StatHoops vs Basketball Play Maker Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StatHoops
This app provides a comprehensive platform for basketball teams, offering features like live stat tracking, scheduling, team chat, and analytics. It's designed for coaches, players, parents, and fans to manage and follow a team from practice to championship games.
- Live stat tracking
- Team scheduling and events
- Player and team analytics
- Film room with clip creation
- Team chat and messaging
- Photo sharing and albums
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StatHoops is the all-in-one basketball team app built for coaches, players, parents, and fans. Run your team like a pro with schedules, live stat tracking, film, photos, team chat, and analytics — all in one place. Whether you're coaching a youth travel team, tracking your son or daughter's season, or following a roster from the stands, StatHoops keeps everyone on the same page from the first practice to the championship. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Team Dashboard — Your next game, team record, announcements, upcoming tournaments, and recent results at a glance. • Schedule & Events — Games, practices, and tournaments with filters, search, and locations. Coaches can create events in seconds. • Live Stat Tracking — Log play-by-play in real time with a game clock, periods, substitutions, and undo. No more paper scorebooks. • Full Box Scores — View and edit stats after every game, with attendance tracking for practices and games. • Team Analytics — Shooting trends, efficiency, shot mix, point differential, ball security, and coaching takeaways powered by your team's real data. • Player Stats — Season averages, advanced metrics, game logs, film clips, and AI-powered insights to help every player improve. • Coach Reports — Team analytics and practice guidance generated from your season's data. • Film Room — Attach YouTube film to any game, create clips, tag players, and leave coaching notes. • Team Chat — Channels for your team, per-game threads, and direct messages with unread badges, reactions, and search. • Photos & Albums — Share team photos from games, tournaments, and team events. • Trophy Case — Celebrate championships and team awards. • Built for Every Role — Tailored experiences for coaches, managers, players, parents, and fans. BUILT FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL StatHoops is made for AAU, travel, middle school, and high school basketball programs that want the power of a pro-level toolkit without the complexity. Invite your team with a code and start running things the right way. Sign in with Apple, Google, email, or phone. Your team's data is private and only visible to invited members.
Basketball Play Maker Studio
Design basketball plays by sketching on a court, breaking them into animated phases, and sharing them as printable PDFs or vertical videos. Sync plays across devices with a free coach account.
- Sketch plays on real court layouts
- Animate play movement in phases
- Export plays as printable PDFs
- Export plays as vertical videos
- Sync plays across devices
- Switch court markings (HS, NCAA, NBA)
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Play Maker Studio is the basketball play designer built for coaches who'd rather draw a play than describe it. Sketch any play on a real court, break it into phases, and watch the movement animate exactly the way it runs. Then hand it to your team the way they'll actually use it — a clean printable PDF for the clipboard, or a vertical video for the group chat. Terms of Use: https://triplethreatbasketballtraining.com/terms DESIGN ON A REAL COURT • Half-court or full-court, your choice • Switch between High School, NCAA, and NBA markings in one tap — players stay put, the lines redraw around them • Five offensive players, five defenders, and the ball • Cuts, passes, dribbles, and screens, each with its own clear annotation and a built-in legend BUILD IT IN PHASES • Break a play into steps so it's easy to teach and easy to read • Add notes to any phase • Play the whole thing back as a smooth animation SHARE IT ANY WAY YOUR TEAM WORKS • Export a printable PDF play sheet • Export a vertical video for Reels, TikTok, or your team's group chat • Everything renders identically on iPhone, iPad, and Mac YOUR PLAYBOOK, EVERYWHERE • Create a free coach account and your plays sync across all your devices • Start a play at home on the Mac, finish it courtside on your phone • Or skip the account entirely and keep every play on-device Play Maker Studio is made by Triple Threat Basketball Training — coaching tools built by people who actually run practices. Questions or ideas? Email admin@triplethreatbasketballtraining.com. We read everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StatHoops at none against Basketball Play Maker Studio's 3. Basketball Play Maker Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Basketball Play Maker Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. StatHoops asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for StatHoops against 5.0 for Basketball Play Maker Studio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | StatHoops | Basketball Play Maker Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BRIAN CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN | Triple Threat Basketball LLC |
Customer experience
StatHoops
Basketball Play Maker Studio
In-app purchases
StatHoops
No in-app purchases
Basketball Play Maker Studio
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
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