Comparison

Connect Compete vs Crossbar Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Connect Compete

Stay updated on your favorite sports teams and tournaments with real-time schedules, scores, and standings. Get directions to venues and communicate with your team. Features include player activation and game check-in for coaches and referees.

Highlights
  • Favorite teams and tournaments
  • Real-time schedules, scores, and standings
  • Venue directions
  • Team communication
  • Player activation
  • Game check-in
  • Search and browse by location/calendar
Features
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Favorite your Flights and Teams for game updates! See updated schedules, scores and standings and get directions! Easily communicate with your team (when logged in)! Sports Connect Compete by Stack Sports is a mobile application for viewing and interacting with tournaments and leagues that have been configured and published in the Sports Connect Association Product. You can login with your usual Sports Connect Association credentials or use Guest Mode. Guests see only public tournament details including game schedules in list and calendar view, the same information available in older versions of the application, but can now select Tournaments, Flights, Venues, Games and Teams to follow. Logged-in users have additional functionality (when the tournament allows) including messaging at the Team, Game or Venue level, player activation (coaches) and game check-in (referees). All users can search for games or Tournaments by location, by searching or by browsing in calendar view. The favorite and feed functions allow you to prioritize what appears on the main Home screen. Home and Tournament pages highlight upcoming games and allow you to drill down into flights to see scores and standings or see and download schedules. The Game page links to a Venue page that provides location information and driving directions. Digital Player Card (DPC) functionality allows coaches to activate players (confirm which players are going to be on the field) and for referees to check-in players (confirm the correct player showed up with the correct jersey number and is eligible to play). Referees can also score games from the app and add a record of any red cards, cautions or game notes when enabled for the tournament.

About

Crossbar Mobile

Organize youth sports activities with a unified family calendar, team communication tools, and easy access to rosters and staff information. Stay connected with coaches and parents for seamless event management.

Highlights
  • Family calendar for all events
  • Team staff contact information
  • In-app team chat
  • Team roster access
  • Event and practice scheduling
Features
Currently charting
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Crossbar helps keep your life organized when it comes to youth sports. Download the Crossbar mobile application for quicker access to your Crossbar-powered family calendar, teams and team chat. Family Calendar - All your team’s games, practices and events in one view. Team Staff - Easily access information to communicate with your coaches and team managers. Team Chat - Want to schedule a team lunch while on an out of town trip? Just use the chat feature. Team Rosters - Get easy access to your team’s roster and their parent contact information. *Login required. Your organization must use Crossbar to take advantage of this app.

Screenshots

Connect Compete4 screens
Crossbar Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crossbar Mobile at 4.9 against Connect Compete's 1.9. Crossbar Mobile also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 25%) and ratings volume (32K vs 56). Connect Compete's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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

Crossbar Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossbar Mobile has 32K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Connect Compete's written reviews are positive against 59% of Crossbar Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Connect Compete ships an update every 2 months, Crossbar Mobile every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Connect Compete versus Crossbar Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnect CompeteCrossbar Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (56 ratings)4.9 (32K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.5% of reviews58.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5632K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#126 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStack SportsCrossbar

Customer experience

Connect Compete

All ratings56 ratings
Positive17.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative76.8%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive25.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative65.5%

Crossbar Mobile

All ratings31,388 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive58.8%
Neutral14.4%
Negative26.9%

User reviews

Connect Compete

From 56 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Can find event locations
  • 👍 Can add events to calendar
  • 👍 Can view schedules
  • 👍 Convenient for tournament info
  • 👍 Provides game addresses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Not responsive on phone
  • 🐛 Not intuitive
  • 🐛 Lack of features
  • 🐛 Crashes

Crossbar Mobile

From 32K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use app for sports team management
  • 👍 Simple and effective
  • 👍 Organized schedules
  • 👍 Clear and pleasing design
  • 👍 Helpful communication and roster management

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Notifications not working properly
  • 🐛 Glitches and freezes
  • 🐛 Sync issues with calendar
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 🐛 Translation issues

Bugs and requests

Connect Compete

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Cannot log in to the app
  • Account does not exist in the app
  • App is not responsive on phone
  • App crashes
  • Connectivity issues
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  • Links lead to dead ends
  • App does not work with other Sports Connect products
  • App won't open
  • App is worthless
  • App does not seem to link up to the website
  • Refs cannot login
  • App is broken after updates
  • App is not compatible with iOS 11
  • App won't finish loading
  • App is stuck in load mode
  • App won't open vertically
  • App opens a browser when selecting a team
  • App is stuck in iPhone 4 landscape mode
  • App does not switch from portrait to landscape well
  • Calendar feature does not appear

Requested features

10 requests
  • Companion app for Sports Connect Club
  • Favorite teams for easier tracking
  • Auto-advance to current date on schedules
  • Team-only schedule view
  • Export schedule to iOS calendar
Show 5 more
  • Bookmark or save team preferences
  • Push notifications
  • Calendar integration
  • Ability to select and track a team
  • Links to get directions

Crossbar Mobile

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Notifications not working or disappearing
  • Inability to update dates from mobile app
  • Chat messages not posting or disappearing
  • Inability to edit chat messages
  • Sync issues with calendar
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  • Freezing and crashing

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add ability to mark players as 'maybe' for events
  • Add players-only and parents-only chat options
  • Add option to view just games or just practices
  • Add ability to see game scores
  • Add ability to enter reasons for missing events
Show 7 more
  • Add saved group email function
  • Add attendance tracking functionality
  • Add ability to schedule recurring events
  • Add video sharing feature
  • Add 'select all' option for group messaging
  • Add ability to print calendar
  • Add team and individual player statistics

In-app purchases

None

Connect Compete

No in-app purchases

None

Crossbar Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Connect Compete free?
Connect Compete is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crossbar Mobile free?
Crossbar Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Connect Compete or Crossbar Mobile?
Crossbar Mobile is rated higher. Connect Compete averages 1.9 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Crossbar Mobile averages 4.9 from 32K ratings.
Do Connect Compete or Crossbar Mobile have ads?
Neither Connect Compete nor Crossbar Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Connect Compete or Crossbar Mobile?
Connect Compete ships an update every 2 months, and Crossbar Mobile every 6 weeks. Most recently, Connect Compete was updated on October 29, 2026 and Crossbar Mobile on October 29, 2026.

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