Comparison

Spond vs UsynligO

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

Head to head
About

Spond

This app streamlines sports team and club organization. It simplifies scheduling, payment collection, and communication for coaches, admins, parents, and players. Save time on administrative tasks and focus more on the sport.

Highlights
  • Schedule training, matches, and events
  • Automatic RSVP tracking
  • Secure payment collection
  • Group communication tools
  • Manage multiple teams and roles
  • Sync with personal calendar
  • Player of the match voting
Features
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Organize your team, sports club or group. Save time. Focus on what matters. The free app trusted by millions of coaches, club admins, parents and players worldwide. Spond is the app that makes sports happen. Whether you're running a sports club or organizing activities with your friends, Spond keeps everyone in sync. Stop chasing RSVPs, outdated contact info or late payments. What you can do: • Schedule training, matches and events • Set up recurring events for the whole season at once • Sync everything with your personal calendar • See who's coming with automatic RSVP tracking • Collect membership fees and event payments securely • Send reminders and keep track of who has paid • Manage multiple teams with sub-groups and set member roles • Import members from Excel or add via link, email or SMS • Export attendance lists and data to Excel • Set up your starting line-ups for matches • Keep track of match goals and vote player of the match • Communicate via group chats, posts and polls • Store photos and documents in custom folders and file structures • Manage children's accounts safely as a guardian with full visibility of communication with coaches Built for coaches, club admins, parents and players. Spond saves a coach an average of 2 hours per week on admin tasks. That's more time on the field, less time in spreadsheets and group message chats. Works for all sports and activities. Any group that needs to get organized will find their home in Spond. Download Spond and make sports happen.

About

UsynligO

This app allows users to select and print orienteering maps to navigate virtual control points. It tracks your location, provides hints, and allows you to publish your race times and results online. You can also create and share your own courses.

Highlights
  • Select and print orienteering maps
  • Virtual control point navigation
  • Location tracking and notifications
  • In-app compass
  • Hint system for directions
  • Publish race times and results
  • Create and share custom courses
Features
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Select an orienteering map from the app and print it. Press start and navigate to the next control point using the printed map. There are no physical flags in the course, but the app tracks your locations and notifies you with a sound when you have found the next control point. The app includes a compass so you only need the printed map and your phone to run a race. If you get lost you can ask UsynligO for a "hint" with the direction and distance to the next post. You can also choose to publish your elapsed time to the UsynligO server and be included in the result list for the course you have run.The result list will include how many "hints" you have used, in addition to your time and split times. If you want to publish a new map so other users can run your course, you can go to www.usynligo.no and upload your maps. UsynligO basically lets you arrange orienteering practices and races without the hassle of putting physical flags in the forest. The courses can be available for as long as you determine. If you would like to use it in conjunction with physical flags, it also lets you print QR codes and use a QR code at each location for validation that a control has been found (for accurate timing). It is also possible to access courses from Livelox, which means you can rerun Livelox courses if you already have the map. The app supports both traditional orienteering and also Score Orienteering. In Score orienteering, the user can choose which order to visit the control points in, and the user collects points for every control point found.

Screenshots

Spond4 screens
UsynligO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spond at 4.9 against UsynligO's 3.7. Spond also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 12) and chart position (#91 vs unranked). UsynligO's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Spond holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spond has 3.7K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Spond's written reviews are positive against 67% of UsynligO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spond ships an update weekly, UsynligO every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Spond versus UsynligO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpondUsynligO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.7K ratings) — better3.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.7K — better12
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#91 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPOND ASTrond Benum

Customer experience

Spond

All ratings3,741 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews260 reviews
Positive60.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative31.2%

UsynligO

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Spond

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Events randomly disappearing
  • Inability to create new events in some groups
  • Calendar sync issues when crossing time zones
  • Verification code not being received
  • Crashes when opening messages

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add goal scorer and stats tracking features
  • Improve recurring event creation and management
  • Implement a more granular notification control system
  • Develop an iPad-specific app
  • Add a car pool feature to connect players in the same area

UsynligO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spond

No in-app purchases

None

UsynligO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spond free?
Spond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UsynligO free?
UsynligO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spond or UsynligO?
Spond is rated higher. Spond averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.7K ratings, while UsynligO averages 3.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Spond or UsynligO have ads?
Neither Spond nor UsynligO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spond or UsynligO?
Spond ships an update weekly, and UsynligO every 5 days. Most recently, Spond was updated on October 20, 2026 and UsynligO on October 14, 2026.

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