Sideline Legend vs Pitch Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sideline Legend
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Sideline Legend is the simple game-day companion for youth soccer coaches. Set your roster, start the clock, and let the app handle fair substitutions so every player gets equal time on the pitch. See your whole lineup out on the field, keep score as the goals go in, and let the app save the result — and you can focus on coaching. MANAGE YOUR TEAM • Build your roster with names, jersey numbers, and preferred positions • Mark who's at today's game with one tap, and flag injuries • Add a team name and a team photo or logo that greets you on the splash screen RUN THE MATCH CLOCK • Set your format: minutes per half, number of halves, and players on the field (7-, 9-, or 11-a-side) • Automatic halftime pause — one tap starts the next half • A big, clear clock with time remaining and a per-half progress bar FAIR SUBSTITUTIONS, AUTOMATICALLY • The app rotates your bench on a smart interval so playing time stays even across the squad • Goalkeepers are left in place, so your keeper isn't shuffled into the outfield by accident • A pre-rotation heads-up gives you a few seconds to get subs ready, then a clear alert when it's time • Prefer to do it yourself? Tap any player to sub them on or off, or hit "Rotate" for an instant fair swap • A full-time report shows exactly how many minutes each player got SEE YOUR LINEUP ON THE FIELD • Switch between Field and List whenever you like — the sorted roster you already know is still there • On Field, every player is a circle carrying their name, their minutes played, and a role chip (LB, CM, RF) for where they're standing • Drag a player onto a team-mate to swap them, or onto open grass to move them somewhere new — the role chip re-labels itself • Drag someone down to the bench to take them off, or drag a bench player on to send them out — or just tap the two players instead, which is easier with cold hands • Formation presets from 4-a-side to 11-a-side, or drag out a shape of your own; the header reads your formation back off the field, like 1-3-3-2 • Any sub you make here can be undone for 12 seconds, and moving players about never disturbs the fair-minutes maths KEEP SCORE, KEEP THE RECORDS • Tap + on the scoreboard and the goal is on the board straight away; name the scorer afterwards, or not at all • Tap the score to open the goal log — add a goal nobody logged, name a scorer you skipped, or swipe away a mis-tap • Pick your Man of the Match at full time; the picker puts everyone who hasn't won it yet at the top, with each player's season tally, so the award gets shared around the squad • Every finished game is saved to Records with the score, the scorers, the Man of the Match, and everyone's minutes — all still editable later, so you can type the opponent in on the drive home • A season summary: games played, won, drawn and lost, goals for and against, a form guide, and the Man of the Match tally for the whole squad • Copy any result — or the whole season — to the clipboard, or share it as plain text so it reads properly in any team chat ALERTS THAT REACH YOU ON A BUSY SIDELINE • A chime and a buzz at each rotation — heard even on silent and over your music • Adjustable heads-up lead time, or turn the sound off entirely • The clock keeps perfect time even if you put your phone away, and notifications tell you when to rotate or break for halftime — so you never miss a sub BUILT FOR THE SIDELINE • Works on iPhone and iPad • 100% offline — no internet connection needed • No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. Ever. • Collects NO data — your roster, photo, results, and settings never leave your device • The screen stays awake during a game so the clock is always visible Set your lineup, kick off, and let Sideline Legend keep every kid in the game.
Pitch Studio
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An easy-to-use soccer tactics board. The side lined up in one go, players registered in a minute. Free to start. Pick a formation from the list and press "Apply" — that is all it takes. Tap the players on the board and type their names, and the starting eleven goes in in about a minute. Players and formations you register once stay in the app, so from the next tactic on you just pick. ■ Register once, then just pick • Player roster: build the roster once, then just call it up. No retyping names, no retyping numbers. You can also paste a list to register several players at once. • Player groups: keep a separate roster for each age group or squad and switch between them. Moving from the first team to the juniors never mixes them up. • Saved formations: shirt numbers, roles and the shape are saved. One tap on "Apply" brings your usual line-up back exactly as it was. • Custom formations: a shape that is not in the list can be added too. Move the players on the board and press "Add current positions"; from then on you pick it from the formation list. • Attacking and defending shapes (Pro only): keep one shape with its roles for attacking and another for defending, and swap between them instantly with a single icon. These are account-wide settings, not settings inside one tactic. The preparation you do once becomes the speed you get every time after. ■ Free to start The free version is not a trial. There is no time limit: 3 tactics with 5 scenes each, 1 player group, 1 custom formation and 1 saved formation line-up stay free for as long as you like. A banner ad is shown. ■ Show the movement, and plan training sessions too • Animation: chain scenes together and play them back, so the movement is shown as movement. Export it as a video or GIF to share. • Training sessions: place 12 kinds of equipment, including cones, poles, mannequins and mini goals. A session can be chained into scenes and played back too. • Drawing: arrows, lines, rectangles, ellipses, text and freehand. Lines can be straight, wavy or curved, and solid, dashed or dotted; ends can carry an arrow, a cross or a T-bar. • Shirt numbers and roles: choose per team whether the shirt shows the number or a role such as CF or CMF. Roles you have used before can be picked from the suggestions. • Line of sight: show not only where a player is standing but where they are looking. Move the ball and the players turn to follow it automatically. • Substitutions and the bench: handle changes and bench places directly on the board. • 11-a-side, plus 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 3-a-side and shapes without a goalkeeper; full pitch or half pitch. • My tactics can be sorted into folders. • Export: a PNG image, a video, a GIF, and a tactics file you can open and edit again later. ■ Change device, and the preparation comes with you Sign in and the same tactics open on every phone, tablet and computer on that account. There is a browser version as well, and signing in there opens the same tactics with the same Pro access. Roster, player groups and saved formations belong to the account too, so adding a device never means entering them again. Without signing in, your data is saved on this device. ■ Languages Japanese, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese ■ Pitch Studio Pro (monthly, auto-renewing) Pro raises the limits to 50 tactics with 50 scenes each, 50 player groups and 50 custom formations, lets you save more than one formation line-up, adds the attacking and defending shapes, and removes the ads. • Payment is charged to your App Store account • The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends • You can cancel in your App Store account settings Terms of Use: https://pitch-studio-info.pages.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://pitch-studio-info.pages.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sideline Legend at none against Pitch Studio's 1. Sideline Legend also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pitch Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Pitch Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Sideline Legend asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sideline Legend | Pitch Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Cowley | Daisuke Fukamachi |
In-app purchases
Sideline Legend
No in-app purchases
Pitch Studio
- Pitch Studio Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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