Roots Playbookv1.4.0
Released October 25, 2026Major
iOS
What changed
- SocialShare individual plays via web links without requiring an account
- UXNew formation-based organization, filtering, and grouping for plays
- New featureAdded 24 new routes to the Route Library in editors
- UXNew Clean Up Route tool to straighten or smooth hand-drawn lines
- New featureAdded throw timing and fake handoff options in Basic mode
- New featureVertical video recording support for field-facing orientations
- PerformanceAutomatic save retries and improved loading speed for large playbooks
- UXSearch functionality added to plays and playbooks
- ComplianceSimplified privacy settings to a single switch for anonymous usage
- PerformanceAnimation fixes for flips, handoffs, and throwbacks
Original release notes
Share one play with anyone, and find your plays by formation. SHARE A PLAY • Send a link to a single play, at the option you choose, from the play's ⋯ menu • Anyone can view it in a browser, no account needed; with Roots Playbook installed it opens in the app • See and turn off your links from the playbook's Share tab • For team playbooks, by the team's Owner or an Admin PLAYS BY FORMATION • Tap a formation to see every play drawn from it, and start a new play from it • Filter or group the Plays tab by formation • Load Formation and Save as Formation keep each play under the right formation DRAW FASTER • 24 new routes in a Route Library, in both editors • Clean Up Route straightens or smooths a hand-drawn route • Throw timing (Quick, Normal, Late) and Fake Handoff in Basic • Swipe past the edge of the field to go back VIDEO • Videos record in the direction your field faces; Drive Up makes a vertical video that fills the frame MORE RELIABLE • Saves are retried automatically and kept when you leave the app • Large playbooks open much faster • Playback picks up where it was after you switch apps • Animation fixes for flips, handoffs, throwbacks and more • Search now appears where it helps: on your plays and playbooks PRIVACY • Settings › Privacy is now a single switch for anonymous usage counts Your playbooks, plays and teams carry over unchanged.