Free for every program, from Pop Warner to college
Every snap. Between the hashmarks.
Live play tracking, real-time sideline intel and post-game analytics in one free app. The Hudl alternative built by a coach, for coaches.
Already on Hudl? Import your breakdown CSV in minutes.
- Imports Hudl CSV exports
- Voice play entry
- Works offline in the stands
- Your whole staff, one game
Play Tracker
Chart every snap from the sideline.
Down, distance and field position advance automatically. Log formation, play call and result by tap or by voice, even when the stadium Wi-Fi drops.
- Voice entry: say the play, it fills the form
- Offline mode syncs when you are back online
- Multiple staff can chart the same game
Sideline Intel
Know what’s coming before the snap.
A live dashboard for the coordinator and the headset: run/pass by down and distance, success rate and chains moved in every situation, and a play feed that updates with every snap your staff charts.
- Next-snap run/pass likelihood by situation
- Success rate, explosives and 3rd-down conversions, live
- Coordinator and sideline views
Play Analyzer
Scout reports your whole staff can read.
Filter a season by down, distance, field zone, formation or personnel. Heatmaps, formation tendencies, the advanced stats NFL staffs use, and an AI scouting report.
- Run likelihood heatmap by down and distance
- NFL-style advanced stats: success rate, explosive plays, red zone and 3rd-down conversion
- Export charts as PNG, CSV or PDF
Film Room
Break down film, clip by clip, free.
Upload sideline and end zone film and every clip lines up with the play your staff logged. Filter by down, distance or formation, draw on the frame, and leave coaching points at the exact moment.
- Clips linked to logged plays, with O/D/K tags
- Telestration and time-stamped coaching comments
- Playlists for position groups and scouting
Play Designer
Draw it once. See it against every look.
Pick a formation and concept from the library or draw your own. Gaps, holes, techniques and blocking label themselves, and the defense re-aligns as you swap fronts and coverages. Animate motion, routes and the ball.
- Drag defenders to match how your opponent really lines up
- Clone playbook sections into a game plan under an opponent’s looks
- Share read-only links with players, revoke any time
Chalk Talk
Quiz your staff and players on the board.
Interactive tests built from real play data: tap the 6i technique, find the strong-side C gap, or mark the soft spots in Cover 2 against your own Smash call. Answers come from the same engine that draws the plays.
- Topics from gaps and fronts to coverages, reads and blocking
- Questions from your own playbook and terminology
- Daily challenge and a staff leaderboard
Flag football
Flag football stat tracking, built for the flag game.
Set a game to flag and Hashmarks switches to a form made for it: fewer fields, faster taps, and stats that fit how flag is played. More on flag football
A tracker made for flag
Log the QB, run or pass, target, result and who pulled the flag. Extra-point tries have their own entry, and downs and drives advance on their own.
QB and receiver numbers
Compare quarterbacks side by side: completion % and touchdowns by game, and who each QB targets, plus combined receiver stats.
Drive efficiency
Drives, scoring drives, touchdown rate and plays per drive, for each quarterback and the whole team.
Hashmarks vs Hudl
The free Hudl alternative for play tracking and tendencies.
Keep Hudl for video if you like it. Hashmarks handles the charting, tendencies, play design and scouting, free, and imports your Hudl data. How switching works
| Feature | Hashmarks | Hudl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Club football: $400, $1,000 or $1,600 per team per year (Bronze, Silver, Gold). High school: school-wide packages.source |
| Game stats and breakdown | Your staff charts live, stats update every snap | Hudl Assist: Hudl tags your film after the game, $250 to $1,200 per team per season on top of your plansource |
| Advanced stats | NFL-style success rate, explosive plays, red zone, 3rd-down conversion, TFLs and sacks | Hudl IQ (EPA, completion % over expected, pressure models), built for college and pro programssource |
| Sideline in-game help | Live tendencies: next-snap run/pass lean and down-and-distance board | Hudl Sideline: instant-replay video on iPads, a separate package that needs HDMI camerassource |
| Play designer and playbook | Included: formations and concepts that label gaps, techniques and blocking, animated | Hudl Play Tools: playbook, installs and practice scripts, a $199 per year add-on (included in some packages)source |
| Staff and player quizzes | Chalk Talk: interactive board quizzes, daily challenge and leaderboard | Play Tools shows who studied each play and shares installs with playerssource |
| Game film | Upload a whole game of clips, playlists, drawing and comments | Video is Hudl’s core product |
| Flag football | Its own quick tracker and flag analysis | Flag teams use Hudl for game video, highlights and livestreamssource |
| Import Hudl breakdown data | Yes, every column kept | n/a |
| Live charting with voice entry | Yes, on any phone | Live stat tagging on iPad (Tag a Game, Hudl Classic)source |
| AI scouting report | Yes, written from your charted plays | Hudl IQ: AI and data collectors tag formations, routes, coverages and blitzessource |
Hudl details are from Hudl’s own website, checked September 24, 2026. Prices and packages change; confirm on hudl.com. Hudl is a trademark of its owner; Hashmarks is not affiliated with Hudl.
Free plan
Everything’s free. One limit.
No credit card and no trial clock. Accounts are by request: tell us about your program and we’ll email you a sign-up link.
Included
- Play Tracker with voice entry and offline mode
- Sideline Intel live tendencies
- Play Analyzer with NFL-style advanced stats
- AI scouting reports (with your own OpenAI or Anthropic key)
- Film Room: clips, playlists, drawing and comments
- Play Designer, game plans and share links
- Chalk Talk quizzes for staff and players
- Tackle and flag football
- Unlimited staff and games
The limit
25 GB
of uploaded game film per team, per season. That’s about 7 hours of 1080p game film, and the Film Room shows how much time you have left. Play data, stats, playbooks and quizzes don’t count toward it.
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