BORIS vs LongoMatch

BORIS is free and open-source software for coding video and audio and recording live observations. Media tools include frame-by-frame navigation, playback speeds from 0.1× to 100×, and synchronized playback of up to eight files. Users can define unlimited behaviors, subjects, modifiers, and independent variables, with behaviors recorded as state or point events. Analysis options include Cohen’s Kappa inter-rater reliability, transition matrices, flow diagrams, time-budget analysis, and graphical views of coded data. Coded events can be exported in formats including TSV, CSV, HTML, ODS, XLSX, SQL, Pandas and R dataframes, SDIS, Praat TextGrid, and JWatcher formats. BORIS also imports JWatcher Global Definition Files and Noldus The Observer XT templates. Live event logging is available in the desktop program and Android app. The Android app is version 0.13 and marked beta for testing only. Data is stored in JSON; download files are GPG-signed, with a public key available for integrity checks. The project warns that backward compatibility of project files is not guaranteed and recommends regular backups.

LongoMatch is video analysis software for planning training, reviewing matches, managing teams and sharing feedback. It can code events during live or recorded games and save drawings to footage. Users can analyze as many as four videos at once and switch camera angles; statistics cover event locations, player-specific data, possession, fouls and assists. Longoboard adds training-session planning and tactical diagrams, with plans shareable as native files, images, video or PDF. Longocloud supports sharing videos and Longomatch, tagging content, comments, shareable statistics and team management. Listed sports include football, rugby, hockey, handball, baseball, basketball and volleyball. The free Basic plan allows five projects, two teams, one dashboard and 50 events per project, and includes a non-removable watermark. Starter is listed at €12.50 a month billed annually; Pro is €45.84 a month billed annually. Desktop minimums are macOS Monterey 12 or Windows 10 version 1809. Longomatch no longer offers or maintains its Open Source version.