Optus Stadium vs squadi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Optus Stadium
Plan your visit to the stadium with event schedules, ticket purchasing, and venue maps. Discover food and drink options, book tours, and access exclusive offers. Get all the information you need for a rewarding event day.
- Event planning and ticket purchasing
- Food and beverage exploration
- Journey planning and navigation
- Venue maps
- Exclusive offers and promotions
- Stadium tour booking
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Our handy app lets you: · Check out What’s On to plan your calendar and buy ticket to events · Explore the fantastic food and beverage options on offer · Plan your journey to know the best way to get to and from Optus Stadium · Get handy maps to guide you around · Access great offers and promotions to make your event-day even more rewarding · Book Stadium Tours for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Optus Stadium · Access up to date information on First aid, facilities, Stadium partners and the surrounding parklands We look forward to seeing you at Optus Stadium!
squadi
This app allows users to easily record and update game scores, player attendance, and referee attendance directly from the field. It integrates with a larger platform to manage player borrowing and generate reports.
- Capture game scores
- Update player attendance
- Manage player borrowing
- Record referee attendance
- Generate game reports
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The App seamlessly integrates with The Squadi Match Day platform to capture, update and report on game scores, player attendance, player borrowing, and Referee attendance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Optus Stadium at 74% against squadi's 15%. Optus Stadium also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). squadi's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Optus Stadium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: squadi has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Optus Stadium's written reviews are positive against 15% of squadi's.
Optus Stadium ships an update every 6 months, squadi every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Optus Stadium | squadi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.3 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better | 15.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optus Mobile | World Sport Action Pty Limited |
Customer experience
Optus Stadium
squadi
Bugs and requests
Optus Stadium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
squadi
Reported bugs
23 issues- App jumps to wrong round and returns there repeatedly
- Login credentials not recognized after password reset
- Password reset SMS sent to email instead
- Blank registration profile page
- Unable to update user profile details
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- Players disappearing and reappearing randomly
- Child's name changed to parent's name with no way to revert
- Cannot add players without shirt number
- Team sheet submission not flagged before scoring
- Incorrect scores entered into system
- Ladders showing wrong point calculations
- Games listed with incorrect times and venues
- Scrolling causes page to jump erratically
- Stats cut off and unreadable on screen
- Message notifications not retrievable within app
- Hidden player option difficult to remove
- Younger players appearing under parent names
- App won't load despite active internet connection
- Syncing issues between app and web version
- Games not uploading to system
- Duplicate team entries in draws
- Unable to log in after previous season use
- App requires update to access any content
Requested features
18 requests- Calendar sync functionality (Apple Calendar, Google Calendar)
- Top goalscorers and assists tracking by league
- Live score updates during games
- Ability to view multiple team schedules simultaneously
- Dark mode option
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- Team nickname customization for multiple children
- Notification history/log within app
- Single dashboard showing next game for all followed teams
- Earlier access to team sheet submission
- Payment method opt-in choice (not auto-save)
- Ability to delete or hide past games from main view
- Apple Pay and Google Pay integration
- Better venue information and accurate maps
- Support for multiple user identities (parent, player, referee, manager)
- Automatic scrolling to current/next game
- Competition statistics view for supporters
- Profile editing functionality
- Offline access to fixtures
In-app purchases
Optus Stadium
No in-app purchases
squadi
No in-app purchases
Questions
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