Comparison

SpikeUp vs Rotation Coach

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

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About

SpikeUp

Manage volleyball leagues and teams seamlessly. Organizers can create seasons, schedule games, and track payments, while players can view schedules, mark availability, and see standings. Stay connected from the first serve to the final set.

Highlights
  • League and team management
  • Automatic schedule generation
  • Real-time availability tracking
  • Set-by-set score entry
  • Live standings and leaderboard
  • Player and team roster management
Features
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SpikeUp — A Volleyball League SpikeUp is the ultimate volleyball league management app built for organizers and players alike. Whether you're running a competitive league or just keeping your team in the loop, SpikeUp keeps everyone connected from the first serve to the final set. FOR LEAGUE ADMINS & SUPER ADMINS: Run your entire league from your pocket. Create seasons with customizable team counts, court configurations, and scheduling. The app automatically generates round-robin schedules with time slots and court assignments. Manage players — add them manually or approve requests from captains. Enter match scores set by set, assign MVPs, designate umpires, and track payments. Control season settings including points per set, tiebreaker rules, season fees, and week dates. Toggle the next season survey when it's time to plan ahead. FOR CAPTAINS: Lead your team with ease. Submit player addition requests for admin approval. View your full team roster, check weekly availability, and see who's showing up. Access the schedule, standings, and match details — all in real time. FOR PLAYERS: Stay on top of your volleyball schedule. Mark your availability for each week with a single tap and see who else on your team is in. View upcoming matches with court assignments and time slots. Check the leaderboard to see how your team stacks up. Set your volleyball position — Setter, Outside Hitter, Opposite Hitter, Middle Blocker, Libero, or Defensive Specialist — right from your profile. LIVE STANDINGS & LEADERBOARD: See team rankings update in real time. Track wins, losses, points for, points against, and point differential across league and overall views. MVP awards highlight standout players throughout the season. SCHEDULE & AVAILABILITY: A clean week-by-week schedule view with date navigation. Filter by team or view all games. Availability rosters show exactly who's in, who's out, and who hasn't responded — organized by team. MATCH MANAGEMENT: Full match lifecycle from scheduling through completion. Matches are organized by week with court and time slot assignments. Enter scores set by set with configurable points per set and tiebreaker rules. Select MVPs and assign umpires after each match. SEASON MANAGEMENT: Create new seasons with full control — number of teams, league weeks, playoff weeks, court count, start times, slot durations, team names, and season fees. Automatic round-robin schedule generation. Seed playoffs based on league standings when regular season play is complete. KEY FEATURES: • Four-role system: Super Admin, Admin, Captain, Player • Phone OTP authentication for secure login • Automatic round-robin schedule generation • Real-time availability tracking by week • Set-by-set score entry with MVP selection • Live leaderboard with league and overall standings • Team roster management with pending approvals • Volleyball position selection on player profiles • Season fee tracking and payment status • Announcements and next season survey • Multi-court and configurable time slot support • Umpire assignment • Playoff bracket seeding • Real-time sync across all devices Requires iOS 18.6 or later.

About

Rotation Coach

Features
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Rotation Coach is a volleyball rotation planner for coaches who need answers on the bench, not on a laptop at home. Build your lineup once. Step through all six rotations and see exactly where every player stands in serve, in serve receive, in attack and in defense. The moment a formation breaks an overlap rule, the app tells you which two players are wrong and why, in plain language: "OPP #15 (Z4) must be in front of H2 #5 (Z5)". No more discovering it from a referee's whistle. WORKS WITHOUT A SIGNAL Gyms have terrible reception. Rotation Coach never needs any. Your rosters, your formations and your substitutions all live on your device, and they are there whether or not you have bars. There is no login, no sync, no spinner, and nothing to go wrong on a Saturday morning in a school basement. BUILT FOR THE SYSTEMS YOU ACTUALLY RUN The 5-1, 6-2 and 4-2 each arrive with real serve-receive, serving, attack and defense charts drawn from coached lineups, not generic diagrams. Or build your own from scratch. The 6-2 and 4-2 come with the substitutions that make them work, so a new team is ready to look at immediately. CATCHES WHAT COSTS YOU POINTS - Live overlap checking in serve and serve receive, naming both players - USAV and NFHS rule books, with the substitution counting each one uses - Libero tracking, including which rotation they serve in - Substitution planning per rotation, counted against your allowance FOR THE BENCH, NOT JUST FOR PLANNING Print one-page lineup sheets with every rotation at a glance, or a card per player. Terse on purpose, so you can read one mid-match. SHARE WITH YOUR PLAYERS (PRO) Send a player their own view by QR code. They scan it, and they see the court from their position, with where they start and where they move in every rotation. No account for them either. You can pass a whole team to another coach the same way. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is downloaded. The code carries the team itself, so sharing works in a gym with no bars, and your assistant coach is never left in the dark. WHAT IS FREE, WHAT PRO ADDS Free: one team, all six rotations across serve, receive, attack and defense, live overlap checking, libero and substitution tracking, and a printed card for each of your players. PRO: up to five teams, printed rotation sheets, team export, and player QR sharing. YOURS TO KEEP Buy it once and own it permanently. There is also a yearly option if you prefer a smaller number, but the one-time purchase is a real one. It does not expire, it does not phone home to check, and it keeps working whether or not this app is still being updated. NOTHING IS COLLECTED No account. No analytics. No advertising. No tracking. No servers. Your roster is your team's business, not ours, and it never leaves your device. The camera is used only to read a team's QR code when you point it at one, and never otherwise. Built by a coach. SUBSCRIPTION AND PURCHASE TERMS PRO is sold two ways: a one-time purchase that never expires, or a yearly subscription. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and your account is charged within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple account settings at any time after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rotation-coach.netlify.app/privacy

Screenshots

SpikeUp4 screens
Rotation Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SpikeUp at none against Rotation Coach's 2. SpikeUp also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Rotation Coach's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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. Rotation Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. SpikeUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpikeUp ships an update monthly, Rotation Coach every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SpikeUp versus Rotation Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpikeUpRotation Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChaithanya TangellapalliGary Roberts

In-app purchases

None

SpikeUp

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Rotation Coach

Subscriptions1
  • Rotation Coach Yearly PRO$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO$29.99

Questions

Is SpikeUp free?
SpikeUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rotation Coach free?
Rotation Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpikeUp or Rotation Coach have ads?
Neither SpikeUp nor Rotation Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpikeUp or Rotation Coach?
SpikeUp ships an update monthly, and Rotation Coach every 2 months. Most recently, SpikeUp was updated on October 31, 2026 and Rotation Coach on October 24, 2026.

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