The Hoops Geek | Play Designer
Andreas Rauh Sports iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
The Hoops Geek | Play Designer is a free Sports app for iPhone and iPad by Andreas Rauh. Rated 4.9/5 from 1,105 ratings. Requires iOS 16.4.
- Rating
- 4.9
- 1.1K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 53 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 18
- 2026 · v1.4.1
Screenshots
About The Hoops Geek | Play Designer
The Hoops Geek is the basketball coaching app for drawing plays, running practice and managing your team. Draw a play in seconds and watch it animate automatically. Now with an Apple Watch app to run practice from your wrist. Rated 4.9 stars by coaches. Trusted by 200k+ users. DRAW PLAYS IN SECONDS Drag and drop players and actions onto the court: dribble, pass, cut, screen, handoff and shot. Everything snaps into place, so your diagrams look clean without any extra work. EVERY PLAY ANIMATES AUTOMATICALLY No video editing. Every action you draw is animated instantly, phase by phase. Add a short note to each phase so players know exactly what to read and why. Players understand the play the first time. YOUR OWN PLAY LIBRARY Organize every play and drill in your own folders and add tags. Search by name and find the right play in seconds. PRINT-READY PLAYBOOKS Turn your plays into complete playbooks with chapters and explanations. Share them with your team as a link or export a clean PDF for print and offline use. PLAN AND RUN YOUR PRACTICES Build structured practice plans with drills, plays and notes. Then run practice live: a timer for every drill, what's next, and whether you're ahead or behind schedule. NEW: APPLE WATCH APP Run practice from your wrist. See the current drill, the time left and the next drill, and move on with one tap. Adjust time with the Digital Crown and add notes by dictation. Your practice timer also appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. PLAN YOUR ROTATIONS BEFORE THE GAME Lay out who plays when, quarter by quarter, and see every player's minutes at a glance. Fair playing time, planned ahead. MANAGE YOUR SUBS IN-GAME Track the game clock and playing time live. Color-coded bars show who needs a rest, and your planned substitutions remind you when they're due. COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR TEAM (TEAM PLAN) With a Team subscription, team chat, tasks, attendance and a shared calendar keep players and staff on the same page. Assign a play to study and see who has done it. WHAT COACHES SAY "Best play designer app I've used. Simple, easy to use, just works!" "It's easy to use for the coach and easy for the players to understand the animations." FREE AND PRO Start free and save up to 5 plays. Subscribe for unlimited plays and video export. The Team plan adds team chat, tasks, attendance and the calendar, with accounts for your coaching staff and players. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/privacy-policy-3/
Ratings & reviews
4.9
1.1K ratings
What’s new
Version 1.4.1 · Updated October 18, 2026
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
App privacy
The developer, Andreas Rauh, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
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