Footy’s bench never stops. Neither should the app.
AFL is one of the better-served sports for coaching apps — dedicated tools, club ecosystems, analytics and the official companion. But most specialise, and community coaches still juggle two or three of them. Here’s who does what, and what the whole match-day job takes.
One of the longest-established AFL coaching apps — quarter planning, a formation editor, interchange planning, player time alerts and season reporting, designed around AFL coaching workflows.
Widely used by community clubs — rotations, live statistics and player analysis, integrated with the broader Rookie Me ecosystem for club reporting and coach resources.
Data-driven decision support — live team and opposition statistics, quarter-by-quarter insights and AI-generated coaching suggestions during games.
Built to make life easier for first-time grassroots coaches — fair rotation planning, training plans, parent communication and game-day packs.
The AFL’s official companion — live scores, team selections, advanced player statistics and the match centre. Essential for following footy; not a coaching tool.
The bar: the whole match day in one app
Footy’s interchange never stops moving, junior comps expect equal game time, and the fence expects the score. The full job on a Saturday looks like this:
- Live minutes on every player — field and bench — with the heaviest-used flagged at a glance
- Interchanges in two taps on a live field view, carried through every quarter break
- Lineup auto-fill that prioritises the players with the least season game time
- Goals and behinds attributed in one tap, with the score always right
- Parents live at the game, and post-game Player of the Match voting
- Season fairness records — and fully offline at the ground
- Hands-free voice logging for senior grades — Kickd Callout, over a Bluetooth headset
Where Kickd fits
Kickd runs footy’s match day from one screen: a live field view where interchanges are two taps, every player’s minutes count automatically — bench included, heaviest-used flagged — and the lineup carries through each quarter break for the huddle edit. Goals and behinds are attributed in one tap with the score always right, lineups auto-fill to give the least-played kids first crack, parents follow the game free from the fence or home, and juniors get post-game Player of the Match voting where parents vote on behalf of their child. The season record — minutes, stats, fairness, awards — builds itself, and everything works fully offline at the ground.
Australian-built, Auskick to seniors, $40 per season for the whole team — and it works alongside Rookie Me, your training tools and the AFL Live app. See Kickd for AFL.
Keep the drills app for training night and AFL Live for the footy. For your own team’s Saturday — the interchanges, the minutes, the score and the season record — that’s Kickd.
Get the appAFL apps, answered
What is the best AFL app for game day?
It depends on the job. Great Coach AFL is a long-established dedicated coaching app; Rookie Me Play suits clubs in the Rookie Me ecosystem; Stat Coach Live focuses on AI analytics; QuarterTime helps first-time junior coaches; the AFL Live app is for following the game. For running the match — interchanges, live minutes, fair game time, scores and voting in one app — Kickd is purpose-built for community footy, Auskick to seniors.
Which AFL apps track playing time automatically?
Kickd tracks playing time from the live match clock: every player’s minutes count up against their name on the field view — bench included — the heaviest-used players are flagged at a glance, and every match stores a fairness record for the season.
How does Kickd handle AFL interchanges?
Interchanges are two taps on the live field view — tap the player coming off, tap their replacement — and the lineup carries through every quarter break for editing at the huddle. Minutes keep counting through every change, so the rotation picture is always current.
Does Kickd work for Auskick and junior footy?
Yes — Kickd supports AFL from Auskick ages through to seniors, with automatic equal game-time tracking for juniors and post-game Player of the Match voting where parents vote on behalf of their child.
Does Kickd replace the AFL Live app or Rookie Me?
No — they do different jobs. AFL Live is for following the elite game; Rookie Me serves club development ecosystems. Kickd runs your own team’s match day — the bench, the minutes, the scores and the season record — and works happily alongside both.
Do any AFL apps support voice control?
Kickd is the only grassroots AFL app with sport-aware voice control. Kickd Callout — a premium add-on for senior grades — lets the coach log the game completely hands-free over a Bluetooth headset (the Shokz OpenComm 2 boom mic is the proven pick for boundary-line noise): say "goal twelve" or "rushed behind" and the score updates without touching the screen. Recognition runs on-device and fully offline, built from footy’s own language rather than generic dictation.