Comparison

NextPlay Highlights vs IKU Survivor

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

Head to head
About

NextPlay Highlights

Easily create highlight reels of your child's sports achievements from existing videos. AI helps identify key plays, allowing you to curate moments for sharing with family, teammates, and coaches. Supports various sports and offers options for individual athletes or entire teams.

Highlights
  • Create highlight reels from phone videos
  • AI-assisted play detection
  • Organize by athlete and sport
  • Generate season recaps or recruiting videos
  • Share via MP4 or viewing link
  • Manage team rosters and game film
Features
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Make a highlight reel of your child's best sports moments from the videos already on your phone. NextPlay Highlights helps parents turn sideline clips, tournament footage and game film into videos to share with family, teammates and coaches. Start with the footage you have, review the plays AI finds, and choose the moments that tell your athlete's story. FOR SPORTS PARENTS - Combine phone clips from a game or across the season. - Keep highlights organized by athlete, including siblings who play different sports. - Make a season recap, a short social highlight or a recruiting video. - Download an MP4 to Photos or share a viewing link in a family group chat. - Use the same account on iPhone, iPad and the website. Sign in with Apple is available on the app and web. FROM CAMERA ROLL TO HIGHLIGHT REEL 1. Upload phone clips or game footage. 2. Review the detected plays and choose what to include. 3. Create a Highlight, Recruiting Highlight or Hype version. 4. Save the video or share it yourself through your preferred app. FOR YOUTH TEAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS Coaches and club organizers can manage athlete profiles and team rosters, review full-game film, and prepare clips to share with families. Game Tape keeps every detected play in order; Coach Film lets you remove plays from the cut. Choose a plan for the number of athlete profiles and teams you manage. FILMING YOUR ATHLETE For individual highlights, keep your athlete and the action in frame. With wide team footage, review the plays and remove those that are not your child's. NextPlay does not automatically identify your child in every play or contact recruiters for you. Full-game analysis takes over an hour; allow time for uploading and preparing the video too. SPORTS Soccer, football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, flag football, hockey, wrestling, swimming, track and field, and more. SUBSCRIPTIONS The app is free to download. Adding film requires a paid plan. NextPlay offers auto-renewable monthly Athlete, Family, Team and Team Pro subscriptions. Current prices are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel purchases made through Apple in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://nextplayhighlights.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://nextplayhighlights.com/privacy Support: https://nextplayhighlights.com/contact

About

IKU Survivor

Compete weekly by selecting one football club to survive a matchday. Lose a life with a draw or loss, and be eliminated at zero. Create private leagues with friends and receive reminders for your picks.

Highlights
  • Weekly club selection
  • Counted lives system
  • Last one standing wins
  • Create private leagues
  • Friend invitations
  • Matchday reminders
Features
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IKU Survivor One team each matchday. Counted lives. Last one standing wins. No line-ups, no auctions. Each week you pick one club and put it on the line. Win: you stay in. Draw or loss: you burn a life. At zero lives you are out. Used kits stay burned until the pool resets. Create a league with friends, invite with a link, watch deadlines and results. An alert eight hours before the first match if you still have not picked. Free: one league, no ads. Pro (€3.99/year in Italy; other currencies use the store price) unlocks extra leagues and the tools around the pick: calendar, members, a tip. Game rules stay the same for everyone. This is not betting and there is no cash prize. Skill game, 16+. Made by Alvicore S.r.l. Privacy: https://survivor.alvicore.com/privacy.html Terms: https://survivor.alvicore.com/termini.html Support: https://alvicore.com/contatta

Screenshots

NextPlay Highlights4 screens
IKU Survivor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: NextPlay Highlights at 3 against IKU Survivor's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. NextPlay Highlights sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and IKU Survivor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NextPlay Highlights against 5.0 for IKU Survivor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextPlay Highlights ships an update every 6 days, IKU Survivor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NextPlay Highlights versus IKU Survivor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextPlay HighlightsIKU Survivor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB47 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNeil BrownALVICORE SRL

Customer experience

NextPlay Highlights

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IKU Survivor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

NextPlay Highlights

Subscriptions6
  • FlagPlay Add-On$9.991 Month
  • Athlete$14.991 Month
  • Family$24.991 Month
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  • Athlete (Yearly)$99.001 Year
  • Family (Yearly)$179.001 Year
  • Team Pro$249.001 Month
One-time4
  • Athlete Season Pass$40.99
  • Family Season Pass$67.99
  • Team Season Pass$399.99
Show 1 more
  • Team Pro Season Pass$669.99
1 purchases

IKU Survivor

Subscriptions1
  • Survivor Pro$3.991 Year

Questions

Is NextPlay Highlights free?
NextPlay Highlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IKU Survivor free?
IKU Survivor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NextPlay Highlights or IKU Survivor?
NextPlay Highlights and IKU Survivor are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NextPlay Highlights or IKU Survivor have ads?
Neither NextPlay Highlights nor IKU Survivor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextPlay Highlights or IKU Survivor?
NextPlay Highlights ships an update every 6 days, and IKU Survivor every 3 days. Most recently, NextPlay Highlights was updated on November 5, 2026 and IKU Survivor on November 6, 2026.

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