Comparison

The Official SANFL App vs Around the Sticks Lite

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

Head to head
About

The Official SANFL App

Experience the complete SANFL season with live scores, detailed stats, and match replays. Customize your content by favorite club and league, and stay updated with the latest news and videos.

Highlights
  • Live scores and ladders
  • Customized content by club/league
  • Player and team statistics
  • Match replays and streams
  • News and videos
  • Ticket purchase option
Features
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Welcome to the new SANFL App for the 2026 season, which presents your complete SANFL experience in a new modern design. The SANFL app presents complete information across all Leagues and grades including Mens League, Women's League , Reserves, U18 Boys and Girls, U16 Boys and state games. New Features include: - Customised content based on your favourite Club and preferred League. - Keep up to date with live scores, ladders, team and player stats as they happen throughout the match and season. Other Features include: - All Pre-Season Fixtures dates, locations, and details. - Ticket purchase option. - Live SANFL Match Scores and Streams via SANFL Now. - SANFL Match Replays. - Club details including team player lists. - Player, Profiles Statistics and Leaderboards across all Leagues. - Latest news and videos from the League and around the clubs. - Access to all SANFL socials.

About

Around the Sticks Lite

This app provides yacht racers with essential course information, including mark bearings, distances, and turning instructions. It's designed for autonomous operation during races, requiring minimal user input so you can focus on sailing. Never lose your way on the course again.

Highlights
  • Mark bearing, distance, and turn shape
  • Autonomous race operation
  • Offline functionality
  • Accidental activation lock
  • Proximity mode for mark turns
  • Race start timer with audio cues
  • Custom mark and course creation
Features
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Around the Sticks is a richly featured yacht racing course app, providing clear and concise information on mark bearing, distance, shape of turn, side to pass and steering angle relative to mark. Optimized to perform autonomously in race conditions, the app requires very little user inputs, leaving you free to concentrate on the racing. Never get lost out on course again! Key features include: -Designed specifically for use in race conditions, and operated through a waterproof casing. Phone will not go idle whilst racing, rather the screen will dim and can be awakened by tapping anywhere on the screen (user settable) to save battery. -No internet connection is required whilst racing. -Buttons on main screen are automatically locked to prevent accidental activation. -One touch race: Once race is started (either with race timer or manually), no further inputs are needed from the user (if all mark positions are known to the app) mark rounding is automatic and the target moves automatically to the next mark. Laid marks, (without set/known coordinates) can be incorporated into courses to maintain the sequential structure. In these cases, once rounded an easily activated manual advance option advances to the next mark. -The main screen includes a link to course description, progress through the course, clear and easy to read bearing to and distance to, name and picture of the next mark, the side it must be left to, plus the name of the following mark of the course. Speed Across Ground and VMG to the mark are also included on the main screen. -Once near (distance user settable) to the next mark, proximity mode is activated. The shape of the turn and the bearing to the following mark are pre-emptively displayed, allowing the crew to prepare for the turn -Race start timer with sync signals for 5, 4 and 1 minutes to start, a user-settable timer button and clear audio cues. This can be used to trigger the start of a course within the app, or as a stand-alone feature -Clear help captions help explain features when you're getting started. Tap on a feature to display a caption explaining its function. Once you're familiar with the app, captions can be disabled in user settings -Create and store your own marks and courses, either by entering co-ordinates or "pinging" current location. User courses can be compiled with a combination of existing and custom marks, in a few moments. Ideal for race days where you're handed a new course at the last minute. It's also easy to enter into the app the entire course list for your club at the start of the season, so any course you may require is instantly accessible. Up to 200 courses may be compiled and stored in this way, however the full version of the app is required to navigate within user courses. Up to 3 user marks can be created and stored (200 in the full version of the app) -Around the Sticks free comes pre-loaded with marks and courses from Melbourne, Australia, this database will be extended regularly to include more territories/clubs. The first five courses of each club list are fully functional, the remaining courses can be used for reference purposes, however navigating within them requires the full version of the app. -Warning: As with all navigation apps, continued use of GPS may drain the battery life faster than normal. It is recommended that the app's easy to use timed screen dimming feature is activated to minimize this.

Screenshots

The Official SANFL App4 screens
Around the Sticks Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Around the Sticks Lite at 100% against The Official SANFL App's 11%. Around the Sticks Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Official SANFL App sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Around the Sticks Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Official SANFL App ships an update fortnightly, Around the Sticks Lite monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
The Official SANFL App versus Around the Sticks Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Official SANFL AppAround the Sticks Lite
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSouth Australian National Football League Inc.Tim Metherall

Customer experience

The Official SANFL App

Written reviews54 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative83.3%

Around the Sticks Lite

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Official SANFL App

One-time10
  • Res Elim Finals Digital Pass$3.99
  • Res Semi Finals Digital Pass$3.99
  • Res Prelim Final Digital Pass$3.99
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  • SANFL Elim Finals Digital Pass$3.99
  • SANFL Semi Finals Digital Pass$3.99
  • SANFL Prelim Final DigitalPass$3.99
  • U18 Grand Final Digital Pass$5.99
  • Res Grand Final Digital Pass$5.99
  • SANFL Grand Final Digital Pass$5.99
  • SANFL Season Digital Pass$31.99
None

Around the Sticks Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Official SANFL App free?
The Official SANFL App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Around the Sticks Lite free?
Around the Sticks Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Official SANFL App or Around the Sticks Lite have ads?
Neither The Official SANFL App nor Around the Sticks Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Official SANFL App or Around the Sticks Lite?
The Official SANFL App ships an update fortnightly, and Around the Sticks Lite monthly. Most recently, The Official SANFL App was updated on September 22, 2026 and Around the Sticks Lite on June 1, 2026.

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