Comparison

HoopScape vs FrameFive Basketball Playbook

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

Head to head
About

HoopScape

Design realistic basketball plays, build a reusable drill library, and plan entire practice sessions. Run drills directly from your phone with a guided timer and capture notes mid-session. Share plans easily with others and discover new drills from a community feed.

Highlights
  • Interactive play designer with animation
  • Reusable drill library
  • Practice session planner
  • Guided practice timer and notes
  • Share drills and practices via link
  • Community feed for drill discovery
Features
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HoopScape is the modern practice planner and play designer for basketball coaches — built by a coach, for coaches. Design game-realistic drills, plan your sessions, and run them straight from your phone. No clipboards, no spreadsheets, no whiteboard photos that never quite make it into a usable plan. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Sketch plays on an interactive basketball court. Drag players, defenders, the ball, and cones onto the court, animate motion across time, and replay your design. • Build a drill library you can reuse across the season. Every play you draw is saved as a drill you can tag by kind and variability, bookmark for quick recall, and pull into any practice. • Plan practices in one place. Drop drills into a session, set durations, reorder with a long-press, and see your total minutes update live. • Schedule weekly recurring practices or one-off sessions. Edit a single occurrence — this Thursday's practice starts late — without breaking the rest of the series. Skip an occurrence when you have a road game. • Run practice on the court with a guided timer, a whistle, and notes you can capture mid-practice. Run mode keeps the screen awake so your phone is a usable bench companion. • Take notes anywhere — on a drill, on a practice, on a single session. Notes stay put, so you can look back at what actually worked last Tuesday. • Share a drill or a whole practice with a link. Send it to an assistant, a parent, or another coach — no account needed to open it, and you can revoke the link whenever you want. • Post drills to the community feed, and pull other coaches' work into your own library when something catches your eye. BUILT BY A COACH HoopScape is built by a working basketball coach. Every tool in it — the play designer, the drill library, the practice planner, run mode — exists because a practice needed it, not because it looked good on a feature list. SUPPORT Questions, a bug, or a feature you want? Email support@hoopscape.app. You can also join the HoopScape coaches' Discord from the support page below. Support: https://hoopscape.app/support Privacy Policy: https://hoopscape.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://hoopscape.app/terms PRIVACY Your drills, practices, and notes sync across your devices. We do not sell your data or share it with advertisers. You can delete your account from inside the app at any time.

About

FrameFive Basketball Playbook

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FrameFive turns basketball tactics into clear, step-by-step animations your whole team can understand. FOR COACHES • Draw plays directly on a basketball court • Build movements one frame at a time • Add cuts, screens, passes and ball actions • Publish a play once and share it with the entire team • See who opened, watched and understood each play • Update plays without losing the structure of your playbook FOR PLAYERS • Focus on your own position without losing the full context • Replay every frame at your own pace • Read each step as text as well as seeing the animation • Confirm when a play is clear • Get notified when your coach publishes an update BUILT FOR THE WAY TEAMS LEARN A static diagram shows every arrow at once. FrameFive reveals the sequence: where each player starts, when the movement begins, where the screen is set and where the ball goes next. Start free with up to three plays. Coach Pro unlocks unlimited plays and all Pro coaching tools. The annual plan includes a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings. FrameFive supports iPhone and iPad, light and dark mode, VoiceOver-friendly descriptions and Sign in with Apple. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HoopScape4 screens
FrameFive Basketball Playbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HoopScape at none against FrameFive Basketball Playbook's 2. HoopScape also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. FrameFive Basketball Playbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. HoopScape asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HoopScape ships an update every 3 days, FrameFive Basketball Playbook weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HoopScape versus FrameFive Basketball Playbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoopScapeFrameFive Basketball Playbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinwis Ventures, LLCDiego Rodriguez

In-app purchases

None

HoopScape

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FrameFive Basketball Playbook

Subscriptions2
  • Coach Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Coach Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is HoopScape free?
HoopScape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FrameFive Basketball Playbook free?
FrameFive Basketball Playbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HoopScape or FrameFive Basketball Playbook have ads?
Neither HoopScape nor FrameFive Basketball Playbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HoopScape or FrameFive Basketball Playbook?
HoopScape ships an update every 3 days, and FrameFive Basketball Playbook weekly. Most recently, HoopScape was updated on October 31, 2026 and FrameFive Basketball Playbook on November 6, 2026.

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