Comparison
Coach Play Studio vs The Hoops Geek
The Hoops Geek sells a team app with plays inside: planner, rotations, messenger, calendar, billed per team. Coach Play Studio sells the plays themselves, sent by link to a team that never needs accounts. Which you need depends on which problem you are buying for.
| Capability | Coach Play Studio | The Hoops Geek |
|---|---|---|
| Animated play playback | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | 3 plays | 5 plays, 1 playbook |
| Solo price, annual | $90/yr | $120/yr |
| Week pass | $5 once | Not offered |
| Money back guarantee | 30 days | 14 days |
| Practice planner, rotations, live subs | No, deliberately | Yes |
| Team messenger and calendar | No, deliberately | Yes, Team plan at $180/yr per team |
| Native iOS and Android apps | No, installable web app | Yes |
| Published play library | Yes, Coach plan, plus a drill library | Yes, 121 plays |
| Embed a play on your own site | Yes, free plan | No |
| How a team sees plays | Share links, no accounts | Player logins on the Team plan |
| Keep your plays after cancelling | Yes, editable and shareable | Not claimed |
Hoops Geek details from thehoopsgeek.com and their published pricing page, September 2026; our side checked against our own product the same week. Tell us if something here has gone stale and we will fix it.
Where The Hoops Geek is genuinely strong
Credit where due: The Hoops Geek is the most complete coaching suite in this market. Native apps with excellent ratings, a real practice planner, a rotation maker, a live substitution manager, and a library of over a hundred ready-made plays. If you want one app for the whole coaching week and per-team pricing fits, it is the suite to beat.
Where Coach Play Studio pulls away
If the thing you are buying is the plays, a bundled suite treats them as one feature. We treat them as the product.
- Cheaper where it counts. $90 a year against their $120 Solo, and no per-team plans stacked on top. A $5 week pass covers a tournament without a subscription.
- No logins for your team. A share link opens in any browser. Nobody installs an app, nobody makes an account, and you can take the link back whenever you want.
- Embeds. A play on your own team page or blog as a plain iframe, free. They do not offer it.
- Leaving is safe. Cancel and every play you drew stays yours, editable and shareable, with a 30 day money back guarantee against their 14.
- No bundle tax. Keep the team app your program already likes for messages and schedules. We slot in beside it.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between Coach Play Studio and The Hoops Geek?
The Hoops Geek is a full coaching suite: plays plus practice planning, rotations, messaging and calendars, priced per team. Coach Play Studio does one thing, the plays, at $90 a year, and your team opens them from links with no logins.
Is The Hoops Geek more expensive than Coach Play Studio?
For one coach, yes: $120 a year versus our $90. Their Team plan bills per team at $180 a year each. Our price does not change with team size, because viewers use share links, not seats.
Which one should a coach choose?
If you want one app to run your whole coaching week, planner and rotations included, The Hoops Geek is the suite to beat. If you want the plays themselves, animated, embeddable and cheaper, with no logins for your team, choose Coach Play Studio.
Buy the plays, not the bundle
Start free with three plays and send the first link tonight. Your team app can stay right where it is.