What Is the Best Football Stats Recording App?

If you are searching for the best football stats recording app, the honest answer is that it depends on what you want it to do. Some apps are for the manager doing team admin, some for the player who wants their own numbers, and some go further and act as an analysis app that reads the stats straight from your match footage. Before you pick one, work out which of those jobs you actually need. You might want to log your own goals and assists across a season, run a team and need squad admin in one place, or get the full picture of a match without tapping buttons the whole game.

Stats recording app vs analysis app: what is the difference?

It helps to know the two types apart. A stats recording app is where you, a teammate or the manager record the events by hand, either live or after the game, and the app totals them up. An analysis app goes a step further and works out the stats for you, usually by reading a video of the match. A recording app saves you a spreadsheet. An analysis app saves you the watching and tapping as well. Most apps on the market today are recording apps. The analysis app is the newer, more hands off approach, and it is the one Pitchside is being built around.

A quick comparison

STATZO

STATZO is built around the individual player. You record your own performances, goals, assists, clean sheets and win rate, and build up a history over a season. If you want a recording app for your own game rather than a tool to run a team, it is one of the closest fits, and it is aimed squarely at grassroots players.

TeamStats

TeamStats is the established name in UK grassroots, and it is really a team management tool with stats inside it. It suits the person organising the side, with availability, results and admin in one place, and support for everything from 5-a-side up to 11-a-side. If you are a player rather than a manager, a lot of it is built for someone else's job.

Mingle Sport

Mingle leans social. Alongside lineups and scorekeeping it has a community feed where players share moments. It is a good fit for teams who want their matchday to feel like a shared thing rather than a spreadsheet.

SportEasy

SportEasy is strongest on organisation. Fixtures, attendance, messaging and the general running of a team or club are its focus, with stats as part of the package. Best for the admin who wants fewer group chats and one place for everything.

Match Stats

Match Stats keeps it simple. You tap in goals, assists, shots and tackles, either live or after the final whistle, and get a clean record back. A solid choice if you just want a no fuss recording app without the wider club features.

Where Pitchside fits as an analysis app

Every app above is a recording app, so someone has to enter the data, whether that is you, a teammate or the manager. Pitchside is being built as an analysis app to remove that step. You film the match on a phone, and the app reads the footage to produce your stats and a set of highlight clips. That means no live tapping and nothing worn. It is in development now, and you can join the early access list to be first in. If you want to start today, the free 5-a-side stats tracker is a simple recording tool you can use right now.

How to choose the best football stats recording app

• Decide the job first: log your own game, run a team, or analyse the whole match.
• Check it tracks what you care about, the on ball stats like goals and assists, not just attendance.
• Be honest about who will do the recording every week, since a recording app only works if someone does.
• If nobody has time to log by hand, look at an analysis app that reads the stats from footage.
• Make sure it keeps a season history so you can see progress, not just one match.

Read next

For more on tracking your game, see how to track football stats without a GPS vest and what stats matter in 5-a-side football.