Comparison

PlayProtocol vs StretchPrep

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

Head to head
About

PlayProtocol

This app provides a library of over 120 sports drills for warm-ups, strength, and recovery, filmed by physical therapists. It offers sport-specific routines and offline access, with a free tier and a one-time purchase option to unlock all content.

Highlights
  • Over 120 sports drills
  • Warm-up, strength, and recovery routines
  • Sport-specific drills
  • Filmed by physical therapists
  • Offline access
  • Free starter drills
  • One-time purchase for full library
Features
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Warm-up, strength and recovery drills for school sports — over 120 drills, built and filmed by the physical therapists at Cape Concierge PT, a Cape Cod practice that runs injury-prevention programs for athletic departments. No binder. No hunting through YouTube for something that might be right. Open the app at the field, tap a drill, run it with your team. START FREE — A WARM-UP YOU CAN RUN, NO ACCOUNT Install it and watch. No sign-up, no email box, no card, and no trial clock. 11 drills are open to everyone, and every sport opens with the start of its warm-up free, plus an open drill in its strength and its recovery work. Soccer, basketball, volleyball, football, field hockey and lacrosse each begin with work you can run without paying. If a good warm-up you can run tomorrow is all you need, that is a complete thing on its own. PLAYPROTOCOL PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock every paid drill in the library with a single in-app purchase. It is not a subscription: buy it once on your Apple Account, restore it on your other devices, and it never expires. The library grows as CCPT films more. WHAT THE DRILLS ARE • Short and silent — the movement itself, with no intro and no talking head • Grouped by sport, so you see your team's work first • Warm-ups, strength work, recovery, and sport-specific skill drills • Saved for offline once watched, so a dead zone at the back field doesn't stop practice THE WARM-UP RUNS ITSELF Pick your blocks, set the pace, press Start. The runner calls each drill with a horn and a countdown, plays the movement silently beside the clock, and moves the whole team on — a coach coaches the reps instead of babysitting a phone. Spoken cues if you want them. And for hard light, Field Mode: near-black, with the countdown in huge neon type. FOR SCHOOLS AND CLUBS ENROLLED WITH CCPT If your athletic department works with Cape Concierge PT, your coordinator sets up your account and the app becomes your program's companion: • The day's prescribed drills for each of your teams • A one-tap daily check-in — "performed" or "not performed", with optional notes for your coordinator • A private season journal • Announcements from your program • The full drill library, included with your program Not enrolled and want to be? There's a form in the app, and Cape Concierge PT replies by email. It sells nothing and quotes no price. PRIVACY, PLAIN-LANGUAGE • No advertising, no analytics, no tracking SDKs of any kind • No health records and no medical data — just drills, check-ins, and notes • Sign in with Face ID or Touch ID; optional two-factor authentication • Your data is never sold or shared WHO MADE IT The drills, the coaching cues and the video are created by Cape Concierge Physical Therapy and are their property. The app is published and supported by Tatzel Labs LLC. Program questions go to your CCPT coordinator; app questions go to support@tatzel-labs.com.

About

StretchPrep

Features
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Your body, your routine. StretchPrep is a stretching routine builder: compose exactly the session you need — zones, holds, order — and follow it with the guided player. BUILD YOUR ROUTINE • Pick from 151 illustrated stretches, organized by body zone: neck, shoulders, back, lower back, hips, glutes, hamstrings, quads, calves and more • Set each block your way: timed hold (30 s, 45 s…) or breath cycles • Left/right sides, custom block names, from warm-up to wind-down • Save routines as templates, organize with folders and tags, mark favorites FOLLOW THE GUIDED PLAYER • Big posture illustration, countdown, next stretch always announced • Left/right reminders and a soft gong at the end of each block — no need to watch the screen • You stretch, it guides • Voice announcements: a voice says the next stretch, and can count down 3, 2, 1 • Apple Health (optional): each session is saved as a workout in the Health app START IN SECONDS • 15 ready-made routines: morning wake-up, desk break, runner's recovery, hips & lower back… • Or start from your zones, goal and time, then make it yours SHARE YOUR ROUTINES • Send any routine with a short link: to a friend, a running partner, a client. • The person who opens it adds it to their app in one tap — or sees it on a web page. • Manage your links in Settings: copy them again or delete them at any time. Only the routines you share leave your device. MADE FOR PRACTITIONERS AND PROS Physios, coaches and teachers prepare sequences for their clients with StretchPrep — and export any routine as a clean PDF. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no tracking. Your routines stay on your device. STRETCHPREP PRO The free version lets you build and play your first routines. Pro unlocks unlimited routines, the full stretch library, audio preview and the gong — monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use: https://stretchprep.rocketcode.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://stretchprep.rocketcode.app/privacy/

Screenshots

PlayProtocol4 screens
StretchPrep4 screens

Verdict

The call

PlayProtocol and StretchPrep are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. PlayProtocol sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StretchPrep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PlayProtocol versus StretchPrep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayProtocolStretchPrep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatzel Labs LLCAntoine Conan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PlayProtocol

One-time1
  • PlayProtocol Pro$99.99
2 purchases

StretchPrep

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PlayProtocol free?
PlayProtocol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StretchPrep free?
StretchPrep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlayProtocol or StretchPrep have ads?
Neither PlayProtocol nor StretchPrep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlayProtocol or StretchPrep?
PlayProtocol ships an update every 4 days, and StretchPrep every 4 days. Most recently, PlayProtocol was updated on September 30, 2026 and StretchPrep on October 13, 2026.

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