# Sports HQ: Games & Athletes — Venues & Events Near You

> Venues & Events Near You (iPhone/iPad app by Paul Cappadona.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sports-hq-games-and-athletes/id6444780403 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Paul Cappadona](https://appshunter.io/developer/1656845000)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Sports
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 88 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and 7 more
- Released: 2023-03-10
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sports-hq-games-and-athletes/id6444780403/reviews.md

## What is Sports HQ?

Sports HQ is the easiest way to find a game and build a team — search events, players, and venues by sport and location, all in one app. Supports 60+ sports and 15+ languages. Free to download.

MADE FOR YOUR SPORTS COMMUNITY
Whatever you're organizing, Sports HQ replaces the spreadsheets, group chats, and email threads.
• Venue owners — build a community of patrons with QR registration & venue discovery
• Office organizers — manage attendance & scheduling for a workplace sports group
• Social sports groups — public or private membership, shareable links & waitlists for big recurring groups
• Communal field & court communities — organize a shared park, court, or pitch with location-based discovery
• Run clubs — coordinate ad-hoc group activities with instant notifications & one-tap confirm/decline

FIND YOUR GAME
Search the map for activities near you. Filter by sport, age, gender, and distance to find exactly the right game or group to join.
• Interactive map-based search
• Sport, age & gender filters
• Public & private event listings
• Auto-discovery notifications for new athletes and events matching your interests

EVENTS & ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT
Create recurring or one-off events with schedules, capacity limits, and membership controls. Each session is auto-generated from your event template.
• Recurring & one-off event scheduling
• Capacity limits & waitlists
• Confirm / decline attendance tracking
• Optional team color assignments — no bibs needed
• Guardian-managed membership requests for junior sports

BUILD YOUR SPORTS NETWORK
Follow athletes, see their activity feeds, and connect with players who match your skill level.
• Follow athletes and view their activity
• Skill & ability ratings
• In-app direct messaging
• Mutual connection requests

VENUE MANAGEMENT
Register courts, pitches, gyms, and facilities. Share via QR code, manage memberships, and promote your venue to the local sports community.
• Commercial, public & private venues
• QR code & shareable link generation
• Athlete registration & check-in
• Member engagement through events and notifications

REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS
Stay in the loop with push notifications for events, activity updates, and new joiners. Never miss a game update.
• Activity update alerts
• Instant join notifications
• Event reminder scheduling

SAFE & FAMILY FRIENDLY
Guardian accounts let parents manage minor profiles with full visibility and control. Age and gender filters keep all events appropriate for their participants.
• Parent / guardian accounts for minors
• Age & gender filters on all events
• Private event options with approval workflows

Download Sports HQ today — free to download. Find your game, build your team, and start playing.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.2 — 2026-09-02

What's new in v1.5.2

BUG FIXES
• Fixed chats crashing on load and chats becoming invisible after being reopened
• Fixed the age filter in event search silently ignoring your selection
• Fixed duplicate venues appearing in search results
• Fixed the notification badge count getting out of sync
• Fixed rare crashes from screens closing before a background action finished
• Confirmation dialogs now use your selected app language

### 1.5.1 — 2026-08-23

What's new in v1.5.1

ENHANCEMENTS
• Waitlisted activities now appear on the activity schedule page

BUG FIXES
• Fixed bottom nav chat badge styling to match dark theme
• Fixed venue admin list missing newly created venues
• Fixed new public venues missing from search results

### 1.5.0 — 2026-07-09

What's new in v1.5.0

NEW FEATURES
• Venue ratings & reviews
• Venue detail arena view
• Register arenas against a venue sport
• Dedicated Location tab on Venue Edit page
• Per-person tabs (when minors are registered) to easily filter data by user

ENHANCEMENTS
• Redesigned venue detail registered members section
• Tweaked venue detail page layout
• Compact venue search result card stats row with event count
• Themed snackbar with dismiss button

BUG FIXES
• Fixed pending activity members header overflow
• Fixed exception on event detail activity tabs
• Fixed signup page TOS loading bug
• Fixed activity schedule tile layout so title fills remaining width
• Fixed malformed user sport levels deserialization
• Fixed capacity limit enforcement and avatar stack overflow on confirm participants sheet

### 1.4.0 — 2026-06-07

What's new in v1.4.0

NEW FEATURES
• Venue events page with community and sanctioned tabs
• Create venue-sanctioned events with pre-populated context
• Member-scheduled event sessions

ENHANCEMENTS
• Toggleable venue member filters
• Watch alert notification distances now formatted by locale
• Age and gender metadata chips on event detail cards
• Hide gender & age filters when a venue entity is selected

BUG FIXES
• Hide help cards when in-app help is disabled
• Fixed map search autocomplete parsing
• Fixed follow button contrast in profile contacts
• Fixed crash when panning map with no search center
• Fixed layout overflow on event edit Location tab
• Exclude private events from venue event listings
• Fixed event creation route handling
• Handle canceled social sign-in gracefully
• Fixed email search dialog crash
• Fixed minimum version check incorrectly prompting upgrades
• Fixed concurrent permission request handling
• Guard against empty event history results

### 1.3.1 — 2026-05-29

What's new in v1.3.1

NEW FEATURES
• Activity Schedule: Improved UI for per-person schedule navigation and decline options

BUG FIXES
• Fixed privacy button contrast in dark theme
• Fixed render overflow issues at large system text scale factors

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