Comparison

MaxStats vs ShotTracker Team

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

Head to head
About

MaxStats

This app provides comprehensive basketball statistics tracking for high school games. It offers real-time editing, a built-in rules engine, and seamless integration with a national database for easy setup and stat import/export. Visualize game data with an interactive court and scoreboard.

Highlights
  • Interactive court and scoreboard
  • MaxPreps stat categories tracking
  • Real-time stat editing
  • Built-in NFHS basketball rules engine
  • Roster and lineup management
  • Export stats to MaxPreps.com
  • In-game and postgame reports
Features
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MaxStats - Basketball, powered by MaxPreps is a stat keeping for the iPad for high school statisticians, coaches and fans. The app is directly connected to the MaxPreps database so pregame setups and postgame score/stat imports are quick and easy. Free MaxPreps Membership is required. The app works for boys and girls Varsity/JV/Freshman basketball. Key features: • Interactive basketball court and scoreboard for visual game reference. • Keeps track of all of the MaxPreps.com stat categories, including timeouts and fouls – for both your team and your opponent! Real-time editing allows you to quickly make corrections to your stats without missing any game action. • The application features built-in NFHS basketball rules engine to make data entry faster. • Rosters can be modified at start time to reflect jersey changes as well as setting the starting lineup. Substitutions are made during the game with a single touch. • Demo game included on the schedule to practice using the application before game night. • Export stats directly to MaxPreps.com. The team administrator can preview the results prior to posting them on the team page. Results from multiple scorekeepers at the same game are available for comparison. Additional features: • In-game and Postgame player reports, team summary reports, and shot charts. • Individual and player combination impact reports. • Camera interface to take a picture during the game and attach it to any game event. • Add post game photos or video clips to any event for any game in the library.

About

ShotTracker Team

Access advanced real-time player and team statistics for practices and games in enabled facilities. View live data, shot charts, and historical performance. Organize drills, manage teams, and analyze advanced metrics for improved performance.

Highlights
  • Real-time player and team data
  • Live statistics and shot charts
  • Historic practice and game analysis
  • Organize shooting and scrimmage drills
  • Flexible practice management
  • Advanced statistical analysis
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Provides team and sports producers with access to advanced real-time player and team data and statistics for practices and games in ShotTracker-enabled facilities. The app enables you to view player activity, live statistic, shot charts during practices and games. In addition, you can view historic practices and games. Teams can organize practice activities in to shooting and scrimmage drills. Features include: • Ability to track stats from shooting drills and scrimmages • Live box scores, shot charts, zone maps, ball screens, and line-ups • Live multi-facility court views • Edit function for scrimmages to ensure stats are captured with 100% accuracy • Flexible practice management - choose the colors of your teams, select more than two teams for specific drills, make substitutions, utilize smart auto-substitutions • Create a practice plan in advance to simplify practice management • Compare players or lineups • Rewatch possessions from practices • Advanced stats inclulde: % of Possessions, PPP, FG%, TO%, etc for transition vs half court, paint touches, and more

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MaxStats at 4.7 against ShotTracker Team's 4.0. MaxStats also leads on ratings volume (953 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). ShotTracker Team's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MaxStats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MaxStats has 953 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of MaxStats's written reviews are positive against 50% of ShotTracker Team's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaxStats ships an update every 3 months, ShotTracker Team every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MaxStats versus ShotTracker Team: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxStatsShotTracker Team
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (953 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings953 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaxPreps Inc.ShotTracker, Inc

Customer experience

MaxStats

All ratings888 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative39.1%

ShotTracker Team

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

MaxStats

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Clock malfunctioning after a few games
  • Automatically adding turnovers when entering offensive fouls
  • Doesn't work on MacBook

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add custom stat buttons
  • Landscape mode option
  • Reset team fouls each quarter
  • Real-time stat sharing

ShotTracker Team

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MaxStats

No in-app purchases

None

ShotTracker Team

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MaxStats free?
MaxStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShotTracker Team free?
ShotTracker Team is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MaxStats or ShotTracker Team?
MaxStats is rated higher. MaxStats averages 4.7 out of 5 from 953 ratings, while ShotTracker Team averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do MaxStats or ShotTracker Team have ads?
Neither MaxStats nor ShotTracker Team shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MaxStats or ShotTracker Team?
MaxStats ships an update every 3 months, and ShotTracker Team every 3 weeks. Most recently, MaxStats was updated on November 1, 2026 and ShotTracker Team on November 3, 2026.

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