Comparison

Coach Tactic Board vs Pointly

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

Create animated plays, design drills with equipment, and organize your team's training sessions. This app allows coaches to manage players, share tactics, and export professional plans. It offers advanced tools for enhanced team management and strategy.

Highlights
  • Animated play creation
  • Drill design with equipment
  • Training session builder
  • Team and player management
  • Coach Messenger for collaboration
  • Export tactics and drills to PDF/image
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. 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.) Training Sessions • Build complete training sessions from your saved drills • Run sessions on the pitch with easy drill switching and a built-in timer • Export professional training plans to PDF with your club logo, team details and drill descriptions 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/

About

Pointly

This app simplifies sports scouting and data sharing for professionals, players, and fans. It offers advanced statistical detection and real-time data sharing, with a web portal for video analysis and training management.

Highlights
  • Real-time data sharing
  • Statistical detection
  • Video analysis
  • Training management
  • Personal and team statistics
  • Player performance tracking
Features
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Scouting just with a click away! Pointly is the new mobile application designed to help professionals, players and fans to be more informed about their team. Scouting a game has never been so simple and fun. With advanced features that help the statistical detection and real-time sharing of data into other devices, on your social networks or into the web. We have thought of an technical application and at the same time simple to use, which is updated for the needs of players, coaches and fans. Each user can view all personal and team statistics, a player can know his own performances but also those of his opponents. In the web portal of our application it is possible to perform video analysis based on your own scouts and manage training of your teams with attachments and questionnaires. Video analysis and workouts are visible to players directly via the mobile app. Pointly is a mobile application designed to provide athletes with a modern and intuitive tool with which to follow and document volleyball matches. Thanks to the internet, the data on the app is constantly updated. Your passion in your pocket Live your love of volleyball at all times, access an app created for you.

Screenshots

Coach Tactic Board4 screens
Pointly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pointly at none against Coach Tactic Board's 6. Pointly also leads on ads (none vs shown). Coach Tactic Board's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 57%). On price, update cadence, 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. Coach Tactic Board sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pointly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coach Tactic Board ships an update every 2 months, Pointly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Coach Tactic Board versus Pointly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoach Tactic BoardPointly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (119 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings119 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLUELINDENSERPLAY SRL

Customer experience

Coach Tactic Board

All ratings119 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.5%

Pointly

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Coach Tactic Board

Subscriptions4
  • Coach Pro Monthly Promo3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Coach Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Coach Pro Yearly Promo7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Coach Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Coach Pro$4.99
  • Coach Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

Pointly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coach Tactic Board free?
Coach Tactic Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pointly free?
Pointly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coach Tactic Board or Pointly have ads?
Coach Tactic Board shows ads; Pointly does not.
Which is updated more often, Coach Tactic Board or Pointly?
Coach Tactic Board ships an update every 2 months, and Pointly every 6 weeks. Most recently, Coach Tactic Board was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pointly on November 3, 2026.

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