Comparison

Sparta vs EquiCalendar

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

EquiCalendar

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Sparta4 screens
EquiCalendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sparta ships an update every 9 days, EquiCalendar daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sparta versus EquiCalendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpartaEquiCalendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAC Sparta Praha fotbal a.sDARRYL JAMES CAULDWELL

In-app purchases

None

Sparta

No in-app purchases

None

EquiCalendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sparta free?
Sparta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EquiCalendar free?
EquiCalendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sparta or EquiCalendar have ads?
Neither Sparta nor EquiCalendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sparta or EquiCalendar?
Sparta ships an update every 9 days, and EquiCalendar daily. Most recently, Sparta was updated on November 7, 2026 and EquiCalendar on November 10, 2026.

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