Is there a completely free volleyball stats app?

Yes — GameChanger, SoloStats123, and VolleyInsights are all free for live stat tracking, and CourtOS's free tier covers full live scoring, automatic rotation, and stats as well. Paid tiers across these apps generally unlock deeper analytics, video, or multi-team management rather than gating basic in-match tracking.

What's the difference between a stats app and a rotation app?

A stats app records what happened on each play — kills, errors, aces, digs. A rotation app tracks who's legally supposed to be where on the court and flags subs or overlap faults before they cost a point. Some apps (SoloStats, Rotate123) split these into separate products; others (Coachr, CourtOS) build rotation tracking directly into the stats app.

Do any of these apps track the libero automatically?

CourtOS and Coachr both build libero and sub logic into their rotation tracking. Apps that are primarily stat-capture tools, like GameChanger or VolleyInsights, record libero-related stats but don't actively manage the substitution rules for you during the match.

Best Volleyball Stats Apps for Coaches in 2026

Every volleyball coach eventually hits the same wall: the scorebook works fine until the third set gets tight, subs start flying, and you're trying to track kills, rotation, and the libero swap all at once with one clipboard. A good app fixes that — but “best” depends entirely on what you're actually trying to solve. Some apps are built purely for stat capture. Some are free team-management tools with stats bolted on. Some focus on rotations and nothing else. This guide compares the apps coaches actually mention most in 2026, honestly, so you can pick based on what you need rather than whoever has the loudest marketing.

What to actually evaluate an app on

Before the comparisons, it helps to know what separates a good in-match app from a good after-the-fact one:

Live capture speed. Can you tag a play in one or two taps without looking away from the court for long, or does it take a menu dive to log a kill?
Rotation and sub handling. Does it just record what happened, or does it actively track your rotation and warn you about a sub or an overlap before the whistle?
Depth of stats. Basic (kills, errors, aces) versus advanced (passing rating, hitting efficiency by rotation, serve-receive trends).
Where your data lives. Local device only, or synced so parents, assistant coaches, or recruiters can see it live.
Price. Genuinely free, free-with-upsell, or paid from the start.

With that lens, here's how the well-known options stack up.

SoloStats (Rotate 123 LLC)

SoloStats is one of the most established names in volleyball stat tracking, and it's really a family of apps under one company (Rotate 123 LLC) rather than a single product. SoloStats123 is the free entry point — unlimited stat tracking, offline use, automatic score and rotation tracking, and live sideout and point-scoring percentages, with export to MaxPreps. Deeper analysis (WebReports, mobile access via SoloStats Coach, and the standalone Rotate123 rotation/lineup tool) sits behind paid tiers, reportedly starting around $7.99/month for the Intermediate plan.

Good fit for: coaches who want a dedicated, stats-first tool and don't mind adding a separate rotation product (Rotate123) if they need deeper lineup planning. Trade-off: because the ecosystem is split across several apps, getting the full picture — live stats, rotation planning, and video — means learning more than one interface.

GameChanger

GameChanger is the biggest name in youth sports team management, and it's expanded into volleyball with serving stats (attempts, aces, errors, ace percentage), a box score and play-by-play, live streaming, and automatic highlight clips from streamed games. All of it — including the premium features — is free for coaches and staff.

Good fit for: programs that want one free app for scheduling, messaging, live streaming to family, and basic stats, especially if you're coaching multiple sports. Trade-off: GameChanger is a generalist tool built across many sports, so its volleyball-specific stats (like passing rating or rotation tracking) are lighter than a volleyball-only app, and it isn't built to actively manage your live rotation or subs.

VolleyInsights

VolleyInsights is a newer, completely free volleyball stats app aimed at both indoor and beach coaches, with a stated goal of staying free. It covers live stat capture, team and player analytics, side-by-side comparisons of up to three players, radar charts, heatmaps, and some AI-assisted tactical insight after the match.

Good fit for: coaches who want genuinely free, fairly deep post-match analytics without a subscription. Trade-off: the emphasis is on analysis after the match rather than actively guiding your rotation or subs during it.

Coachr

Coachr is a volleyball-specific app that leans into match management as much as stats — it tracks rotations, subs under FIVB and USA Volleyball rules, libero switches, and timeouts, alongside hitting, serving, passing, blocking, and dig stats. It also offers voice capture so you can call out stats hands-free instead of tapping a screen mid-rally.

Good fit for: coaches who want rotation and sub tracking built in alongside stats, not as an afterthought. Trade-off: it's still primarily a stat-and-rotation recorder — it logs your lineup rules rather than actively catching a fault or a missed sub for you in the moment.

CourtOS

CourtOS is built around a different premise: instead of a stats app that also shows rotation, or a rotation app that also shows stats, it's one system that runs your bench end to end — live scoring, automatic rotation tracking with libero and sub logic built in, and real-time stats, together. The free tier covers full live match tracking, automatic rotation, manual substitutions, timeouts, and a live view parents can follow from the stands. Coach Premium ($9.99/month) adds deeper analytics, heat maps, AI-generated match summaries, and multi-team support.

Good fit for: coaches who want to stop juggling a scorebook, a rotation cheat sheet, and a stats app as three separate things during a live match. Trade-off: it's newer than SoloStats or GameChanger, so it doesn't yet have their years of user base or third-party integrations like MaxPreps export.

You can see the live scoring, rotation, and stats view together on the CourtOS home page.

Head-to-head, honestly

No single app wins on every axis, and the right pick depends on what's actually costing you points right now:

If your problem is losing track of stats while you're also scoring — SoloStats123 or GameChanger cover that for free, with SoloStats going deeper on volleyball-specific numbers.
If your problem is free post-match analytics with no cost at all — VolleyInsights is the most fully-featured free option for that specifically.
If your problem is rotation faults and missed subs, not just stats — Coachr and CourtOS both build rotation logic in, rather than leaving it to you to track separately.
If you want scoring, rotation, subs, and stats to be one system instead of three — that's the specific gap CourtOS was built to close.

None of this is a knock on the others — SoloStats and GameChanger both have real staying power and loyal coaches for good reasons. The honest takeaway is that “best” volleyball stats app depends on whether your actual bottleneck is stats, rotation, or juggling both at once.