Tackle Football Playmaker X is a playbook design, collaboration and printing app. We've built on the foundation of our coach-favorite Playmaker app and added cloud backup, multi-device syncing, advanced diagramming, animation, deeper printing options and more.
DESIGN & ORGANIZE PLAYS
• Intuitive touch controls make it easy to set formations & draw plays.
• Name plays & assign them to formations & categories for instant access to the right play for any situation.
• Collapsable roster panel lists all team members with drag and drop position assignment.
ANIMATE YOUR PLAYBOOK
• One tap to animate any play.
• Fine tune animation speed for precise route timing.
• Show football movement with the animated football annotation.
MAKE INSTANT ADJUSTMENTS
• Make changes to existing plays on the fly.
• Flip any play instantly.
• Draw up a new play in seconds to take advantage of schematic opportunities as they emerge.
• Switch between offensive, defensive & special teams playbooks with one touch.
MAXIMIZE PLAYER COMPREHENSION
• Assign names to positions to save time in the huddle & keep players focused on their responsibilities.
• Customizable colors & labels clearly distinguish positions.
• Optional field lines for precise alignments and route depths.
• High definition graphics make play diagrams easy to see under any lighting conditions.
MORE
• Playbook settings for 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 12 player per side teams.
• Customize your dashboard with your own team logo and color.
• Identify an intended receiver, choose smooth or straight lines, show zigzag lines for pre-snap motion, show dotted lines for pitch & pass and draw zone defense responsibilities.
• Add text annotations to provide on-play notes.
• Add option routes for more advanced offensive diagrams.
• Add a ball icon to show handoffs and ball movement.
• Choose between three end caps for your routes: arrow, T (for blocks) and dot.
• Choose between dark & light backgrounds for optimal visibility under any lighting conditions.
• Set up custom Personnel Groups. Great for play-specific position assignments, depth charts and mass substitutions.
• Design unlimited offensive, defensive & special teams plays. Have your full playbook at your fingertips & add new plays whenever inspiration strikes.
OPTIONS FOR EVERY COACH
After your free trial, you can choose between a range of app options to suit your team’s needs.
PAPERLESS
• App access for you
• + Cloud backup & sync on multiple devices
PRINT
• App access for you
• Cloud backup & sync on multiple devices
• + Print wristbands, playbooks, call sheets & more
TEAM
• App access for you
• Cloud backup & sync on multiple devices
• Print wristbands, playbooks, call sheets & more
• + App access for your whole team
Great Support and best app in the market for Play Design/Development
JC521979
We utilize the app at the high school and Jr program level. Once you get an understanding of general play design, the user interface makes designing plays a breeze! Additionally, it’s great to give our coaches and athletes access for play study. We also give d coordinators access to design and draft defensive plays. The all in one solution for plays call sheets and wristband print outs are awesome. We have various size wristbands and they accommodate all sizes that we have used. Please note, an extensive playbook, with over 90 plays would require a 5 screen wristband. During 7v7 season we do design specialty plays and insert diagrams in to wristbands which is awesome; our athletes pick up on these pretty quickly. The best part; customer service! We had an incident in which a coach accidentally deleted our entire playbook (you can changes access to not allow any changes, which we’ve done). I reached out to their customer support, and they resolved the solution by restoring our playbook (app is cloud based, when changes are made it syncs to all users). Communication was quick and the playbook was restored within the hour. Jeremy at Playmaker; you’re a life saver! If you’re a coach, whether it’s is flag/tackle and you are looking for an app to design/develop/share plays…don’t hesitate, get Playmaker X today!
Developer Response
Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, coach. It was great to read about all the different ways you're using the app from your main tackle season to 7v7 passing league. Thanks for mentioning the ease of designing plays - that's very important to us. I'm glad we could help with the playbook restoration and appreciate your kind note about that. Have a great season!
Best app available
1092387465
Originally I was using PowerPoint and creating my own playbooks because I didn’t like the functionality of the apps available, another coach from another team that coached 7on7 with said he used this app so I tried it out and haven’t used anything since. They keep adding functions that make it even better. I also love that I can add my coaching staff and players. I was using Playmaker Tackle for tackle and Playmaker Flag for 7 but just decided to use Playmaker Tackle and reduce the player count so I didn’t have to pay for both apps and just archive the playbook I am not using during that season. I will stay a user fora long time!
Developer Response
Thanks for sharing about your experience with the app! It's great hearing that another coach told you about Playmaker and I appreciate you noticing the regular improvements we're making to the app. There's more to come! I hope this season has been a good one for you.
I really it, but….
It's the Foosa!!
I’ve used playmaker tackle football and playmaker flag for a few years now. Both were pretty useful in putting ideas down on paper in a clear and concise way. Playmaker x continues In the tradition of the previous playmakers, but it has added animation to the app. I really love the animation. The coaches I work with like and the kids really liked as well. The problem have is that it isn’t as easy to use as I would like it to be. Animating the players is pretty easy. Point then in a direction and they move. Animating the football is a much tougher. As a person with big hands, it’s tough for me to move the football without moving the lineman, Qb or running back. A fix to this would be a zoom feature onto the screen so that u can actually see what you’re trying to do. It would make following the lines a lot easier as well. The football should also default to the star player on the screen. That would help with making the plays. There are also a few widgets in the program that I haven’t seen defined. So I don’t know what their purpose is for.
Developer Response
Thanks for your thoughtful review - I appreciated your genuine feedback, both the things you liked and your constructive input. Regarding the features whose purpose you haven't yet discovered - you might be interested in the library of tutorials and videos we have on our support site (link in the upper right corner at www.tacklefootballplaymaker.com). Or, if you prefer, email me directly at support@tacklefootballplaymaker.com and I'd be happy to answer any specific questions you might have. Hope you have a great season!
Great Football Coaching App
Stryker43
The Playmaker X app is an outstanding tool for coaches and athletes alike. The functionality is top-notch — it’s intuitive, reliable, and packed with features that make planning, teaching, and communicating game strategy effortless. The interface is smooth, easy to navigate, and designed with real coaches in mind.What really stands out, though, is the customer support. The Playmaker X team is incredibly responsive and genuinely values user feedback. They’re always open to suggestions, quick to assist, and constantly rolling out new improvements based on real-world needs. It’s clear they care about making this app the best it can be.
Developer Response
Thank you, coach! All the things you mentioned are important to us, especially supporting coaches and making regular improvements based on coach feedback. Thanks for noticing that. I hope you're having a great season.
The Fall 2025 Tactician Update includes enhancements to play diagrams, notes, organization and printing.
Playmaker is designed to get your best plays on the field efficiently and to maximize player comprehension. With this update we’ve introduced bulk play categorization to make organizing and printing wristbands and call sheets faster and with more style options than ever before.
On play diagrams, you can now assign custom colors to text annotations to visually link them to position icons. We’ve also made play position notes easier to edit and view in the app with our new auto sizing text boxes.
• New wristband print styles for large format inserts including 9, 10, 12 & 15 plays per panel
• New call sheet print styles for better parity with wristband plays per panel
• Apply custom colors to text annotations
• Multi-select plays in gallery mode
• Bulk assign plays to categories in gallery and list modes
• When you reopen diagram toolbars, they’ll appear where you left them
• Auto sizing text boxes for position notes
• Other performance improvements
Version 1.8.0
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