Comparison

SportsEngine Motion vs GrassRoster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SportsEngine Motion

This sports team management app streamlines communication, attendance tracking, and payments for administrators, coaches, and families. It provides a centralized hub for organization updates, events, and member information, enhancing connectivity and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Team communication
  • Attendance tracking
  • Payment collection
  • Event management
  • Member information access
  • Video sharing
Features
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The SportsEngine Motion Mobile App gives business administrators, coaches/instructors, and families direct access to their entire organization from anywhere. It's the ideal sports team management app for easier communication, tracking attendance and skills, invoicing and collecting payments, and staying up-to-date with all important information and events at their organization. Administrators who have signed their business up for the SportsEngine Motion platform can use its companion mobile app for free, along with their coaches/instructors and families. Simply use your SportsEngine email and password to login. With SportsEngine Motion, parents can access their members’ information, attendance, billing, organization updates, events, videos, and more all from one location, keeping them better connected with their organization. Administrators will love having direct access to all of their organization data such as family and member contact information, messaging, billing and invoicing, news creation, volunteer job management, events, and much more. Coaches/Instructors can simplify their days with direct access to family contact information and medical notes, attendance tracking, video production and sharing, organization and member updates, and access to a social sharing toolkit to publish organization updates to Facebook, Instagram, and the organization website. SportsEngine Motion is a powerful sports team management app application that will keep your organization more connected, updated, and organized than ever before. Download the app today to get started! SPORTSENGINE TERMS OF USE: https://www.sportsengine.com/terms-of-use SPORTSENGINE PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.versantprivacy.com/privacy

About

GrassRoster

This app streamlines soccer club and team management for coaches, staff, parents, and players. It offers features for organizing rosters, scheduling events, tracking player development, and facilitating team communication, all in one place.

Highlights
  • Club and team roster management
  • Integrated scheduling for practices and games
  • Player development tracking (KPIs, goals, notes)
  • Team and club messaging system
  • Family account management with permissions
  • RSVP functionality for events
Features
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GrassRoster is the all-in-one app for soccer clubs — built for coaches, staff, parents, and players to manage the club, develop athletes, and stay connected. GROW. PERFORM. ACHIEVE. CLUB & TEAM MANAGEMENT Organize your club from your phone. Browse teams and clubs, view rosters and staff, manage invitations, and keep club and team settings up to date — including seasons, leagues, and billing setup. SCHEDULES & RSVPs See practices, games, and tournaments in one schedule. Open event details for location, opponents, uniforms, attachments, and media. RSVP so coaches know who’s coming, and follow participation when it matters. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Track KPIs, goals, participation, and coach notes so progress isn’t stuck in a spreadsheet. Parents and coaches can follow development across the season in one place. TEAM & CLUB MESSAGING Stay in the loop with team and club chat built for soccer families. Get notified about new messages and schedule updates so nothing important gets missed. FAMILY & ACCOUNT Parents can manage family players, co-guardian invites, and permissions. Secure your account with password controls and optional Face ID / biometric unlock, and tune which notifications you receive. WHO IT’S FOR • Club admins and staff running day-to-day operations • Coaches managing teams, schedules, and player progress • Parents staying on top of games, practices, and communication • Players and families who want everything soccer in one app Whether you run one team or a full club, GrassRoster keeps operations, development, and communication together — so you can spend less time chasing updates and more time on the field. Need help? Contact info@grassroster.com

Screenshots

SportsEngine Motion4 screens
GrassRoster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GrassRoster at 5.0 against SportsEngine Motion's 4.6. GrassRoster also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). SportsEngine Motion's advantage is ratings volume (542 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GrassRoster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SportsEngine Motion has 542 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SportsEngine Motion's written reviews are positive against 100% of GrassRoster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SportsEngine Motion ships an update weekly, GrassRoster every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SportsEngine Motion versus GrassRoster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSportsEngine MotionGrassRoster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (542 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings542 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB67 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSportsEngine, Inc.Manuel Peguero

Customer experience

SportsEngine Motion

All ratings542 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative20.0%

GrassRoster

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SportsEngine Motion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues
  • Notifications not working
  • Data loading problems
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Better navigation and search
  • Ability to manage payments and subscriptions
  • Improved sync and offline functionality

GrassRoster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SportsEngine Motion

No in-app purchases

None

GrassRoster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SportsEngine Motion free?
SportsEngine Motion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GrassRoster free?
GrassRoster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SportsEngine Motion or GrassRoster?
GrassRoster is rated higher. SportsEngine Motion averages 4.6 out of 5 from 542 ratings, while GrassRoster averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SportsEngine Motion or GrassRoster have ads?
Neither SportsEngine Motion nor GrassRoster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SportsEngine Motion or GrassRoster?
SportsEngine Motion ships an update weekly, and GrassRoster every 4 days. Most recently, SportsEngine Motion was updated on November 6, 2026 and GrassRoster on October 31, 2026.

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