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The best Spond alternatives for sports clubs (2026)

Spond is a popular free app for team chat and RSVPs. As clubs grow, many look for automatic payment reminders, club-wide records, player feedback or kit tracking. We compared eight alternatives, with every fact taken from each app’s own website or help centre.

Updated 22 September 2026 · Written by the Medalyst team

Why clubs look beyond Spond: its payment reminders are a manual step for an admin, equipment tracking and written coach feedback sit outside its feature set, and new Spond Club sign-ups are open in Norway, the UK, the USA, Canada and Ireland. Medalyst is one of the apps below, and we wrote this guide, so every claim about another app is limited to what that app’s own pages say.

At a glance

AppBest forPricingEquipment inventoryWritten coach feedbackData location
MedalystMulti-team clubsPer athlete, in euroEuropean servers
HejaSingle teamsFree with ads, Pro per teamEU/EEA processing
PitcheroUK clubs with a websitePer club, monthlyAWS in Ireland and the USA
ClubZapIrish clubs, lottoQuote plus fee per paymentWithin the EEA
ClubforceFundraising-led clubsPer club, paid annuallyInside or outside the EEA
TeamAppFree, ad-funded clubsFree with adsProviders mainly in the USA
TeamSnapNorth American clubsPer team, in USDUSA and other countries
BenchAppAdult rec teamsPer team, in USDUnpublished

Every fact checked on 22 September 2026 on each app’s own website or help centre. The sources are linked on each comparison page.

1.Medalyst

Best for: Clubs that coordinate several teams and age groups, collect membership fees, and want player development and kit tracking in the same app.

Price: €0.57 to €0.96 per athlete a month, every module included, excluding VAT

Strengths

  • Membership fees with automatic reminders before they fall due
  • Written coach feedback for every child, shared with the team or privately with parents
  • Equipment inventory: stock counts, handouts and items due back
  • Attendance with export, member records with the fields your club needs
  • Data on European servers, in line with the GDPR

Keep in mind

  • Club lotto and club websites sit outside its feature set
  • Priced per athlete, so a casual group of friends may prefer a free app
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2.Heja

Best for: Single teams that want a free, friendly app everyone can join.

Price: Free with ads; Heja Pro €13.99 a month or €109.99 a year per team (Irish App Store)

Strengths

  • Automatic RSVP reminders and read receipts
  • Parents can follow their children’s conversations
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 by more than 35,000 users

Keep in mind

  • Teams are managed individually, with Club Connect for shared messaging
  • Collecting fees needs a Pro subscription
  • Equipment tracking and written coach feedback sit outside its feature set
Medalyst vs Heja: the full comparison and sources

3.Pitchero

Best for: UK clubs that want their website, registrations, payments and team management in one place.

Price: Free for one team; Standard €44 and Pro €115 a month per club (£38 and £99)

Strengths

  • Automatic payment reminders, instalments and subscriptions
  • Club website builder and a licensed club lottery
  • Appearances and match stats per player, used by more than 10,000 clubs

Keep in mind

  • Equipment tracking, written coach feedback and learning materials sit outside its feature set
  • Payment processing needs a paid plan
Medalyst vs Pitchero: the full comparison and sources

4.ClubZap

Best for: GAA and other Irish clubs focused on renewals, recurring payments and a weekly lotto.

Price: Subscription by quote; fees from 3.75% + 10c per payment including VAT

Strengths

  • Automatic weekly renewal emails, recurring payments and instalments
  • Club lotto, a club website on its Engage plan and a Foireann member sync
  • Garda vetting and safeguarding tracking for coaches, data kept in the EEA

Keep in mind

  • Equipment tracking, written coach feedback and player stats sit outside its feature set
  • The subscription price is quoted per club
Medalyst vs ClubZap: the full comparison and sources

5.Clubforce

Best for: Irish and UK clubs that lead with fundraising.

Price: From €25 a month paid annually, Bundle €35, plus transaction fees

Strengths

  • Club lotto, Tap to Pay and a marketplace, with more than €500 million raised
  • Website builder and branded club apps
  • ISO 27001 certification

Keep in mind

  • Its transaction fee rate is unpublished
  • Equipment tracking and written coach feedback sit outside its feature set
  • Personal data may be stored inside or outside the EEA
Medalyst vs Clubforce: the full comparison and sources

6.TeamApp

Best for: Clubs that want a free, ad-funded branded app and website, with sponsor banners that earn money.

Price: Free, funded by in-app ads; club-wide ad removal priced by members

Strengths

  • Free app and website for every club
  • Registrations with instalment plans, fixtures and ticketing
  • Used in more than 150 countries

Keep in mind

  • Members see ads unless the club or the member pays to remove them
  • Its service providers are typically located in the United States
  • Equipment tracking and written coach feedback sit outside its feature set
Medalyst vs TeamApp: the full comparison and sources

7.TeamSnap

Best for: North American teams, clubs and leagues that want a large, established platform.

Price: Free up to 15 players; paid plans per team in USD; clubs and leagues by quote

Strengths

  • Custom registration forms and instalment plans
  • Live streaming and practice plans from professional partners
  • Used by more than 30 million parents, players and coaches

Keep in mind

  • Priced in US dollars, with data stored in the United States and other countries
  • Invoice reminders are resent by a manager
  • Equipment tracking sits outside its feature set, and evaluations come through SkillShark
Medalyst vs TeamSnap: the full comparison and sources

8.BenchApp

Best for: Adult rec teams, especially in hockey.

Price: Free with ads; PRO $9 a month per team; League PRO $10 per team a month (USD)

Strengths

  • RSVPs by text message, spares and lineups
  • Automatic fee reminders
  • Player stats and league leaderboards

Keep in mind

  • Each PRO subscription covers one team
  • Priced in US dollars
  • Equipment tracking and written coach feedback sit outside its feature set
Medalyst vs BenchApp: the full comparison and sources

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How to choose

  • A single team that wants another free app: Heja or TeamApp
  • A UK club that wants its website and team app together: Pitchero
  • An Irish club that runs a weekly lotto: ClubZap or Clubforce
  • A North American team or league: TeamSnap or BenchApp
  • A club that coordinates several teams and wants fees, player feedback and kit in one place: Medalyst

Frequently asked questions

For clubs that coordinate several teams and collect membership fees, Medalyst is a strong Spond alternative: it adds automatic fee reminders, written player feedback and equipment inventory to scheduling, attendance, payments and messaging. For a single team, Heja is a close match to Spond, and UK clubs that want a website often look at Pitchero.

Heja has an ad-supported free version, TeamApp is free and funded by in-app advertising, and BenchApp and Pitchero have free plans for a single team. Medalyst’s mobile app has free core features, with the club plan priced per athlete.

Medalyst sends automatic reminders before fees fall due, ClubZap sends weekly renewal emails, Pitchero sends a reminder after 72 hours, BenchApp sends reminders on and after the due date, and Heja sends one on the due date.

Medalyst has an equipment inventory with stock counts, handouts to teams or athletes, and items due back. The other alternatives in this guide sell kit through a shop or charge for equipment.

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