Coach Tactic Board vs SubTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coach Tactic Board
Design animated plays, create training drills with various equipment, and manage your team's tactics. Organize and share your strategies easily with players and staff. This app provides intuitive tools for coaches to plan and execute their game strategies efficiently.
- Animated play creation
- Drill design with equipment
- Drawing tools
- Unlimited tactic/drill saving
- Team and player management
- Export tactics as images/PDF
- Drag and drop substitutions
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Your tactical whiteboard — always in your pocket. Create animated plays, design drills and organize your team faster than ever. Trusted by thousands of coaches worldwide with a 4.7 rating. Plan & Create • Create animated plays and tactical boards • Design drills using full training equipment (cones, balls, ladders, and more) • Use powerful drawing tools with multiple line styles (solid, dotted, curved, etc.) Organize • Save an unlimited number of tactics and drills • Organize tactics by opponent, match or training session using folders • Quickly switch between full pitch, half pitch, training pitch or plain board Teams & Players • Create teams and manage your players • Make substitutions with simple drag & drop • Customize players (name, number, position, photo) Collaborate with Coach Messenger • Create group chats with your coaching staff • Share tactics and drills directly in conversations • Keep feedback and tactical ideas in one place • Invite coaches to join with a simple link Share & Export • Export tactics and drills as images or PDF files • Save to Photos, Dropbox, or other apps • Easily share your ideas with players or staff Designed to stay out of your way Built to be fast and intuitive, stable and reliable — focused on coaching, not distractions. No unnecessary complexity. Just the tools you need, when you need them. Free to try. Most features are available for free. Advanced tools can be unlocked with an in-app purchase. New features are regularly added and included for existing users. Support & Contact If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us: Email: support@evlonsoft.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/CoachingAppsByBluelinden Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SubTime
This app simplifies youth sports coaching by managing game planning, player playtime, and substitutions. It offers features like automatic rotation, custom formations, and attendance tracking. Coaches can also share teams and export game data.
- Player playtime tracking
- Automatic substitution rotation
- Customizable formations
- Attendance marking
- Game and player stats export
- Team sharing and collaboration
- Support for multiple sports
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Trusted by more than 60,000 coaches and used for over 600,000 games. Coaching should be about your players and the game - not trying to remember who needs to come off, who has played the longest, or when the next substitution should happen. SubTime takes the stress out of game-day management. Built for youth sports coaches, it helps you manage playing time, plan substitutions, organize lineups, track game events, and keep your coaching team on the same page - all from one app. GIVE EVERY PLAYER FAIR PLAYING TIME No more guessing who has played the most. The game clock and sub timer run together, so you see each player's playing and bench time at a glance throughout the match. SubTime makes it easier to balance minutes, spot who is due for a rest, and give every player a fair opportunity to participate. It's especially useful for youth coaches who want to keep playing time transparent and avoid the post-game question: "Why didn't my child play more?" TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF SUBSTITUTIONS Plan your substitutions before the game or manage them as the action unfolds. SubTime shows who's currently playing, who's on the bench, and who should come on next - so you can make changes without losing focus on the match. Auto Plan also works mid-game, so you can rebuild the rotation after a late arrival or an injury. ARRIVE WITH A GAME PLAN Build your roster, mark attendance, assign player positions, and prepare your starting lineup before kickoff. Pick a standard formation or build a custom one, then save your favorite lineups and reuse them for future games. You can also plan your rotation in advance: either create your own substitution plan or use the Auto Plan feature to generate one that spreads playing time evenly. DEALING WITH THE UNEXPECTED Game day rarely goes to plan, and SubTime has been fine-tuned over years of real matches to cope. A player arrives late. Someone picks up an injury. You make a substitution in the heat of the moment and forget to record it. A guest player turns up to fill a gap in the squad. Rework the squad, the rotation, and the record - adjust as you go or amend after the game, without restarting or losing what you've already tracked. TRACK THE GAME WHILE YOU COACH Record events as they happen - goals, assists, cards, substitutions, and custom events of your own. When the final whistle goes, everything is already organized. Review playing time, player participation, game history, and season statistics without rebuilding it from memory. Game history and player stats export to CSV for club reporting, auditing, or season records. COACH TOGETHER WITH SUBTIME LIVE Game management doesn't have to fall on one person. Share your team with assistant coaches and team managers. With SubTime Live, multiple coaches can collaborate during the same game - one manages substitutions while another tracks events. Family and friends can follow along as viewers, at the field or from home. FOR CLUBS AND MULTIPLE TEAMS Running more than one team? SubTime Club links your club's teams together, lets you view and export game history and player stats across every squad, and lets you buy SubTime access for club teams in bulk at discounted rates. Details at https://www.subtimeapp.com/club IS MY SPORT SUPPORTED? Pick your sport and SubTime is already set up for it: soccer/football, futsal, basketball, lacrosse, rugby, and field hockey. Coaching something else? Build a custom sport with your own positions and events - netball, or however your team plays. SUBSCRIPTION SubTime is free to use for games up to 40 minutes. A paid subscription is required to record games longer than 40 minutes, to use SubTime Live game sharing, and for advanced Auto Plan features. Privacy policy: https://www.subtimeapp.com/appprivacypolicy Terms and conditions (EULA): https://www.subtimeapp.com/general-8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SubTime at none against Coach Tactic Board's shown. SubTime also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Coach Tactic Board's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 80%) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 729). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Coach Tactic Board sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SubTime sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Coach Tactic Board against 4.7 for SubTime. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6K and 729 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Coach Tactic Board's written reviews are positive against 80% of SubTime's.
Coach Tactic Board ships an update every 2 months, SubTime every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Coach Tactic Board | SubTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.7 (729 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews — better | 79.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 729 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLUELINDEN | OTDSOFT INC. |
Customer experience
Coach Tactic Board
SubTime
User reviews
Coach Tactic Board
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 💡 Helpful animations and visuals
- 🔒 No subscription required
- 👍 Great value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Limited functionality in free version
- 🔀 Difficulty syncing between devices
- 📱 Lack of landscape mode support
- 🔧 Tedious to edit existing animations
SubTime
From 729 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent app for tracking and maintaining indoor, 6v6, and fast football teams
- 👍 Really helpful app for recording match stats and player minutes
- 👍 Amazing app for managing Rugby Union games
- 👍 Great for game management
- 👍 Phenomenal customer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 App glitchy and loses info in the middle of a game
- 🤑 Subscription services plan $29.99 /yr too expensive
- 🐛 Latest update causing errors
- 🤑 Not worth the money
- 🐛 Crashes on new iOS
Bugs and requests
Coach Tactic Board
Reported bugs
3 issues- Players disappearing from saved lineups
- Inconsistent behavior when editing formations
- Restore purchase not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to pause/control animations
- Improve team/player management features
- Integrate with cloud storage for sharing
- Introduce more preset drills and exercises
- Allow for more flexible field/pitch layouts
SubTime
Reported bugs
8 issues- Power play rule in UK kids football not supported
- Goal not recorded as a shot if a player scores
- Unable to keep the same child as Goalie for a half and change at half time
- Timer is incorrect and loses about 30 seconds each 30 mins
- Unable to edit placeholders on field
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- Unable to move player placeholders around on field
- Unable to edit goal scorers and assists during/after the game
- Loses all game time data if you leave the game screen before it's completed
Requested features
14 requests- Add ability to track saves for goalkeepers
- Allow real-time sync of data between devices
- Add more formations for soccer (11v11)
- Add ability to keep score for individual players
- Add feature to save game stats or export to CSV
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- Add groups of subs at the bottom (strikers, defense, mid, etc.)
- Improve player display format (number on top of name)
- Add volleyball (6v6) and ability to indicate if a player served
- Add summary button to list players and their cumulative playtime
- Add ability to edit placeholders on field (e.g. change ST to CF)
- Add ability to move player placeholders around on field
- Add countdown timer instead of sub time indicator
- Add ability to edit goal scorers and assists during/after the game
- Add ability to automatically shuffle players that remain in after substitutions
In-app purchases
Coach Tactic Board
- Coach Pro Monthly Promo$1.991 Month
- Coach Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Coach Pro Yearly Promo$14.991 Year
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- Coach Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Coach Pro$4.99
- Coach Pro Lifetime$59.99
SubTime
- SubTime$2.491 Month
- SubTime Standard Monthly$2.491 Month
- Team Monthly$2.991 Month
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- Team Plan Monthly$3.491 Month
- SubTime$24.991 Year
- SubTime Standard Plan Yearly$24.991 Year
- Team Annual$29.991 Year
- SubTime Team Plan Annual$34.991 Year
Questions
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