Comparison

Onside Training vs CoachingBase

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

Head to head
About

Onside Training

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Onside Training is a companion app for onside-training.com, built for football coaches and players who want one place to find drills, plan training and create their own tactics. DRILL LIBRARY Browse a growing library of football drills with video walkthroughs, setup instructions and coaching tips. Filter by focus area, intensity, time needed and number of players, then save your favourites for quick access later. TACTICS BOARD Design tactics on an interactive pitch. Place players, cones, hurdles, goals and other equipment, then draw arrows, lines and zones to map out exactly what you want your team to do. Choose from ready-made formations or build your own, and customise player jerseys to match your team's colours. ANIMATE YOUR TACTICS Record your tactics frame by frame, with curved player runs and adjustable speed for each step. Play it back to see the move come together, or export it as a video to send to your players or coaching staff. TRAINING SESSIONS Build full training sessions by grouping drills into sections such as warm-up, technical, tactical and cool-down. Add your own notes, attach a tactic to any drill, and see the total session time update automatically. Export a session as a PDF or share it with an assistant coach or player using a simple share code. EIGHT LANGUAGES The app is fully translated into English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish and Traditional Chinese. WORKS OFFLINE TOO Your saved drills, tactics and sessions are cached on your device, so you can keep working from your last session even without a signal on the pitch. FREE TO USE, PRO FOR MORE The entire drill library is free for everyone, with no account required and no limit on what you can read or watch. Onside Training Pro adds unlimited saved tactics, the full session planner, every pitch type, custom team colours, unlimited drill animation frames, and video export without a watermark. Onside Training is built by coaches, for coaches, and we're always adding new drills and features based on feedback from people actually using it on the pitch. Terms of Use: https://onside-training.com/terms-of-use/

About

CoachingBase

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CoachingBase is a growing training library by coaches for coaches. Share your best drills, use ideas from other coaches and plan your training faster than ever. HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT Most coaching apps hand you a finished library and that's it. We're the opposite: CoachingBase grows with every coach who joins. You can copy drills from other coaches, adapt them to your team, add your own. The more coaches contribute, the stronger the collection becomes — for everyone. The more coaches join in, the better it gets: post your own drills, refine sessions, share what works. We start with 800+ tested drills and 300+ complete session templates as a foundation. You can contribute or just use it. KEY FEATURES • 800+ drills from real coaching practice — filterable by age, category, focus • 300+ complete training sessions to copy and adapt • Add your own drills and share them with the coaching community • AI planner — complete session in 60 seconds, methodically structured • Digital tactics board — visualize formation, pressing, set pieces • Sketch import — photo of your hand-drawn drill becomes a digital drill • PDF export for notes on the touchline • Coaching staff calendar for collaborative planning in a club • Synced across all your devices — phone on the pitch, tablet in the coaching staff, everything up to date FOR WHOM Coaches in kids', youth and senior football. Club coaches with multiple teams as well as ambitious hobby coaches. FREE Core features (drill library, planning, sharing, PDF export) are and stay free. AI features will eventually go paid but transparently announced — no surprise paywall. TRUST Built from real coaching practice by an active club coach with 6+ years of experience. GDPR-compliant, EU hosting, no ads in the app. JOIN IN Magic-link via email — no password needed, no credit card. First training session done in under a minute. Beta: Feedback welcome at hello@coachingbase.app.

Screenshots

Onside Training4 screens
CoachingBase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CoachingBase at none against Onside Training's 2. 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. Onside Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. CoachingBase asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Onside Training versus CoachingBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnside TrainingCoachingBase
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnside StudiosMario Prem

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Onside Training

Subscriptions2
  • Onside Training Pro Monthly7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Onside Training Pro Annual$109.991 Year
None

CoachingBase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Onside Training free?
Onside Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoachingBase free?
CoachingBase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Onside Training or CoachingBase have ads?
Neither Onside Training nor CoachingBase shows ads.

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