Magic Lineup vs Thirty Second Timeout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Lineup Wizard with data-driven suggestions
- Fair minutes tracking and rotation
- Mid-game formation changes
- Automatic stat tracking
- Staff collaboration
- Season scheduling and attendance
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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 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. 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.
Thirty Second Timeout
Create, animate, and share basketball plays with professional diagrams. This tool allows coaches and players to sketch plays on a court, showing player movements and sequences step-by-step. It also includes a shot chart for practice and game analysis.
- Draw and animate basketball plays
- Professional court diagrams
- Multi-frame play sequences
- Export plays as images/PDFs
- Practice and game shot charting
- Analyze shooting data
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• Draw, animate, and share basketball plays in seconds. Thirty Second Timeout is the playbook built for coaches and players who need clear, professional diagrams fast. • Sketch full plays on a real court with player markers, movement paths, cuts, passes, screens, and dribbles. Build multi-frame sequences to show exactly how a play develops, then export and share with your team instantly. • Explore shooting data with our practice and game shot chart Thirty Second Timeout gives basketball coaches and players a simple way to draw, organize, and share plays from anywhere. Build clear court diagrams using player markers, movement paths, cuts, passes, screens, dribbles, and the basketball. Create multiple frames to show how a play develops step by step, add notes, customize your court, and share finished plays with your team. Features include: • Create basketball plays on a customizable court • Position offensive and defensive players • Draw cuts, passes, screens, dribbles, and movement paths • Curve and adjust paths directly on the court • Organize plays across multiple frames • Add notes and action steps • View individual frames in full screen • Export and share plays as convenient images or PDFs • Chart shooting for workouts • Chart shooting for full games • Analyze and filter shot chart data Whether you are preparing for practice, explaining an in-game adjustment, or building your playbook, Thirty Second Timeout helps make every action easy to understand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Magic Lineup at every 4 days against Thirty Second Timeout's fortnightly. Magic Lineup also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Magic Lineup against 5.0 for Thirty Second Timeout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Magic Lineup ships an update every 4 days, Thirty Second Timeout fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Lineup | Thirty Second Timeout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parent-AI LLC | Thomas Fabian |
Customer experience
Magic Lineup
Thirty Second Timeout
In-app purchases
Magic Lineup
No in-app purchases
Thirty Second Timeout
No in-app purchases
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