A BenchApp alternative
built for the whole club.
BenchApp is a handy app for running one team: RSVPs by text, spares and lineups. Medalyst is built for the club behind the teams: every team on one plan, written feedback for every child, and every piece of kit accounted for.
100 sports clubs and 23,000 athletes already use Medalyst.
BenchApp vs Medalyst at a glance
Both apps cover scheduling, RSVPs, messaging and fees. Medalyst adds the club-wide admin and player development.
| Feature |  | BenchApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Per athlete, every module included, from €0.57 a month | Free team plan with ads, PRO $9 per team a month (USD) |
| Membership fees and card payments | ||
| Payment reminders | Automatic, before fees fall due | Automatic emails on the due date and after |
| Events, RSVPs and attendance | ||
| Group messaging and news feed | ||
| Equipment inventory and handouts | ||
| Written coach feedback per athlete | ||
| Performance statistics and leaderboards | ||
| Learning materials for athletes |
BenchApp details checked on 22 September 2026 from BenchApp’s own pages: pricing · one team per PRO subscription · league pricing · card fees · fee reminders · player rankings · ads.
See the platform for yourself
Click through Medalyst the way your admins, coaches and parents would use it.
Membership fees that remind people for you
Administrators create the fees in Medalyst, either for the whole team or for individual players. Athletes or parents pay by card through Stripe. Medalyst tracks every payment, so the treasurer always knows who has paid and who still owes.
The system also sends automatic reminders about fees that are coming due. The treasurer sees the whole season in one place, with financial reports ready when the committee asks.
Give children written feedback after training
Let your coaches write down what each child worked on and how they are developing, straight after the session. Make the note visible to the team, or share it privately with the parents.
Parents see the progress their children are making, and you can follow how the children are developing across every age group.
- Written feedback per child
- Private notes for the parents
- Photos attached to any note
- Full feedback history on the athlete profile
Track all of your club’s gear in one place
Let your staff hand gear out to a whole team or to one player in a few clicks. Keep track of which items are in stock, which items are out with which teams, and which items are due back.
So every set of bibs, balls and kit stays accounted for as it moves between your training venues.
- Stock counts and locations for every item
- Handout to a whole team or to selected athletes
- Pickup confirmed by the athlete in the mobile app
- Available, issued and due back items in one view
Which one fits your club?
BenchApp is a strong choice for a single adult team, especially in hockey and other rec leagues. The core plan is free, players can RSVP by text message, and spares, lineups, stats and team duties are all built in. More than 60,000 teams use it.
Medalyst fits best when a club coordinates several teams and age groups, collects membership fees across the season, and wants coaches, parents and administrators working from the same records. Administrators work in the web app, coaches manage their teams from the mobile app, and athletes and parents see everything in one place on their own phone.
One plan. Every module.
You pay for the size of your club, priced per athlete per month. Everything Medalyst does is included.
| Athletes | 1-year plan | 3-year plan |
|---|---|---|
| 25 to 200 | €0.96 | €0.76 |
| 200 to 500 | €0.86 | €0.69 |
| 500 to 1,000 | €0.72 | €0.57 |
Prices per athlete per month, excluding VAT. Above 1,000 athletes we prepare a custom quote. The core features of the mobile app are free. Work out your club’s price.
Moving from BenchApp to Medalyst
- Book a free demo. Half an hour, your questions, your club’s data. We show how Medalyst would run your season, and you decide afterwards.
- We set up your club. We create your whole club in the platform within a couple of hours, and you can start using it straight away.
- Invite your members. Athletes and parents join through an invitation sent from Medalyst, or by entering the team’s unique code, and fill in the details you ask for.
BenchApp alternative: frequently asked questions
For clubs that coordinate several teams and age groups, Medalyst is a strong BenchApp alternative. The whole club sits on one plan priced per athlete in euro, and it adds written player feedback, equipment inventory and learning materials to scheduling, attendance, payments and messaging.
BenchApp has a free plan with an unlimited roster, scheduling, RSVP tracking, messaging and player stats, and it carries ads. BenchApp PRO costs $9 a month per team and includes an ad-free experience, and League PRO costs $10 per team a month, billed to the league. Card payments cost 3.9% plus 30¢ per transaction.
Medalyst is one plan with every module included, priced per athlete per month: €0.96 for clubs with 25 to 200 athletes, €0.86 for 200 to 500 and €0.72 for 500 to 1,000, or €0.76, €0.69 and €0.57 on a three-year commitment. Prices exclude VAT. Above 1,000 athletes we prepare a custom quote. The core features of the mobile app are free.
BenchApp’s help centre says a PRO subscription covers one team, so each team that needs PRO features takes its own subscription. Medalyst prices the whole club by its number of athletes, with every team included in the same plan.
BenchApp tracks team duties and drinks, and equipment tracking sits outside its feature set. Medalyst’s inventory keeps stock counts and locations for every item, hands gear out to a whole team or to selected athletes, and shows available, issued and due back items in one view.
BenchApp’s player rankings rate players from 1 to 10 to balance teams, visible to managers only. In Medalyst, coaches write down what each child worked on and how they are developing, straight after the session, and share the note with the team or privately with the parents.
BenchApp’s help centre quotes its prices in US dollars. Medalyst is priced in euro, per athlete per month, excluding VAT.
We can create your whole club in the platform within a couple of hours, and you can start using it straight away. Athletes and parents join through an invitation sent from Medalyst, or by entering the team’s unique code.
Yes. The administrator decides who sees what: athletes, parents and fellow coaches each get their own permissions. The data is stored on European servers, in line with the GDPR.