Comparison

Coach Tactic Board vs DVMate

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

Head to head
About

Coach Tactic Board

Design animated plays, create drills with various equipment, and organize your team's tactics. Save unlimited plays and drills, manage player information, and easily share your strategies as images or PDFs. This app is built for coaches to focus on strategy without distractions.

Highlights
  • Animated play creation
  • Drill design with equipment
  • Drawing tools
  • Unlimited tactic saving
  • Team and player management
  • Export tactics as images/PDF
Features
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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. Ideal for rotations, serve-receive formations, attack patterns and match preparation. 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 court, half court, training court or plain board Teams & Players • Create teams and manage your players • Make substitutions with simple drag & drop • Customize players (name, number, position, photo) 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. Support & Contact If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us: Email: support@evlonsoft.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/CoachingAppsByBluelinden

About

DVMate

Features
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DVMate can import DVW data files from Data Product software such as DataVolley and Click and Scout. Match videos can be stored locally on the iPad or online and synchronised to the imported match stats. The users can create play lists from selected events from one or multiple matches and assigning them to certain players and teams thus making opposition scouting a cinch. Comprehensive reports are available at your finger tips covering all aspect of the sport of volleyball. Side outs report - how well a team side out? What rotation is their best side out? Serve receives report - filter on passers and/or rotations. Setter calls report - setter tendencies and more. Attack report - stats on type of attack and location. Customise query - build your own query. Momentum chart - scoring trends at a glance. Go straight to the video to view problematic situation. Compatible with VERT devices. Automatic synchronisation of VERT data and jump events to give great insight. See report on the number of jumps, average height and landing impact. Height of each jump is shown on video play back when available. The free version of DVMate limits the user to process two matches. Then you can choose one month, six months or yearly subscription. All new subscriptions come with one week FREE trial. Subscriptions: • Standard Subscriptions: USD 9.99/month - USD 49.99/6 months - USD 99.99/year • Advance Subscriptions: USD 39.99/month - USD 199.99/6 months - USD 349.99/year • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://peranasports.com/DVMate/DVMate_Privacy_Policy.html

Screenshots

Coach Tactic Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DVMate at Free against Coach Tactic Board's $5.99. DVMate also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). Coach Tactic Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

DVMate is free to download; Coach Tactic Board costs $5.99 up front. DVMate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Coach Tactic Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coach Tactic Board ships an update every 3 months, DVMate every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Coach Tactic Board versus DVMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoach Tactic BoardDVMate
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLUELINDENPerana Sports Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Coach Tactic Board

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

DVMate

Subscriptions6
  • Standard Features 1 month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Advance Features 1 month7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Standard Features 6 months7 Days trial$49.996 Months
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  • Standard Features 12 months7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Advance Features 6 months7 Days trial$199.996 Months
  • Advance Features 12 months7 Days trial$349.991 Year

Questions

Is Coach Tactic Board free?
Coach Tactic Board costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DVMate free?
DVMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coach Tactic Board or DVMate have ads?
Neither Coach Tactic Board nor DVMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coach Tactic Board or DVMate?
Coach Tactic Board ships an update every 3 months, and DVMate every 9 days. Most recently, Coach Tactic Board was updated on November 1, 2026 and DVMate on October 26, 2026.

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