouls, yellow and red cards. Basketball: 2s, 3s, free throws, fouls, steals, turnovers — with foul badges right on the player tiles. Flag football: touchdowns, conversions, interceptions, sacks, flag pulls, penalties. Hockey: goals, shots on goal, penalties. Lacrosse: goals, assists, shots on goal, ground balls, turnovers, penalties. Every event lands in a timestamped game journal. No halftime data entry, ever. COACH WITH YOUR STAFF Invite an assistant with a QR code in seconds. Subs and stats stay in sync between phones. No extra charge — your whole bench staff is included. BRING YOUR AI ASSISTANT Connect ChatGPT or Claude to your team and let it add your roster and schedule games for you. You approve every connection in the app. YOUR SEASON IN ONE PLACE Schedule games and practices, take attendance, and grade practice effort — which feeds straight back into lineup suggestions. Already on GameChanger? Paste one calendar link and your season imports. FULL GAMES, FREE No game-length caps. No per-coach fees. Free. Built by a youth coach who got tired of doing fairness math on a notecard. Made in California.

About

allPlay Soccer

This app simplifies soccer team management for coaches, ensuring fair playing time and balanced lineups for every player. It handles substitutions, position rotations, and generates printable game sheets, saving coaches valuable time.

Highlights
  • Fair playing time tracking
  • Customizable formations and formats
  • Automatic substitution plans
  • Printable game sheets and diagrams
  • In-game tracking and season recap
  • Roster and lineup management
Features
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Every kid deserves fair playing time. Every coach deserves their sanity. Lineup and game management just got easier - with NO subscriptions! allPlay Soccer is the tool built for soccer coaches who care about giving every player real experience at every position, every game. No more spreadsheets. No more mental gymnastics trying to remember who played left mid last week. Just balanced, fair lineups in seconds. Set up your roster once, pick your format and formation (5v5 all the way to 11v11), and let allPlay generate a lineup that balances playing time and positions across your whole squad. It even handles substitutions and position rotations between periods, as well as special treatment for goalkeeper rules. What coaches love: - Fair playing time, tracked across every quarter and game - Any format, any formation: from 5v5 to full 11v11, with or without goalkeepers, with well-known or custom formations - Set position preferences per player so your players always get development time - Automatic substitution plans so no one sits too long - Print-ready, downloadable PDF game sheets and field diagrams to hand out or display on game day. Gone are the days of your players confused about where they're going next! - Fine-tune any generated lineup with a few easy taps, and the PDF files update automatically - Simple in-game tracking (optional), feeding into a season recap - Free to try: Save your roster and generate up to 3 lineups and check out the game and season tracking - Save multiple rosters and lineups, and generate unlimited lineups, with a very reasonable one-time unlock. No annoying subscriptions. Whether you're coaching your kid's U8 recreational team or a competitive club side, allPlay Soccer gives you back 1–2 hours every game week and gives every player the experience they came for. Fair playing time. Every player. Every game.

Screenshots

Magic Lineup4 screens
allPlay Soccer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: allPlay Soccer at 100% against Magic Lineup's 50%. allPlay Soccer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Magic Lineup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. allPlay Soccer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Lineup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

allPlay Soccer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Magic Lineup's written reviews are positive against 100% of allPlay Soccer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Lineup ships an update every 3 days, allPlay Soccer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Magic Lineup versus allPlay Soccer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic LineupallPlay Soccer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParent-AI LLCLawrence Brooks

Customer experience

Magic Lineup

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

allPlay Soccer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Magic Lineup

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

allPlay Soccer

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$4.99

Questions

Is Magic Lineup free?
Magic Lineup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is allPlay Soccer free?
allPlay Soccer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Magic Lineup or allPlay Soccer?
allPlay Soccer is rated higher. Magic Lineup averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while allPlay Soccer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Magic Lineup or allPlay Soccer have ads?
Neither Magic Lineup nor allPlay Soccer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Lineup or allPlay Soccer?
Magic Lineup ships an update every 3 days, and allPlay Soccer every 4 weeks. Most recently, Magic Lineup was updated on October 24, 2026 and allPlay Soccer on October 15, 2026.

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