SetPlay vs Hoops Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SetPlay
This sports coaching app helps basketball teams plan strategies during timeouts and practices. Visualize plays with drawing tools, customize player details, and record video instructions to enhance teamwork and secure victories.
- Basketball strategy planning
- Record video with voice-over
- Full and half court views
- Draw lines and directions
- Customize player names and numbers
- Select court floor types
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SetPlay is your sports coaching board for your basketball team during crucial timeout and also during your team practice.Win every leagues. Plan your basketball gameplay to build your teamwork and win every game. Features: -Compatible for iPhone and iPad -Record your SetPlay into a video file plus your voice-over instruction. (Feature exclusive for iPhone) -FullCourt and HalfCourt View -Draw lines/directions using fingers -Ball hit detection on home player, it will follow the player holding the door. -Double click player to change name and jersey number -Change the number of players on both team. -Court floor selection, wood stadium - outdoor concrete - or painted floor -more to come
Hoops Lab
This sports team management app streamlines practice preparation and administrative tasks for coaches. It offers tools for designing plays, communicating with the team, managing schedules, and organizing rosters, allowing more time for actual practice.
- Play designer
- Message board
- Team schedule
- Roster management
- Practice preparation tools
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Hoops Lab helps coaches run a more productive team. One where you spend less time standing around and more time practicing. With our play designer, message board, team schedule, and roster management, coaches can offload many of the setup and administrative tasks to happen before practice so that their players come prepared and ready to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hoops Lab at 4.5 against SetPlay's 2.6. Hoops Lab also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 21%). SetPlay's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hoops Lab holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of SetPlay's written reviews are positive against 33% of Hoops Lab's.
SetPlay ships an update every 2 weeks, Hoops Lab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SetPlay | Hoops Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (27 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvin Calma | Labrador Sports |
Customer experience
SetPlay
Hoops Lab
In-app purchases
SetPlay
No in-app purchases
Hoops Lab
No in-app purchases
