Sparta vs EquiCalendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sparta
Access all home game tickets, manage season passes, and stay updated with the latest team news and player transfers. Earn badges and trophies for fan activity, and enjoy organized videos and podcasts.
- Manage purchased and season tickets
- Latest team news and player transfers
- Push notifications for important updates
- Collect badges and trophies for fan activity
- Access videos and podcasts (Sparta TV)
- Audio-only playback for media
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The new Sparta app builds on the foundation you know well and adds features that will make your daily use more enjoyable. The app is your gateway to all of Sparta’s home games. Here you’ll find purchased tickets and season tickets, which you can manage within the app, as well as other products. You’ll also find all the latest news about Sparta, and thanks to notifications, you’ll never miss any important information about ticket sales or player transfers. You can now collect badges and trophies for your activity. You’ll earn them not only for attending home or away games, but also for participating in contests or watching videos. Away fans can check in directly at the stadium. Gradually expand your collection and show everyone who’s the biggest Sparta fan! Videos and podcasts are now conveniently organized in one place thanks to Sparta TV, where you can easily play them. All content can also be played as audio only. Thanks to improved organization, you can easily find exactly what you’re looking for.
EquiCalendar
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EquiCalendar is a free calendar of UK equestrian competitions, clinics and training — find what's on near you, filter to the disciplines you ride, and save the dates that matter. No account, no sign-in, no ads. WHAT'S ON, NEAR YOU Browse upcoming dressage, show jumping, eventing, combined training and more from across the UK. Turn on location and EquiCalendar sorts events by distance and lets you set a radius — "within 30 miles" — so you only see what's actually reachable. FILTER TO YOUR LEVEL Powerful, tappable filters get you to the right events fast: • Discipline — dressage, show jumping, eventing, combined training and others • Series & pathway — amateur and grassroots series such as NSEA, Trailblazers and Pony Club • Level — unaffiliated, affiliated and elite, plus British Showjumping classes • Date — today, this weekend, this month, or pick a specific day • Distance — set a radius around your location PREPARE, COMPETE AND WATCH Three views for your season: Compete, for events you can enter; Prepare, for clinics, lessons, training days and camps to get you and your horse ready; and Watch, for shows and fixtures worth going along to as a spectator. EXPLORE THE MAP Open the Explore tab to see venues with upcoming events plotted on a map. Tap a venue to see how many events are coming up and which disciplines it runs, then jump straight to that venue's event list. Switch to Arena hire to find venues that hire out their arenas for schooling and practice. EVENT DETAILS THAT HELP YOU PLAN Every event has its own page with the date, venue, distance, class list and a map. From there you can: • Add the event to your calendar in one tap • Open the venue in Apple Maps for directions • Visit the organiser's website to enter or find schedules PLAN YOUR SEASON Star any event to save it to your Plan. Your Plan syncs across your own devices through iCloud and works offline too — handy at the yard when signal is patchy. SHARE YOUR PLAN WITH FAMILY Planning a season together? Share your Plan with the people who help — a parent and rider, or the whole family. Send one invite link and everyone sees and edits the same list, with changes kept in sync for each person automatically. One shared Plan, always up to date for everyone on it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no EquiCalendar account to create and no login to browse. Your Plan syncs privately through your own iCloud — shared Plans stay within Apple's iCloud, never on our servers. EquiCalendar shows no adverts and includes no third-party tracking. Your location is used only to show and sort nearby events and is never stored against you; calendar access is write-only, purely to add events you choose. EquiCalendar pulls together fixtures from many UK organisers and venues into one place, so you can spend less time hunting across websites and more time riding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EquiCalendar at daily against Sparta's every 9 days. Sparta's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Sparta ships an update every 9 days, EquiCalendar daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sparta | EquiCalendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AC Sparta Praha fotbal a.s | DARRYL JAMES CAULDWELL |
In-app purchases
Sparta
No in-app purchases
EquiCalendar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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