Comparison

VolleyWrite vs Rotation Coach

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

Head to head
About

VolleyWrite

This app simplifies volleyball scoring for officials, offering rule set support and predictive assistance for substitutions. It allows for easy input, generates proper score sheets, and enables printing or emailing of reports. Ideal for all levels of play, from instructional to college.

Highlights
  • Supports standard 6-on-a-side volleyball games
  • Includes NCAA, NFHS, and USAV rule sets (modifiable)
  • Filters input and alerts to illegal actions
  • Gathers data for proper score sheet notation
  • Predictive Assistance for substitutions and libero replacements
  • Printable and emailable score sheets, libero tracking, and reports
Features
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VolleyWrite is an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use improvement over paper scoring that gives your scorer total control at the scoring table. VolleyWrite supports standard 6 on a side volleyball games. Rule sets for NCAA, NFHS and USAV are provided, but they can be modified for your conference/league. VolleyWrite uses the rules to filter your input and alert you to anything illegal. It then gathers all the necessary information to fill out the score sheet in proper notation. VolleyWrite simplifies your input so you can keep up with the action on the court and enjoy the match at the same time. And with the Predictive Assistance feature turned on, you can enter substitutions and libero replacements with a single touch! VolleyWrite is a subscription-based app. Without a subscription, you can still look at matches that have been scored, but you are not able to score another match. Subscription extensions are available as in-app purchases in VolleyWrite. "VolleyWrite Season" has no in-app purchase capability. It is designed for schools which have managed Apple accounts. VolleyWrite supports all levels of play including instructional, club, high school and college. Score sheets, libero tracking sheets and reports can be printed or emailed.

About

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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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Rotation Coach at 3 against VolleyWrite's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. VolleyWrite sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Rotation Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
VolleyWrite versus Rotation Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolleyWriteRotation Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWildfire Sports LLCGary Roberts

In-app purchases

9 purchases

VolleyWrite

One-time9
  • Tournament License$6.99
  • Sideout Efficiency Report$9.99
  • One Week License2 variants$9.99
Show 6 more
  • Season License$49.99
  • Season License$69.99
  • Year license$89.99
  • 6 Month License w/Extra Activation$104.99
  • One Year License$129.99
  • Year License with Extra Activation$194.99
2 purchases

Rotation Coach

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

Questions

Is VolleyWrite free?
VolleyWrite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rotation Coach free?
Rotation Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VolleyWrite or Rotation Coach have ads?
Neither VolleyWrite nor Rotation Coach shows ads.

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