Comparison

Rotation Coach vs Tap Live Stats

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

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Rotation Coach

Features
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Rotation Coach is a volleyball rotation planner for coaches who need answers on the bench, not on a laptop at home. Build your lineup once. Step through all six rotations and see exactly where every player stands in serve, in serve receive, in attack and in defense. The moment a formation breaks an overlap rule, the app tells you which two players are wrong and why, in plain language: "OPP #15 (Z4) must be in front of H2 #5 (Z5)". No more discovering it from a referee's whistle. WORKS WITHOUT A SIGNAL Gyms have terrible reception. Rotation Coach never needs any. Your rosters, your formations and your substitutions all live on your device, and they are there whether or not you have bars. There is no login, no sync, no spinner, and nothing to go wrong on a Saturday morning in a school basement. BUILT FOR THE SYSTEMS YOU ACTUALLY RUN The 5-1, 6-2 and 4-2 each arrive with real serve-receive, serving, attack and defense charts drawn from coached lineups, not generic diagrams. Or build your own from scratch. The 6-2 and 4-2 come with the substitutions that make them work, so a new team is ready to look at immediately. CATCHES WHAT COSTS YOU POINTS - Live overlap checking in serve and serve receive, naming both players - USAV and NFHS rule books, with the substitution counting each one uses - Libero tracking, including which rotation they serve in - Substitution planning per rotation, counted against your allowance FOR THE BENCH, NOT JUST FOR PLANNING Print one-page lineup sheets with every rotation at a glance, or a card per player. Terse on purpose, so you can read one mid-match. SHARE WITH YOUR PLAYERS (PRO) Send a player their own view by QR code. They scan it, and they see the court from their position, with where they start and where they move in every rotation. No account for them either. You can pass a whole team to another coach the same way. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is downloaded. The code carries the team itself, so sharing works in a gym with no bars, and your assistant coach is never left in the dark. WHAT IS FREE, WHAT PRO ADDS Free: one team, all six rotations across serve, receive, attack and defense, live overlap checking, libero and substitution tracking, and a printed card for each of your players. PRO: up to five teams, printed rotation sheets, team export, and player QR sharing. YOURS TO KEEP Buy it once and own it permanently. There is also a yearly option if you prefer a smaller number, but the one-time purchase is a real one. It does not expire, it does not phone home to check, and it keeps working whether or not this app is still being updated. NOTHING IS COLLECTED No account. No analytics. No advertising. No tracking. No servers. Your roster is your team's business, not ours, and it never leaves your device. The camera is used only to read a team's QR code when you point it at one, and never otherwise. Built by a coach. SUBSCRIPTION AND PURCHASE TERMS PRO is sold two ways: a one-time purchase that never expires, or a yearly subscription. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and your account is charged within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple account settings at any time after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rotation-coach.netlify.app/privacy

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Tap Live Stats

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Every game throws off a hundred small moments. A rebound. A save. A strikeout looking. Tap Live Stats catches all of them — with one thumb, from the bleachers. TAP. THAT'S THE WHOLE WORKFLOW. Pick a sport, name the two teams, start tapping. Jersey number, action, done. The score updates itself. No menus to dig through, no spreadsheet to reconcile afterward, no clipboard left on the roof of the car. FOURTEEN SPORTS, EACH DONE PROPERLY Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cricket, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Track, Volleyball, and Weightlifting — each with its own actions and its own real results, not one generic counter with the labels swapped out. Team sports get a live box score; cricket and bowling are scored ball by ball, with real scorecards; track, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics, and bowling track every athlete in a meet, with rankings, totals, and team scores where the sport has them. WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL AT ALL Ball fields are where cell service goes to die. Tap Live Stats writes to your device first, so a dead zone in the third inning costs you nothing. Sign in and your games sync up the moment you are back on Wi-Fi. A REAL BOX SCORE THE SECOND IT ENDS Points, rebounds, shooting percentages, hits, RBIs, saves, splits — all calculated live and ready to send to the group chat before you have left the parking lot. YOUR LEAGUE, TOO If your league runs on Tap Live Stats, you also get the full schedule, field assignments, live scores, standings, and archived past seasons — plus Ask JD, an assistant that answers plain questions about your league. "When does the 12U team play next?" "Who leads the conference?" FREE TO START Track a game right now without an account. A free account adds cloud backup and three active games. Premium lifts the cap and opens your full archive and season totals. Built for the coach, the scorekeeper, and the parent who ends up keeping stats anyway.

Screenshots

Rotation Coach4 screens
Tap Live Stats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rotation Coach at none against Tap Live Stats's shown. Tap Live Stats's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Rotation Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Tap Live Stats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rotation Coach ships an update every 2 months, Tap Live Stats every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Rotation Coach versus Tap Live Stats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRotation CoachTap Live Stats
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGary RobertsJDouble Technology Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rotation Coach

Subscriptions1
  • Rotation Coach Yearly PRO$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO$29.99
2 purchases

Tap Live Stats

Subscriptions2
  • Premium, monthly$3.001 Month
  • Premium, yearly$30.001 Year

Questions

Is Rotation Coach free?
Rotation Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tap Live Stats free?
Tap Live Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rotation Coach or Tap Live Stats have ads?
Tap Live Stats shows ads; Rotation Coach does not.
Which is updated more often, Rotation Coach or Tap Live Stats?
Rotation Coach ships an update every 2 months, and Tap Live Stats every 4 days. Most recently, Rotation Coach was updated on November 12, 2026 and Tap Live Stats on November 10, 2026.

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