Oztag finally has apps. Here’s what a full match day takes.
Oztag has long been underserved — plenty of fixtures-and-rego tools, very little that helps a coach during the game. That’s changing. Here’s what each option is actually for, and the bar a rolling-subs sport sets for a proper match-day app.
A free app built specifically for Oztag — team management, on/off-field playing time, player statistics and Player of the Match selection. Aimed squarely at coaches managing rolling subs.
A simple substitution manager — rotations, bench tracking and equal playing time, for Oztag and many other community sports. A good fit when you don’t need scoring or statistics.
What many Australian Oztag associations run for draws, results, ladders and schedules — competition information rather than coaching.
The bar: a rolling-subs sport needs the full match day
Oztag is unlimited interchange, short halves and a bench that never stops moving — which makes it the sport where half-measures fail fastest. A subs list without a reliable clock, or a timer that quietly stops, puts the coach right back on the whiteboard. The full job looks like this:
- A clock that keeps running when your phone doesn’t — backgrounded, locked, or out taking photos
- Unlimited rolling subs in two taps, with live minutes on every player
- Rotation alerts and a fairness record on every match
- One-tap try scoring — with try assists, line breaks and tags made from U13 up
- Post-game Player of the Match voting and season leaderboards
- Fully offline at the fields
- Hands-free voice logging for senior grades — Kickd Callout, over a Bluetooth headset
Where Kickd fits
Kickd treats Oztag as its own sport, U6 to Opens: a live 8-a-side field of wings, links and middles, unlimited rolling subs in two taps, and half lengths matched to real comps (10–20 minutes, 17.5 included). The match clock is anchored to real time — backgrounding the app, locking the phone or taking photos never stops it, and a live match timer sits on your lock screen on both iPhone and Android. Every player’s minutes count live with rotation alerts at every age, tries are one tap with scorer attribution (try assists, line breaks and tags made from U13 up), parents follow the game free and vote in the post-game window, and every match keeps a fairness record.
Australian-built, $40 per season for the whole team — and multi-sport, so the same app runs league, touch or union in winter. See Kickd for Oztag or grab the free Oztag Game Day Playbook.
If you just need a subs list, the lightweight tools do the job. If you want the whole match day — a clock you can trust with the phone in your pocket, fair minutes, live tries and the season record building itself — that’s Kickd.
Get the appOztag apps, answered
What is the best app for Oztag coaches?
Oztag is better served than it used to be. Oztag Manager is a free dedicated Oztag subs-and-stats app; Easy Team Subs is a lightweight rotation tracker; SportFix covers association fixtures and results. Kickd is the full match-day platform — Oztag as its own sport with rolling subs, live minutes, fair game time, try stats, post-game voting and a clock that keeps running with the phone in your pocket.
Does the Kickd match timer keep running if I leave the app?
Yes. Kickd’s match clock is anchored to real time, so backgrounding the app, locking the phone or stepping away for photos never stops it — when you come back the time is right. While the match is live, a running match timer also sits on your lock screen, on both iPhone and Android.
How does Kickd keep Oztag game time fair?
Every player’s minutes count up live against their name — field and bench — rotation alerts fire when a change is due, and lineups auto-fill to put the players with the least season game time on first. Every match stores a fairness record, so a fair go is a number you can show, not a feeling.
Is Oztag its own sport in Kickd?
Yes — Oztag is built as its own sport, not reskinned rugby league: an 8-a-side field of wings, links and middles, half lengths matched to real comps (10 to 20 minutes, including 17.5), junior parent-proxy Player of the Match voting, and age groups from U6 to Opens. And because Kickd is multi-sport, the same app runs your league, touch or union team in winter.
Does Kickd work offline at the fields?
Yes. Everything is logged on the phone or tablet you already own, fully offline — no reception needed at the fields and no extra hardware.
Do any Oztag apps support voice control?
Kickd is the only Oztag app with sport-aware voice control. Kickd Callout — a premium add-on for senior grades — lets the coach log the match completely hands-free over a Bluetooth headset (the Shokz OpenComm 2 boom mic is the proven pick for sideline noise): say "try eight" or "sub two off, five on" and the match updates without touching the screen. Recognition runs on-device and fully offline, built from tag football’s own language rather than generic dictation.